Japan Images: Nikko Bric-a-Brac Store
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
I found this store as I was heading back to the train station after spending a day in Nikko, which is about 2 hours north of Tokyo. It really stood out to me as it looked particularly Western amongst everything else along the street.
I can’t tell you what I expected a second-hand store in Japan to look like but it wasn’t like this ^_^
What caught my attention is that the deleted letters of the shop’s former owner. I assume it starts with 株式会社くろさわ, (Kurosawa Inc.) but I can’t make anything from the rest.
And I don’t think the former owner is Akira Kurosawa either
I was trying to figure that out too – almost impossible now I guess. Would love to know though ^_^
Looks cool – in a strange kinda way…. As if viewing through a time-slip window. What dreams and hopes are stored in this shop… who owned these things (let alone the shop)… and what stories could they have told.
Then again, it could just be a pile of old crap.
I like the moments when you accidentally come across things on a trip and something’s stirred enough to take a photo (or a memory). Unfortunately, am always too busy to stop and take photos!
Just found you through Japundit. Very nice site and amazing pics. Looks like you teach very much how I teach in that you like to use street signs, etc. I do a series on youtube.com/gimmeaflakeman called Japanese for Morons and Street Kanji. In the latter I often use street signs. Joined your twitter. Looks like you’re big on twitter!
Thanks Victor – really appreciate the comments. I enjoy your site too – plenty of good stuff there for Japanese students.