Buy my stuff

I was pretty young when I visited my grandparents selling clocks and jewelry at flea markets.  My recollection is a bit fuzzy, but snapshots.  I remember the tables and the tents.  I remember the crazy array of things people could buy.  I wanted to look at all the unique little things tucked together in interesting displays. 

Right next to the Earth Garden Winter Festival was the Yoyogi Park Flea Market.  It was a good fit - the earth festival with the selling of used wares.  All of the vendors had their wares laid out on tarps carefully arranged into rows on the ground.  There were a couple clothing racks and one person had stacks of scarves laid out on top of boxes.

There were lots of people perusing and shopping, but it wasn't crowded by any means.  Of course, everyone knows that the serious shoppers are there right when the market opens.  They don't wait for three hours like I did. 

It was fun to see what everyone was selling.  There were lots of pre-loved clothes.  Some were very, very... well, unique.  But mostly, the clothes were American brands with logos and fun patterns.

There were also lots of little knickknacks and trinkets that you expect to see at flea markets. 

Mostly going to this smaller flea market made me want to seek out the bigger and more traditional markets.  It just gave me a small taste of the possibilities.