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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| A large drug store does carry a fairly sizeable selection of the most common brands of toothpaste, dentasl floss, deorderant found in North America. |
What do you call "large"? I've been to many chain stores in Hokkaido and found only 1 or 2 toothpastes. Not exactly "sizable". Deodorant? Nil. There's a type of Ban that is liquid in a roll-on applicator, but its effects are dubious at best. |
Glenski, this is obviously a big difference between Hokkaido and the large Honshu cities. |
Please don't misunderstand me. Hokkaido is full of small cities, but I lived in Sapporo for 7 years and had the above experience. Two million people don't make a tiny town IMO. Perhaps the differences are regional, yes, but I wouldn't go so far as to imply that Hokkaido has only small towns.
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| I am constantly mystified when people say "you can't get deodorant in Japan". There would be up to 30 different types of deodorant, and some antiperspirants, men's and women's, including a large selection of roll-ons, at any of the medium-sized drugstores near where I live in Tokyo. |
I've been on this and other boards for over a decade, and one of the most frequent complaints has been the lack of effective deodorants or antiperspirants. (Two different animals, y'know.) Thankfully, up here there isn't as much heat and humidity to make one need either, but American brands are hard to find in stores as far as most posters have claimed. Which brands have you seen?
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| I can't believe everyone has BO that powerful that they can't find at least one that is suitable for them if they have that kind of selection where they live. |
In my opinion, it's not one's BO, but the choice of even more offensive Japanese products. Talk about overly strong stuff!
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| If you are heading for Hokkaido or other small city/rural areas far from Kanto and Kansai then you might want to bring your own- waste of space otherwise. |
Or order from the Foreign Buyers' Club online.
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| Do you mean there are only two kinds of toothpaste in total in your store, or two kinds of American toothpastes? |
At most 2 types of American toothpaste. Tons of other stuff, and my beef is when people say it has no fluoride. Some doesn't. Many do.
As for the taste of the stuff, it's a bit different from back home, but I've found no problem in adapting. Some others seem to have severe problems with the tastes of Japanese brands, though. |
Glenski, it wasn't clear to me from your post whether you meant American brands or just deodorant and toothpaste in general. Not being American, I have no idea whether the brands I'm seeing are American or not, I was just commenting on the general misconception that "you can't get deodorant in Japan". Yes, I know that deodorant is different from anti-perspirant- the name makes it obvious. There are fewer anti-perspirants than you would find at home, true, but they do exist. As for the smell of the products themselves, I have no trouble finding fragrance-free products.
Totally agree re: toothpaste and fluoride. The majority of brands do contain fluoride these days, and I'm amazed that adults can be so fussy about the taste of their toothpaste that they feel they have to bring their whole supply from home! |
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ShioriEigoKyoushi
Joined: 21 Aug 2009
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Location: Japan
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005
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| I agree Apsara, I have used Japanese brands off and on. The cost is an issue, but most of them do have fluoride now. |
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