Stores will begin selling a limited number of Lucky Bags for the equivalent of $380US on January 2nd. But the fun doesn’t end there. Each store will offer workshops on photography, video-making and presentations to kids aged eight to 12-years-old. Adults can share in the fun too, as a contest will be held to find the best New Year’s greeting card created on a Mac. All contest participants will receive a small gift.<\/p>\n If you attend, let us know. Last year, a reader received<\/a> an 8 GB iPod touch, a Nike iPod sensor and armband, a Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere2 speaker set, a cool, re-useable bag (above), a commemorative T-shirt and a 2009 calendar for the approximate equivalent of $384US. Shoppers began to line up at midnight the day before in 2009, so hop to it. Those lines aren’t going to get any shorter.<\/p>\n [Via ifoAppleStore<\/a>]<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>Japan’s Apple Stores continue Lucky Bag tradition<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a4d32_99_appleluckybag2342342340000.jpg\")
Fukubukuro<\/a>, or “Mystery Bag,” is a Japanese New Year’s Day tradition during which merchants sell sealed bags of various items at a substantial discount, often as high as 50%. Shoppers may get some great deals on the contents of these bags – even if they don’t know what exactly they’re buying. Japanese Apple Stores have participated since 2005<\/a>. Once again, this year, they’re offering mystery bags to Japanese Apple Store customers.<\/p>\n<\/h6>\n