Shop 88

Back in the day when Virra Mall still had a Comic Alley and Jollibee on the third floor, another unique shop they had was Shop 88. The concept of the shop was that it was selling various Japanese items (from kitchen utensils to office hardware) for P88.00 (roughly $1.85) and played Japanese tunes for ambience (which it would actually sell on the black market). When the third floor of the mall got burned down, it relocated to the Ayala MRT station, and then eventually disappeared.

I was strolling by Greenhills yesterday to get my glasses when the hardware store (near Mister Donut) had a separate but similar section. It featured Japanese items (from plastic folders to slippers to cooking implements) and again, was selling them for P88.00 each. (Alas, still no Japanese music for sale.)