Today I flipped through a Japanese “What’s happening in Sapporo” and it mentioned a flea market (Read: Swap meet) happening near my house at the Atsubetsu Ward Office Parking Lot. (For those who know were I live, it’s next to the Shin-Sapporo Station)
So off on my route…. taking the 12 down to the Micky-d’s where I hung a left and went past the station to a parking lot full of Japanese people selling their wares.
there was:
Cds, Dvds, Shoes, Pants, Shirts, Sweaters, Ski gear, 
Super Famicoms, Nintendo Famicom, Games (from Famicom to N64-Playstation), Shinto stuff, keychains, “Cute” toes, qoo dolls, you name a Japanese thing it was likely to be there and for cheap.
Like being at an American Swapmeet, I devised the three walk-around system and went to each row looking for bargans. There was lots of stuff I could of bought (and most of it in the 50-100 yen range) but I didn’t buy it. Instead I bought a sporty tee-shirt (bright yellow), a sweat shirt, a qoo doll, a couple of cds (incl. the Jap import of Rednex sex & violins) yeah. Good stuff.
Don’t worry I got pics too.
By the way… when I saw that buddha with the fish I had to get it. Although I had to bargin an old Japanese woman for it, I thought it’d be a cool Josh to Dad gift!
Here’s some more pics.
~J out
