Usually, when i go to another town, i go with someone who can translate a little for me so i never really felt like i was on my own. But a few days ago, i went on my first solo adventure this last Sunday and it turned out to be a success. I went to Naganuma by bike, which took about 45 minutes pushing a hefty wind the whole way. Recycle shops were high on my priority list and there were two that were open that day. The first one yielded a basket of pins that were ¥20 each. I think i bought half of them.
The second recycle shop, called Happiness as i later found out, was set up more like an antiques shop where things are loosely organize and if you want to find anything, you need to spend time digging through the shop. When i entered Happiness, i was the only one there. When the owner lady found me, she was very curious to know who i was and where i came from. I stumbled through a few stock lines of Japanese and she eventually found out that i came from Canada and that's about it. She seemed impressed nonetheless. I eventually found some small Anpanman slippers for ¥300 that i wanted to give to Toshie who at age one and a half is a huge fan. I told the lady i wanted to buy the slippers and she not only lowered the price to ¥200, but threw in a frog puppet thing too. I couldn't believe my luck.
Toshie loved the slippers. I was slightly jealous, they look pretty comfy.Yesterday, we visited Second Street in Sapporo. This is the secondhand store that's set up like a department store, blaring American gangsta rap over the speakers. They had a huge array of different clothing. The brand name clothing had it's own section and some of the t-shirts there cost up to ¥9000. Then there was the low end section, where t-shirts cost about ¥1000 or less. I found a pretty crazy The Clash t-shirt for only ¥300.
No fruitless recycle shop visits yet. No doubt i will be returning.
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Awsome!
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