Tokyo Trophies

Tokyo is the city of work/consume. So naturally there are plenty of hot spots to quench the peoples needs.
I've explored a little slice of the action.
You can find boutiques with vintage and small designer labels are dotted around Nakameguro/Diakenyama/Shimokitazawa



Must see Jantique in Nakameguro for beautiful visual merchandising and super expensive vintage finds.

You can find your usual second-hand chain stores 'Thank You Mart' and 'We Go' in Harajuku down the busy Takeshita-dori. 'Life Market' is set up right next to 'Thank You Mart' for some second hand competition. They also had 'Kenji' in Harajuku which was very much like 'Savers' from home.






There was a second-hand kimono stand set up on the corner of Omote-sando the street full of name brands. The stand had a good selection of robes and obis. I picked a beautiful obi for 1000yen.

All these vintage shops didn't satisfy my hunger for quality priced treasure hunting. So I had to dig to find flea markets in the surrounding area. There's the myth of a monthly flea market at Yoyogi park, but we weren't lucky enough to be there for that. So the following Saturday my partner in crime Lynda and I treked out to the Salvation Army Bazzar in Nakano-fujimidai. It was a very fruitful mission.



It was a second-hand super store with quality furniture, home wares, bags, clothes, jackpot!

Magenta silk shirt 300Yen

Psychedelic shirt with puff sleeve 300Yen


Gucci slip-ons 1500Yen

Black lacquered box with 2 drawers 2000Yen


Wooden Jewellery Box 500Yen

Tea Pot 1000Yen

Tea Cups 200Yen each

Clutches 400Yen each

Kyoto Finds

There were some exquisitely expensive vintage shops in the shopping district of Kyoto. They're masters at the art of visual merchandising, with precise positioning of nick nacks and subtle lighting. Great places to shop if you have little time and some mula. Knowing me these places are great for visual shopping, but it takes the fun out of the hunt.



During my random stumblings I came across a cute little kimono store down an alleyway. The cute little old store owners put this kimono on for size.

Silk Kimono 4000Yen
On our night stroll through town we found this reasonably priced little nook of a store. I had to get JB this t-shirt for being such a fabulous host.

Lucky cat T-shirt 840Yen
We happened across a flea market held at a shrine on Sunday as we were riding around. Very happy hunting.



Corny dress 100Yen

Shirt 100Yen

Big Shoulder Jacket 50Yen

Hiroshima 'Sun Mall'

I've hit the jackpot of secondhand pick ups in Hiroshima. It's all conveniently located on the top floor of the 'Sun Mall'.

First shop out from the escalator, an American vintage store "Sanbiki no Koneko" (Three Cats) where there are racks of dresses at 525Yen.
http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~sanneko/mobi/




Dress 525Yen

Rag Moo has some hit and misses, never the less an extensive collection and very well priced.

Rag Moo



Top 525Yen

Then I found the second-hand chain stores like the 390Yen 'Thank You Mart' and the more highly priced 'We Go'.

Thank you Mart
http://www.390yen.jp/




We Go
http://www.wego.jp/

American Mura

This is where I first encountered the 390Yen shop 'Thank You Mart'.
http://www.390yen.jp/


This place is amazing. Great visual merchandising and awesome stuff. I took away 2 dresses, I'm proud of my willpower.


Dress Y390
Boots Y3990 We Go
http://www.wego.jp/


Dress Y390


Y3990
These boots were found at We Go a vintage department store. The clothes were good quality and on the expensive side. But I had to get these boots.
http://www.wego.jp/