Japan's Secondhand & Thrift Shops

About this book

Japan doesn't throw good things away — it grades them, warrants them, repairs them, and sells them again. This is the complete English guide to the world's most developed secondhand culture: 200 entries covering recycle shops, vintage clothing and kimono, used book towns, antique dealers, regional shopping streets, how to sell your own things well, the repair benches that keep everything alive (kintsugi, resoling, sharpening, remodelling), and a practical handbook of grades, testing, delivery, safety and counter phrases. Whether you are hunting a ¥3,000 silk kimono, furnishing a first flat in a weekend, or selling a household before a move, this book walks every counter with you.