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Season 8 Episode 23: Giant Housing Complex: Hello and Goodbye at a Secondhand Shop

Tama New Town, located in the suburbs of Tokyo, is home to over 200,000 people. The setting for this episode is a giant secondhand shop with a sales floor area of 1,500 tsubo (approximately 5,000 square meters) towering over the center of the town. Most of the 600,000 items filling the floor are things that have been brought in because they are no longer needed. From brand-new trendy items to a father's heirlooms, music equipment filled with memories of youth, and a “takoyaki maker” once enjoyed with children—each item holds a story. What do people think when they let go of these items?

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

17

Episodes:

490

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2006

IMDb:

8.7