Boro-Ichi

Went to "Boro-Ichi" in Setagaya with my mum. "Boro" means rag and "Ichi" means market.　The market is held only 4days a year on 15th and 16th in Dce. and Jan. It has very long history started about 430 years ago and identified as intangible cultural heritage. The history started as a Japanese-Kimono rag market but there are so many different stalls nowadays selling interesting things such as antiques, ocarinas (musical instrument), autique cameras, re-make outfit made with Kimono silk, cutlery, vegetables, sweets, old records, mirrors, incense and even Pokemon trading cards for children!

Photo 1: Wooden kitchenware stall sold rice mortars and pestles to make rice cake
Photo 2: Antique wooden dools
Photo 3: The wooden carving to decorate household altar (We call it "Kamidana"). Wow! The price is from 5,800yen to 130,000yen.

The photos 1 & 3 are the things that we know ordinaly Japanese used to have at home but have no idea where to buy nowadays...

Many interesting things to see but nothing to buy...

The market was the place for old people to come to FEEL nostalgia and for young people to come to SEE something rare.