The 2023 Mister Donuts X Pokemon Lucky Bags

If there is one Lucky Bag worth buying, its the Mister Donut "fukubukuro". The luckiest of lucky bags on the market! Because not only does the Pokemon limited-edition merchandise alone make it one to covet, the fact that you get the worth in donut coupons makes it more than just value for money. Provided you like and plan to buy a lot of donuts that is! 

Each year they have a three tier system. The cheapest lucky bag is 2400 yen and it comes with a cute tote bag, calendar, memo pad and hand towel. Moreover, you get 20 free donut coupons. The coupons can be used on donuts that cost 187 yen or less. Do the math - you're practically making money by investing and getting free merch thrown in!

The next tier, at just 3600 yen, gives you 30 free donuts with all of the merch of the first tier bag. PLUS, a schedule book and clear file. I love the Misdo (Mister Donut) schedule books, they are dinky enough to fit in a handbag! There are five different designs of schedule book - which one you get is a surprise! 

The top tier costs 5900 yen and comes with 50 vouchers for donuts up to 187 yen in value. Incidentally, you can opt to get the vouchers loaded onto your phone rather than physical coupons, if you have the Mister Donut app. On top of the contents of tier 1 and 2, you also get a limited edition bath towel with some of the cutest Pokemon characters on it in the most expensive lucky bag. 

The downside: you will have to queue, no matter what branch you go to, to get your hands on one of the most popular (thee most popular?) lucky bags of the year. The upside: you don't have to wait too much longer. Mister Donuts lucky bags go on sale on December 26th 2022. They are available for as long as they have stock, which in my experience is not very long! 

I have recently seen a lot of people using the term "happy bag" for fukubukuro, and that's exactly what a Mister Donuts fukubukuro is - a bag of happy! Have you bought one in the past? Do you plan to buy one this year? Check out YokoLostinJapan's report on her Misdo x pokemon lucky bag as well as the Pokemon Center Fukubukuro.