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Chaos and Kanji
Japan is a land of new. When buying a house or renting an apartment, proximity to train stations is a big factor in price, but also important is the age of the building. Fashion changes quickly so wardrobes always have new clothes added. There's always some new, limited flavor or menu item at convenience stores and restaurants.
Discussion
The town office, and one of the bigger parks in the town, are the most likely places to host flea markets. The biggest of them all is held at Yoyogi park in February every year.
Flea market. I've never seen a flea market in my town. This should be interesting. Maybe.