Daiso, which opened in Mountain View in the fall of 2007, is a Japanese store offering everyday household items at very low prices. The shop is located in the San Antonio Shopping Center and it is the Californian franchise of the Japanese 100yen shop owned by Daiso Sangyo group. Daiso is able to sell merchandise at a low price by buying directly from manufacturers in very large quantity rather than buying closeout or factory second merchandise. It carries a wide variety of utensils, dinner sets, cutlery, cosmetics, home decor, food, traditional Japanese arts and crafts and many miscellaneous household items.