駄菓子屋(だがしや)

だがしや
noun
cheap-candy shop; penny-candy store
shoppingfoodculture
1. cheap-candy shop; penny-candy store
A small neighborhood shop selling cheap sweets and snacks (駄菓子(だがし)) and simple toys to children, typically for ten or twenty yen an item.
駄菓子屋(だがしや)に行(い)く。
To go to the candy shop.
子供(こども)のころ、毎日(まいにち)駄菓子屋(だがしや)に通(かよ)った。
As a kid, I went to the candy shop every day.
昔(むかし)ながらの駄菓子屋(だがしや)は減(へ)ったが、最近(さいきん)は大人(おとな)が懐(なつ)かしがって訪(おとず)れることも多(おお)い。
Old-style candy shops have become rare, but these days many adults visit them out of nostalgia.

駄菓子(だがし) (cheap sweets) + 屋(や) (shop). For many Japanese the 駄菓子屋(だがしや) is a symbol of the Showa-era childhood: after school, children gathered there with a coin or two, chose sweets, and played. Few remain today, but the word carries strong nostalgia.

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