I Shopped In A Japanese Antique Market At Toji Temple Kyoto For Traditional Japanese Crafts
Garakuta-Ichi at Toji Temple in Kyoto Japan is fun for travelers.
This is an open-air flea market that has many Japanese antiques to shop around.
Thrifting old Japanese items helps to understand Japanese culture and traditions.
Time schedule
00:00 Introduction to the Japanese antique market at Toji Temple
02:30 Random old items to buy
06:20 Japanese pottery and ceramics
14:30 Retro accessories
16:05 Japanese lacquerware
18:50 Tea ceremony iron pot
22:49 Antique teacup
28:00 Imari ware plate
30:00 Tanuki raccoon dog ceramics
31:35 Kokeshi doll
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Today I'm taking a tour of Garakutoichi at the Toji temple in Kyoto, Japan.
It's kind of a massive garage sale held at UNESCO's World Heritage Site Buddhist Temple.
It's a large flea market of random things so stay tuned until the end.
If you start your retail or restaurant business in Japan,
Maneki-neko is a must-item in your shop because it brings a lot of fortune to your business.
8,000 yen or 55 USD is a good investment.
Traditional Japanese dolls from North Japan.
Kokeshi dolls are also from Tohoku, North Japan.
Kyoto has a famous pottery town that helps to make it a cultural capital of Japan.
Lots of random old things.
Check writer?
Why? People don't write checks in Japan.
Maybe a lucky charm from the Netherlands.
Geisha hairpins made of turtle shells.
A Kyoto geisha used it for sure.
Only geisha wear this kind of decoration.
Sony's biggest business is PlayStation in the 2020s while portable radios in the 70s.
Bug spray from the 70s.
Deer antlers can be the best knife handles.
Copper plate from Greece, I guess.
Nixon is an American watchmaker.
Swiss military watch.
Boy London from the UK.
Ainu guy green tea cup from Hokkaido.
1,500 yen or 10 USD.
To come to this place, take the Kyoto city bus 207 from Shijo Karasuma stop
and get off at the Toji Higashimon stop.
207 is a loop bus and you need to take the westbound one.
Three rings for 7 USD.
Only 75 US cents.
Snufkin from Mumen.
Mumen is more popular in Japan than in any other country in the world.
Probably including Finland.
Not German beer mark.
It's from Sapporo.
This vintage Greek runner is in his 50s.
Way different from the man that we know today.
Tengu is a Japanese demon that has a long nose.
African antiques.
150 year old lacquerware.
One Kokeshi doll is only 400 yen.
White watch Kokeshi is a rare thing.
Iron pot makes the water milder.
Ainu guys from Hokkaido.
This red cow is from Fukushima.
Tokugawa Shogun family crest.
Sonya Rikiel is from France.
Ceramic grenades.
Japan ran extremely short of metals at the end of the Pacific war.
Ouchi Ningyo is a traditional doll from Yamaguchi prefecture.
That one is made by a famous Kokeshi creator.
Who was awarded by the prime minister.
Saint Daruma is from India.
Ceramic raccoon dog brings fortune to your business.
This Garakuto Ichi market is held on the first Sunday of every month.
Done mixed up with Kobo Ichi market.
Which is held on the 21st of every month.
Kobo Ichi is Japan's largest flea market that has everything.
Everything on this table is 2 USD.
You can walk at 7-11 right away.
German air force helmet.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.