I went to the Tokyo Flea Market♪

Hello!

It's been quite a while since my last post about visiting stationery shops after submitting my work.

I finally participated in the "Tokyo Flea Market" that I had always admired (*^^*)

My family of four went, splitting into two groups: I went with my son, and my husband went with my daughter,

and soon after arriving, I needed to use the restroom,

and ended up waiting in line for over 30 minutes at the women's restroom (my son was with me), and I started to worry if my daughter was okay.

It was so crowded.

Anyway, there were so many people, shops, and items overflowing, and even looking at the map didn’t help.

But it was fun because there were lots of old things.

I took a lot of photos, so I will line them up here♪

　　

　　

　　

Every item made my heart flutter, but seeing the prices made me give up repeatedly...

To some extent, I guess it’s inevitable that some things are expensive,

but isn’t a flea market originally a place to find bargains?

Some cute foreign-made tins (and paper boxes) were commonly priced at 4000 or 6000 yen.

Oh, next to me someone bought an old hand-crank coffee mill for 14,000 yen.

How nice ♡ It must make a very special taste ♪

　　

　　

　　

Still, if you search patiently, you can find bargains!

Like watch parts, old film developing solvent containers,

letterpress printing plates, retro magazines, retro buttons,

matchboxes, lunch boxes — I couldn’t help but stop at each one.

　　

　　

What I especially liked and got absorbed in were these metal fittings.

I can’t handle them myself, but they are beautiful and their presence is very lovely.

It must be nice to have a large collection of them.

This area was crowded with tough-looking older men rather than women.