Came in for the kimonos and stayed for the junk camera table, which I did not see coming.
There's a corner by the front window stacked with old bodies -- Nikomat, Canon AE-1, a couple of Fujicas, a Topcon, an Olympus -- all marked non-working and priced as-is, with lenses at $5 each. Next to it, a wire basket of straps and a box of screw-on filters, plus cases at $10 and caps at $5. As a photographer this is my exact weakness. It's the same energy as walking into a small used shop in Japan and sifting through a bin: most of it is nothing, and then something good turns up. That hunt is the whole appeal, and this place gets it.
The kimonos are the actual business and they're not an afterthought. A long rack of silk sorted roughly by color -- deep indigos and reds on one end, running out to soft pinks, creams and a green you'd have to be brave to wear. Everything tagged individually. There's also a shelf of vintage kokeshi and Japanese wooden folk toys, stacks of old Japanese books, and binders of Japanese-market Pokémon cards and Battrio coins if that's your lane.
The owner made the visit. Warm, generous with time, happy to explain anything without hovering. That's rare in a shop this packed with stuff.
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