2 weeks Ago By The Straits Times
Karen Tee The Oedo Antique Market is the largest and oldest outdoor market of its kind in Japan and offers an eclectic range of second-hand finds. Souvenir shops all around the world overflow with mass-produced magnets, postcards or other random trinkets. Like many travellers, I have always found the urge to pick up keepsakes while on vacation irresistible.
But over time, as I watched those trinkets pile up into a gaudy, dust-collecting heap at home, I realised something had to change. They felt disconnected from the places I had visited, and worse, failed to spark memories of my adventures. So how could a shopaholic traveller like me satisfy the urge to shop, but in a more meaningful way? Already a subscriber? Log in Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month $9.
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