Close to Jimbocho station in the middle of Tokyo, Akane-do is a third-floor treasure-house of vintage and collectors' items. It's jam packed with prints and postcards, toys, collector cards and labels, magazines and comics, tableware and ornaments, and there are also oddities like old dialed telephones and Japanese abacuses. It's a great place to go to pick up some interesting, original gifts and souvenirs.
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Akane-do Retro Store
Vintage goods and collectibles in Jimbocho

By Peter Sidell
Community writer

Marbles and collectors' cards

Woodcut prints

A table of random stuff

Vintage manga and magazines

Labels and stickers, maybe

More woodcuts and magazines

Attractive scenic postcards

Toys

More postcards

Handheld fans

Art prints

Proper vintage postcards

This box of hundred-yen goodies outside is what first caught my eye

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Olga
9 years ago
Looks very, very retro. I love such places!
Get down there Olga! They have lots of quirky goodies.
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