Osu Kannon area in Nagoya is full of contrasts, named after the
Osu Kannon temple nowadays, it reminds more of a shopping district than a sacred place. On the 18th and 28th of each month, a flea market is being held in front of the Osu Kanonn temple. Last weekend Daniel and I hanged around it for a while.
From what I`ve noticed, people are divided into those that like, or actually know how to do shopping in flea markets, and into those who would never buy anything there. At least that`s how it is in Europe. It might also seem that all flea markets in the world are very similar. The things that can be found there are the same kind of stuff - clothes, furniture, electronics, toys, paintings, coins, records, military stuff. Maybe it is not just me but I think that except a shopping place, they can be also treated as a great interactive museums.
In European flea markets, seeing pieces of armor from the II World War reminds me of people who were brave, who were fighting and who, in most of the cases, died because of that. However, when I saw a Japanese samurai helmet or a wig that probably belonged to some geisha a long long time ago, it made me stop thinking about samurais and geishas as of fairytale characters.
And so the things that used to present a great value, are unwanted and very often not only nobody wants them, but also nobody finds them usefull anymore. Flea markets do not show the fake history as it usually is in case of films, books or museums. They show it as it really was, remind about how everything passes and prove that one day even somebody`s most favorite tea cup will become nobody`s favorite.
From what I`ve noticed, people are divided into those that like, or actually know how to do shopping in flea markets, and into those who would never buy anything there. At least that`s how it is in Europe. It might also seem that all flea markets in the world are very similar. The things that can be found there are the same kind of stuff - clothes, furniture, electronics, toys, paintings, coins, records, military stuff. Maybe it is not just me but I think that except a shopping place, they can be also treated as a great interactive museums.
In European flea markets, seeing pieces of armor from the II World War reminds me of people who were brave, who were fighting and who, in most of the cases, died because of that. However, when I saw a Japanese samurai helmet or a wig that probably belonged to some geisha a long long time ago, it made me stop thinking about samurais and geishas as of fairytale characters.
And so the things that used to present a great value, are unwanted and very often not only nobody wants them, but also nobody finds them usefull anymore. Flea markets do not show the fake history as it usually is in case of films, books or museums. They show it as it really was, remind about how everything passes and prove that one day even somebody`s most favorite tea cup will become nobody`s favorite.
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