Colorado now has three Daiso locations — a big deal (literally) for bargain hunters looking for a fun and unique shopping experience! What is Daiso? Daiso is a 50-year-old, family-owned company out of Japan, with more than 100,000 products available. (It’s Japan’s extremely popular discount store!) They operate more than 150 locations within the U.S. — now including Colorado!
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And have more than 6,000 locations globally.
The discount store promises “to be a haven for shoppers seeking quality merchandise at affordable prices.”
With its extensive range of products spanning various categories, including Japanese-inspired home décor, stationery, food and more, the store has “become synonymous with accessible and innovative offerings.”
The store’s motto is: “We hold to the idea of the everyday low price providing infinite power to improve people’s lives. We want to improve people’s lives through the exciting discovery of our high-quality, innovative products.” Sounds good to bargain hunters everywhere!
As of now, there are three locations in Colorado:
Aurora — Village on the Park Shopping Center at 2353 S. Havana St.
Centennial — Cherry Knolls Shopping Center at 6770 S. University Blvd.
Fort Collins — Pavilion Shopping Center at 4300 S. College Ave.
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What You Need to Know About Shopping at Daiso
How do your pronounce the store’s name?
This is a common question among shoppers. The store’s name is pronounced “die-soh”.
What do they sell at Daiso?
You will definitely find lots of unique, fun and clever items for just about everything in your life — from stationery to make-up and gardening to the kitchen. Most of the items are made in Japan. However, you will find some are made in China.
Daiso definitely loves Disney! You will find Disney-themed items in just about every category, including resealable bags, plasticware, “socks” for your furniture, measuring cups and more.
IMPORTANT: Most items are packaged all in Japanese, so be prepared to spend a little extra time figuring out what everything is exactly. Some things are obvious, while others may take a little more investigate work.
It’s a fun game of “What is this for?” There are many clever and unique items you’ve probably never seen before, so have fun shopping!
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Here are the shopping categories available at Daiso:
Décor
Home Goods
Events (Seasonal / Holiday Items)
Food
Stationery
Clothing
Fashion Accessories
Health & Baby Care
Make-up
Personal Care / Oral Care / Bath Goods
Kitchen Tools
Gift Wrapping
Toys / Sports
Sewing Crafts
Tools / Car & Bike Accessories
Home Care
Cleaning Supplies
Household / Paper Goods
Tableware
What’s the pricing at Daiso?
Prices range from the lowest of $1.75 to the highest of $15.25. However, figuring out the price on a specific item can be tricky because the pricing is in Japanese. Look for the “Label Conversion Chart” posted throughout the store — see below.
Items without a price tag are $1.75, which included many items throughout the store.
If you’re still not sure, just watch the price at checkout. If it’s more than what you want to spend, simply have it taken off your order. No need to be embarrassed or guilted into buying it just because it was in your basket.
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The following price points are available based on the tag:
$1.75
$2.25
$3.25
$3.75
$4.25
$5.25
$6.25
$8.25
$9.25
$10.25
$11.25
$12.25
$15.25
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What are Daiso’s store policies?
It’s always important to be an informed consumer before shopping. And it’s even more important at Daiso because they have strict store policies, namely that all sales are final. That means, when you shop, be sure it’s an item you definitely want because you can’t change your mind later and return or exchange it.
Here are Daiso’s store policies:
All sales are final.
No refunds or exchanges.
Discounts and other sales only available while supplies last. No rain checks.
Visa, Mastercard and Discover are accepted. Cash is also accepted.
EBT cards are not accepted.
Exclusions may apply to any offer, sale or promo.
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What’s the next store to open in Colorado?
As of now, there is one more Colorado location scheduled to open in 2025:
Aurora, CO – Southlands Shopping Center
Opening Summer 2025
It’s about time. Daico has lots of items you won’t see anywhere else. But be careful not to get carried away!
I waited in line about 1 hour and 15 minutes on sat afternoon. the time flew by ( ha ha) as everyone around me was so excited about daiso! my new friend from the line said it’s one of the better ones and she has been to many different locations. San Dimas is her favorite.
The Aurora store has many empty shelves due to the demand from customers. I suggest waiting until the store has a chance to keep up with restocking the shelves.
I visited another store just down the street Ebisu Japanese Lifestyle Store which was fully stocked.
is there an online store to order stuff
There is not.
I expected to see the same inventory we saw in Fort Collins but there were way less snacks, not as much travel or gardening gear. The lady said the one in Centennial will be bigger so we’re going to check it out Sunday and hopefully we can find the things we should have bought up in Fort Collins.