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