Asian handicrafts are seeing a boom in Japan, particularly among young women.
Many are traveling to Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City to enjoy the local fare and buy up kitchenware and pottery like Vietnamese Bachan-style teacups that sell for as low as 20 yen a set.
For those wanting to shop for Asian goods a little closer to home, there are a range of stores in Tokyo, large and small, dealing in Southeast Asian goods.