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Jan 14 2022 8 Comments

The wonderfully dated looks and colours of an old Japanese shop front

Some old shop fronts are definitely more striking than other old shop fronts.

A fantastically retro old Japanese shop front

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  1. Sean says

    1/14/2022 at 10:34 am

    Cool old store. Is it big or is the lady very small?! 😉

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    • Lee says

      1/14/2022 at 7:58 pm

      It’s a great place, isn’t it? That’s a good question. A bit of both I think!

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  2. cdilla says

    1/14/2022 at 5:38 pm

    What a great find. That faded sign looks so intact for its apparant age, and looks to have been hand painted rather than printed.
    My translation App is stuggling though asserting that the old sign is for a company specializing in rubber goods, the lower sign indicating a shoe shop that sells original dancing clogs and one of the small signs is suggested to say “Mancoin special 100 Yen”

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    • Lee says

      1/14/2022 at 8:10 pm

      It’s quite something, isn’t it? Can’t say for certain, but I’m pretty sure it’s an original sign and not one made to look older. To be honest, I initially thought that the awning and sign might be from different generations (or lives) of the shop, but the name matches, so presumably just a shop that sells a varied array of goods. Umbrellas too, which is where I’d like to think the old lady bought hers.

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  3. PaulSNYC says

    1/14/2022 at 9:24 pm

    It is a shoe store. 履物一式 (hakimono isshiki) is footwear in general. ゴム履物 (gomu hakimono) are probably tabi (split toe socks) with rubber soles.

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    • Lee says

      1/14/2022 at 9:35 pm

      I should have had a look in to see if they were sticking to the original business model, but the umbrella connection was enough. I did not want to be disappointed.

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  4. Richard says

    1/15/2022 at 5:50 am

    Looks like a sign I would have seen in 1970 when I lived in Tokyo!

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    • Lee says

      1/15/2022 at 9:06 am

      Yes, definitely. Likely a good while before that too.

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