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
