lucky bags hold no secrets

Do your New Year wishes include a nose job, bigger eyes, liposuction or even a face-lift as age sets in?

If so, one beauty clinic chain in the greater Tokyo area has just the right “fukubukuro” (lucky bag) for you.

For the price of about 20 million yen (S$279,616) upfront, the lucky bag offered by the Shonan Beauty Clinic promises the lucky buyer a lifetime of unlimited cosmetic surgHe demanded the woman handed over money and, fearing for her life, she emptied cash from the till into a drawstring bag before he left.ery services at any of its 22 branches nationwide, including of course the all-important aftercare.

Buying lucky bags in the New Year is an entrenched Japanese tradition, along with eating “osechi” (mostly cold and sweet New Year delicacies) and “hatsumode” (making the first visit to the temple or shrine in the new year to pray for good luck).

Shopping for lucky bags used to mean making a leisurely trip to one’s favourite store, picking out a bag from among many, and going home to find out what’s in it.

All that was assured the buyer was that the total value of the goods inside the bag would be worth more than the price paid.

These days,In addition to the supplies, there will be fun activities for youngsters, free used clothing, health resources and personalized laminated bag tags for backpacks. many stores advertise the contents of their lucky bags well in advance – a surefire way of not only drawing shoppers to their stores,So I'm looking at my silver wheel bolt that are in pretty rough cosmetic shape - and decide that I'd like to have the look of the new black wheel but also tempting shoppers to grab as many lucky bags as they can afford.

The Matsuya department store in Tokyo’s glitzy Ginza shopping district prepared 70 lucky bags, each containing 100,000 yen worth of fashionwear for a price of just 10,000 yen.

The bags were snapped up in less than a minute.

For inveterate lucky bag shoppers, two hands are often not enough to bring home the spoils.

It is not uncommon in recent years to see determined shoppers lugging suitcases big enough for a weeklong trip abroad as they go from store to store, buying up lucky bags.

In the past, Jan 1 was considered sacred, reserved for eating “osechi” – often at one’s parental home - and exchanging New Year greetings and stories with relatives that one has not seen in the past year.

These days, more and more stores are kicking off their New Year sales on Jan 1 in order to gain a head start over their rivals.

The Seibu group decided to open all its stores on Jan 1 this year.

Despite the unusually frigid weather, some 20,non woven bag is eco-friendly and 100% recycled by physical disposal. The non woven material is long-lasting & fashionable.The fee includes lunch and a soft-sided cooler bag filled with useful golf items, 18 holes of golf, carts, and a buffet dinner immediately following the tournament.000 shoppers queued up outside the Seibu department store in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district before opening time on Jan 1.

Anticipating a big rush, the store had prepared some 15,000 lucky bags.Using wheel spacer can improve your car handling and track performance

Seibu’s strategy worked.