Ohi Keibajo, también conocido como Hipódromo de Ohi o Rastro de la Ciudad de Tokio, es un rastro muy popular en Tokio. De hecho, es el mayor de todos los mercadillos de Tokio que se celebran con regularidad, y donde los aficionados a los mercadillos pueden encontrar verdaderas gangas.
Organizado por la sociedad de reciclaje de ciudadanos de Tokio y celebrado casi todas las semanas, Ohi Keibajo cuenta con unos 600 puestos y técnicamente está más relacionado con un mercadillo de coches estadounidense que con un mercado de antigüedades. Por tanto, los visitantes no deben esperar encontrar antigüedades tradicionales japonesas como vajillas de porcelana, auténticos kimonos vintage, muebles antiguos y artículos de decoración tradicional como los que se venden en los mercadillos de santuarios y templos.
Los comerciantes del mercadillo de Ohi Keibajo venden principalmente baratijas, utensilios de cocina, juguetes de anime, ropa, videojuegos, libros, dvds, vídeos, herramientas oxidadas, relojes, ropa de segunda mano, bolsos, herramientas, chucherías, aparatos electrónicos antiguos y demás parafernalia. Básicamente, los mismos productos que se pueden encontrar en un mercadillo europeo o estadounidense, pero con un toque japonés.
No obstante, Ohi Keibajo puede ser una auténtica mina de oro para los viajeros que visitan Tokio por primera vez y desean descubrir la cultura japonesa que conocieron a través de mangas y otros programas de televisión.
En definitiva, con tantos puestos que se pierde la cuenta y precios tan bajos como 100 yenes por cualquier cosa, Ohi Keibajo realmente pone en perspectiva todas esas compras por miles de yenes en Tokio.
Matt Jensen
29th junio 2015 en 12:07As a big fan of the British ‘car boot sale’ when I came to Japan in 2014 I had to try out a flea market! So I did! The flea market itself is fantastic: so many stalls you lose count, with people selling all sorts from cookware, anime toys, clothes, video games, books, dvds, videos, most wanting as little as ¥100 for anything, it really puts all that shopping around Tokyo for thousands of yen into perspective! You’ll also find various food vendors in the flea market, whilst the hot food was tempting, we couldn’t say no to some Kakigori in a variety of tasty flavors!
Everyone is very polite and no one was forceful at the flea market unlike some people at car boot sales, and as foreigners they would always try and tell us how much they were telling us in English, and we didn’t feel as though anyone was driving up the price because we were foreigners!
Marsha Ward
31st mayo 2016 en 19:36I was so looking forward to checking out a flea market in Tokyo. We hauled all the way across town on Sunday morning with hope of finding even one cool, unusual thing. There seemed to be a few true collectors mostly selling toys–the rest was a jumbled heap of old, worn out bric-a-brac, rusty tools, piles of clothes, and useless old electronics. There was one vendor selling some interesting natural history items, but I was skeptical about my ability to import them along with the feeling that the bear claws had probably been procured under less than ideal circumstances. There were sellers with piles of old kimono for only 200JPY, but they smelled strongly of mothballs, and I had little confidence I’d be able to get the smell out.
Overall, I’d give it a pass–there’s nothing else out that way in the event of a bust, so it’s basically a waste of three hours.
NIK
5th marzo 2017 en 11:48I went there yesterday, I like it.
There are food stalls too, kebab, curry, yakitori, etc… delicious!!