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Mar 17 2023 6 Comments

An old Tokyo ceramic shop that hasn’t changed in decades

This dusty old Tokyo ceramic business has been in operation for nearly half a century, and it’s fair to say that every single year is there to see in the incredibly faded surroundings. Something the current, and second generation owner doesn’t seem to care about in the slightest, making it one of Tokyo’s many such shops. Places that continue to open on a daily basis simply out of habit rather than any real sense of actual commerce.

dated and dusty old Tokyo ceramic shop

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  1. Günter says

    3/17/2023 at 10:55 am

    Everything looks so old. I think it would be interesting to know when his last sale was.

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    • Lee says

      3/17/2023 at 8:54 pm

      Yes, very old. Dusty too. And I know eh? A good while at the very least I reckon.

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  2. Richard says

    3/19/2023 at 12:19 am

    Hopefully, he gets a pension or some other kind of steady income. I bet he isn’t making much from sales!

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    • Lee says

      3/19/2023 at 9:39 am

      No, I suspect it’s a long time since he actually made a sale, but I assume he has a pension.

      Interestingly, it’s also been suggested that some places like this stay open for tax purposes, but I have no idea if there’s any truth in that.

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  3. cdilla says

    3/19/2023 at 7:53 pm

    A fascinating find. There must be some footfall in showery weather.
    I’d be tempted to buy one of the small dogu replica statues.
    I like the very slight gradation of focus on this photograph (when popped out to full size), even though I start at the edges looking at the details of things on the shelves my eyes slip off the slight blur in search of ever crisper detil, unil I’m looking at the his eyes, intently reading his paper.

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    • Lee says

      3/20/2023 at 10:05 pm

      Probably not actually as the pavement is already covered…

      Cheers, more out of necessity really due to the lighting, but definitely nice to have that gradual sharpening due to the shape of the shop and the owner there in the centre.

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