Vintage in Kobe and Osaka, Japan

[Baron Kurtz]

I'm sure I won't be able to pay the prices they'll ask, but does anyone know of good vintage shops/markets etc. in Kobe or Osaka? I'll be there in a few weeks and would like to check out the local vintage scene.

Many thanks,

bk

 

[LaMedicine]

Just noticed this thread.
Welcome to Japan to the exalted Baron Kurtz!!

Sorry to say, I'm not into vintage per se (as far as vintage stuff goes, I don't collect, I just hold on to what's been in our family for a while) so I can't answer your Q.
Also, I live in Tokyo, so don't know much about Kobe or Osaka.
Boushi Mania lives in Osaka, so he may know something.
Kobe is known for its history as being a residential area for Westerners, and there are areas that still retain turn of the century atmosphere., though a lot were lost in the fire bomb raids in WWII.
http://feel-kobe.jp/_en/
Osaka is an historic commercial city, that also still has corners and spots that retain the old atomosphere despite the loss of a great area of the city to the WWII fire bomb raids.
http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/