Buying Guide Closed on Wednesdays: What I Learned About Japanese Camera Shop Hours
On August 1, 2026, I spent a Saturday walking a route through Akihabara's used camera shops — seven stops on my list. M...
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Buying Guide Getting Your Camera Home in One Piece — Packing Lessons From the Shipping Desk
So you did it. Somewhere in Tokyo — maybe at the end of a long camera day in Akihabara — you found the one, paid, and w...
Shop Guide Nisshin Camera in Akihabara: A Small Showcase Shop That (I’m Told) Turns Into a Bar at Night
Every other shop from my Akihabara camera day got a clear label: the polished one, the cheap junk floor, the self-servi...
Shop Guide 2nd BASE in Akihabara: The Camera Shop Under the Train Tracks I’d Send a First-Timer To
Most used camera shops in Akihabara hide on the upper floors of ordinary buildings, behind entrances that are easy to w...
Shop Guide Kitamura in Akihabara: A Big Chain’s Junk Camera Floor, Marked by a TAX FREE Sign
Kitamura (カメラのキタムラ) is one of the biggest camera chains in Japan — the red logo is everywhere, from shopping streets to...
Buying Guide Lemon Camera in Akihabara: English Condition Ranks, and a 3-Item Junk Rule
If you have searched for "Lemon Camera Tokyo", you probably found the Shinjuku shop. But there is a second one, in Akih...
Buying Guide Tokyo CAMERA (Akihabara): A Junk Garage With No Staff, and Lenses From 3,000 Yen
Akihabara has several used camera shops, but one of them stayed in my head for days after I went home: Tokyo CAMERA, a ...
Buying Guide A Camera Day in Nakano and Shinjuku: My One-Day Itinerary (Two Towns, One Train Ride)
I already wrote a shop guide for the used camera shops in Nakano and Shinjuku. That article is a list: what each shop i...
Buying Guide Nobody Spoke to Me in Seven Akihabara Camera Shops (And That Was Fine)
On August 1, 2026, I walked around Akihabara and went into seven camera shops in one day. Not a single member of staff ...
Buying Guide How to Read a Japanese Camera Shop Price Tag (and the Words That Matter)
On August 1, 2026, I was on the used floor of the Kitamura Akihabara used-buying center, and I noticed something that I...