While there are many interesting things to do and see in Kawagoe, Japan, there is a special event on one day every month that you do not want to miss.
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Yamato Antique Fair
On the third Saturday of each month, hundreds of sellers gather around the Yamato JR station in Kanagawa at a street fair focused on Japanese antiques. Sellers range from professional dealers to market hoppers with boxes of unsorted items they hope to rid themselves of quickly. For the visitor to Japan, the antique fair environment…
Tohoku Week – Shiogama Fish Market
If you’re sitting down to a plate of fresh maguro tuna at a restaurant in Japan, chances are your meal passed through Shiogama. The commercial docks in this city north of Sendai handle the vast majority of the tuna trade in Japan, not Tsukiji Market in Tokyo as most people believe. Shiogama Fish Market is…
Ameyoko
For those who think Japan is a place of order, descend into the chaos of Ameyoko to see the other side. Something between flea market and farmers market, Ameyoko has the feel of a bustling Southeast Asian night bazaar rather than the sterile, uber-polite shopping experience of most Japanese shops. Born from post-war Japan, Ameyoko…
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