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Gifuya.
Has anyone ever been there or heard about this?
Cool little shack with candies, cigarettes and a time-capsule of Japanese pop culture goodness.
https://vimeo.com/34127162


And this pretty cool knick-knack antique place too!
https://vimeo.com/52284492


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Great videos. Thanks for sharing

I must've walked in front of Gifuya or one of those hundreds of shops once and all I could think was 'must be nice having that store'. There is a charm to the city, with its lets-fit-as-much-as-we-can-in-as-little-as-we-can approach. It is a wonderful city to get lost in.

Fun times, thanks for the nostalgia too!

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Great videos, thanks for posting these. There is a shop thats kind of similar in Shimokitazawa. I got lost trying to find it :oops:
http://pingmag.jp/2005/11/14/the-doraemon-shop/

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KK also has a write up of a old candy shop

http://kaijukorner.blogspot.mx/2010/09/old-school-tokyo-toy-candy-shop.html


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This looks like Gifyu from the video. Same Gigantor and Felix pin-ups.

That's totally awesome. Such a cool little place with so much culture and sweetness packed in.


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