[Travelmap] 2024 Must-Buy Items from Japanese Drugstores for Your Japan Trip
Japan can be considered the hottest travel destination for 2024. With the recent weakening of the yen, many people are likely looking to shop for clothing, food, household goods, cosmetics, figures, and more.
Furthermore, the number of individuals purchasing cosmetics and pharmaceuticals in Japan is steadily increasing. We introduce products that can be considered essential and offer great value, particularly at drugstores, a prime shopping destination in Japan.
Check out the product information on popular acne treatments, eye drops, and more, and enjoy your shopping spree in Japan.
Acnes 25 Acne Treatment
An acne treatment for adults, with a mild acidic formula, fragrance-free, and colorant-free. Makeup application is possible after use!
Acnes 25 is an acne treatment designed for adults, featuring a mild acidic formula, fragrance-free, and colorant-free properties, allowing for makeup application after use.
Unlike adolescent acne, adult acne can occur throughout the year due to factors such as dry skin, stress, and menstrual cycles, and it doesn't disappear easily.
Acnes 25 contains three active ingredients: ibuprofen piconol, isopropylmethylphenol, and allantoin. This combination provides high penetration and immediate inflammation relief, effectively addressing not only initial acne but also acne scars.
Rohto Gold 40 Eye Drops
Effective in preventing eye fatigue, conjunctival hyperemia, and eye infections! Contains the maximum concentration!
As we age, our eye function can decline, and prolonged computer work can lead to eye fatigue and blurriness.
Recommended for those experiencing eye fatigue from computer work, Rohto Gold 40 eye drops are effective in relieving eye fatigue, conjunctival hyperemia, and preventing eye infections.
Rohto Gold 40 eye drops contain the maximum concentration of ingredients for eye fatigue, conjunctival hyperemia, eye discharge, and eye infection prevention, effectively improving eye fatigue and blurriness.
They are available in various types, such as for bare eyes, contact lens wearers, mild type, refreshing type, and super cool type, allowing you to choose based on your needs.
Rohto Lycee Glow Eye Drops
These eye drops care for tired eyes from prolonged use of digital devices like computers and smartphones, as well as corneas damaged by contact lens wear. They contain the maximum concentration of all active ingredients, including fatigue relief ingredients, corneal treatment ingredients, metabolic promoting ingredients, and pink vitamin B12.
Furthermore, the fine nozzle allows for a drop-by-drop application, preventing eye makeup smudging. It can be used safely with both bare eyes and while wearing contact lenses.
This is a new product from the popular Lycee line, known for its cute pink eye drops.
Skin Aqua Tone Up UV Series SPF50+PA++++ Sunscreen
A sunscreen that naturally brightens your skin tone and adds a luminous glow.
The Skin Aqua UV series sunscreen naturally brightens your skin tone and adds a luminous glow. It's not just for your body (arms, legs, etc.) but can also be used as a makeup base, making it a popular choice among Japanese women.
Various shades like lavender, mint green, latte beige, and pink offer different benefits and effects, so you can choose one that suits your skin type and make it a great gift option.
Melano CC Deep Clear Enzyme Foaming Cleanser
Melano CC Deep Clear Enzyme Foaming Cleanser is a product that features a blend of live enzymes and vitamin C, allowing for daily pore care and making it one of the most popular foaming cleansers in Japan.
The vitamin C-infused foam helps retain moisture, while the enzyme blend removes dirt and old dead skin cells, resulting in radiant and clear skin. Moreover, its affordability makes it an ideal gift item.
Banron Cure Stomach Medicine
A fast-acting stomach medicine that can be taken both on an empty stomach and after meals.
Banron Cure is a fast-acting stomach medicine that can be taken both on an empty stomach and after meals, relieving heartburn and pain caused by acid reflux.
During travel, it neutralizes excess stomach acid caused by overeating or stress, and helps repair and protect the roughened stomach lining. It's a great idea to keep it as a first-aid medicine at home.
It's available in both tablet and granule form, and can be taken both on an empty stomach and after meals.
Mentholatum Medicinal Lip
A lip product with five active ingredients that keeps chapped lips moisturized and protected.
Allantoin promotes the healing of chapped lips, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride) accelerates skin metabolism, making it effective in treating chapped lips, cheilitis, and angular cheilitis. It doesn't contain menthol, making it gentle on sensitive lips.
Mentholatum Excipial W
Mentholatum Excipial W is a foot fungus treatment that delivers results with just one application a day.
The antifungal ingredient is terbinafine hydrochloride, combined with six other ingredients to relieve inflammation and itching. It penetrates deep into the skin to target and eliminate the fungus that causes athlete's foot, suppressing itching and inflammation, and eliminating the odor-causing bacteria, restoring your feet to their original healthy state.
It's particularly popular among women for its non-sticky texture and pleasant soap fragrance.
Pabron Gold A
Pabron Gold A is a Japanese cold medicine that many people purchase during their trip to Japan.
It contains a blend of seven active ingredients to alleviate various cold symptoms like coughing, phlegm, and sore throat. It protects the respiratory tract mucosa from cold-causing viruses, helping to eliminate both viruses and bacteria, relieving cold symptoms.
It also contains antipyretics and analgesics, antihistamines, and vitamins B1 and B2, which are easily depleted during fever.
EVE Pain Reliever
EVE Pain Reliever is one of the famous pain relievers in Japan.
It is effective in relieving various types of pain, including headaches, neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, and menstrual cramps, making it useful in situations where a quick pain reliever is needed.
EVE Quick DX Pain Reliever contains ibuprofen and magnesium oxide, providing fast pain relief. EVE A EX Pain Reliever is specifically designed for women seeking quick relief from menstrual cramps and comes in easy-to-swallow small tablets.
Both products contain ibuprofen, minimizing the risk of side effects by reducing irritation to the stomach lining.
Source: Rohto Pharmaceutical, Daisho Pharmaceutical, SS Pharmaceutical