Jan 12, 2016

Second hand stores in Osaka

What good Second hand stores do you know in or around the Osaka area. While the -Off places are good and all, what I'm really looking for is the medium sized ones that seem like they have some uncovered treasure...

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Kasajizo

European living the Japanese dream in Kansai

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DaveJpn

on Jan 13

Have you tried the Nakazaki-cho area, maybe around 10 mins walk from Umeda station? I've heard there a lot of small stores around there that could be good for turning up some treasure.

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Yuju

on Jan 12

How about ウンコちゃん. This is not joke. Store called ウンコちゃん. http://www.unkochan.com/ Famouse store. :)

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KamaT

on Jan 14

How about マンガ倉庫, manga soukou? About half way between Osaka and Kyoto. Web: http://mangasouko-takatsuki.com/

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Judith

on Mar 15

Nakazakicho does have some good stores, but they tend to be really pricey. I've found KINJI to be the closest thing to thrift stores in the US. It's in the Big Step building in Amemura.

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Genryuu111

on Mar 30

Really depends on the kind of stuff you want to buy, if you're interested in manga, games, figures and such, Mandarake (one in Umeda and one in Amemura, around Nanba) is really nice, good prices and a lot of stuff to choose from :)

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