Uncertainty about the future is partly driving the trend, with the value of the secondhand goods market in the country expanding to around 3.13 trillion yen ($21.3 billion) in 2023, according to the Reuse Economic Journal. The figure marked a 14th straight year of growth since 2010, a year after the trade publication began its survey.
by RiKeiJin
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But ironically, used clothing in Japan is often more expensive than new.
Not into vintage myself, but helped interpret for a vintage shop at an exhibition last year. Prices are pretty insane. Hoodies or Sukajan in the right size and color sold for 40万+. Young guys pooling together money to buy a sweatshirt. People making a day trip just to meet a celebrity seller etc.
¥790000 a second hand t-shirt???? NO39
I can see a market for things that are retro that are difficult or impossible to reproduce but a t-shirt? You can easily print one to say anything or look like anything.
I have a 古物商 license, but this shit is ridiculous and the only thing I cannot wrap my head around.
Time to empty my closet when I return home
News? This is a phenomenon that in Japan goes back at least as far as the early ‘90s. 🤷♂️
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