That’s so cool you found some Kutani ware over there in the Netherlands! Happy you were able to identify it☺️Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment❣️🥰
Hi from Australia - I just love your channel, I collect kokeshi dolls which are very hard to find here but I have managed to grow my collection to about 50 ( took me 15 years) ....mostly found in charity shops. I also collect art glass and I was salivating when you showed all the beautiful Japanese glass vases, the orange one with gold flecks was just stunning. Can't wait for your next video. Thanks for taking me along shopping!!!!! Because of your channel visiting Japan is now at the top of my bucket list......
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment! Sounds like quite a collection of kokeshi you have there! Adorable aren't they, with their own little personalities. I hope you can make plans for a visit to Japan soon!🥰
Ah Bookoff, my favourite! 😍So many beautiful things! The scroll was an absolute steal. And you sent me down a chadansu internet hole - because that's what you need in small flat isn't it. .... "I'm trying to buy less things for myself" Aren't we all Michelle, aren't we all! 🤣
Hi Sue❣️Absolutely love that you researched chadansu after seeing one in the video😍Totally sympathize about not having enough space in the flat! Should a dream chadansu appear, considering throwing out the TV to make room 😂Thank you so much as always for watching and for your lovey comment🥰
First time coming across one of your videos and I love the level of detail and info!! Thank you :) New sub here, now OMW to binge your entire video collection 💜
This Bookoff Super Bizarre has such interesting items. My local Good Will never has such interesting things. (Or, maybe they’re just not interesting to me!) I think I spied some lusterware teacups at the start of the video! Not sure. I really like the Five-yen turtles. The patina on the coins makes them special. The embroidered samurai was SO intriguing, but the line across it bothered me too. I was interesting in the sake warming pot. Too bad the lid was missing. But the tanuki kettle was adorable! I heard tanuki are associated with sake? Don’t know if that’s true. I loved the woodblock print at the end. Love the story of the artist. Hmm. I just turned 50. Maybe I could start on a new career path too! Thanks for a lovely video! Too bad about the rain! ❤❤
Hi Jenny❣️Good to hear you agree about the line in the embroidered piece. It looked a bit strange right? Regarding tanuki, oftentimes you find ceramic ones holding a sake bottle and bank book, representing the "sake-buying-boy". During the Edo Period when sake became more available to the general public, children were made to run errands to buy sake from liquor stores. They'd be seen running with these large sake bottles😊Love the story of the woodblock print artist too...had the same reaction as you! Thank you as always for watching and for your lovey comment🥰
I feel as though I need to make notes, you provide so much information and have such knowledge ! I think you could have put that last platter on your head like an umbrella?
Hi Sara❣️Hahaha thank you for making me laugh out loud with your umbrella comment! It made my morning!😊Thank you again for watching and for your lovely comment🥰
Great information - I’ve taken notes! I bought the sousaku kokeshi in the background at 6:15 last week! I also bought a whole tea set of kutani ware just like the colored teacup you picked up. 1250 yen for the teapot and 5 cups! I love your haul - particularly the scroll and the way you’ve styled the picture frame! Thanks for another fabulous video. Looking forward to the next one:)
Thank you so much for watching as always and for your kind comment❣️The teapot and teacup set sounds fabulous! Love the colours. The picture frame with tassels was a fun find for sure! Love the occasional scores from serious digging in the 110yen section. Hope you find some more goodies on your next visit to "the Bazaar"🥰
You are so knowledgeable. And yet you present in such an accessible way. Both informative and fun to watch. Wondering what sort of oil you use on vintage wood carvings?
Hi Nancy❣️Thank you so much for watching as always! I buy an orange woodworking oil from Amazon Japan. I think it's a domestic brand. Has a weird name - "Sin"😂The orange scent can linger for a couple weeks on larger antique/vintage furniture, but disappears almost immediately after wiping down smaller items like figurines, picture frames etc. Thank you always for your lovely comment!🥰
Hello again from Australia ❤ My mother and I are off to Tokyo in 20 days time. What book-off stores in the Tokyo area do you recommend for searching for items similar to the items you find? I see only some of the locations have ceramics etc. Where do you recommend? We are at Oedo market on our first day, we might see you there!
Hi Yvette🥰As rent prices are high and limited availability for large spaces within central Tokyo, most BOOK OFF Super Bazaar branches that have a substantial amount of ceramics etc. are either on the outskirts, or next door to Tokyo in Chiba, Kanagawa or Saitama prefectures. Saying that, they aren’t that far out of Tokyo. I live closer to Kanagawa so visit the Tsunashima and Minatocho branches most (Minatocho is the largest in Kanagawa pref). If Chiba pref is closer to where you’re staying, then Makuhari branch may be convenient for you. You’re coming at a nice time of year! Summer heat has finally subsided so it’s super comfortable to check out the markets❣️
@tokyotique Thank you so very much for your excellent advice, because of your channel we have tailored our trip to seeing the places you recommend. Many thanks and happy thrifting!💓
