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Food and fake fingernails at discount chain
Kwan Weng Kin
Thu, Nov 12, 2009
The Straits Times

TOKYO: It is almost midnight and the department stores and boutiques have long closed for the day. So what is an inveterate shopper to do?

The typical Japanese with the urge to go pick up a few items at that hour might head for the nearest Don Quijote store to check out its eclectic offerings, which include just about everything one can think of, and then some.

Donki - short for Don Quijote and the company's nickname - is a discount retailer with more than 200 outlets throughout Japan and four in Hawaii.


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