アメリカ村フリーマーケットB.B(American village freemarket B.B) — Attraction in Osaka

My favourite vintage shop in Osaka!! The vibe is fun and staff are so welcoming and friendly. They go as far as telling customers to come in and touch anything and everything! I’ve never seen or heard of that before anywhere else. It felt like a little treasure trove of trinkets where there were no angry adults to tell you off haha.

Thank you so much to all the staff who helped me shop here on the evening of Halloween 2023. The young man who helped me pick my new film camera was so friendly and helpful. The other man who walked around and told everyone to touch everything, thank you for your patience with me trying to ask things in Japanese haha. And the kind lady who thanked us for visiting then greeted us a happy Halloween. You are all so warm and delightful Japanese people and I’ll always remember the impression you left on me 💕

What the store offers: toys (kewpie, sanrio, more) pop culture merchandise retro film cameras and recorder cams homewares and lots of cool old lamps unique ceramics and other home decor souvenirs so much more you need to be there in person to experience!

I had a blast visiting this shop and will rave about it to my friends in Australia.

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Side note: it’s a very tight squeeze browsing but for me it was all part of the experience trying to navigate which direction to pass through without blocking or bumping into another customer or staff member haha. Please be careful with wearing backpack or holding other...

20 May 2025: Came here to view some vintage watches and 2 caught my husband and my eyes. The boss and staff were very kind to help us babysit my sleeping toddler while we shop. Really thankful to them. And we got the watches at a good price. It's a small and narrow shop but 11/10 shopping experience even with an infant and toddler. 👍👍👍

28 May 2025: Downgraded to 2 stars as one of my watches was actually damaged (cost me more than 100,000 yen!). Glass was broken (my fault as i didn't check properly before purchasing it), dial of the Omega was tilted the first time I wore it and crown came loose and missing after a week of owning it (only wore twice! 😭). I wasn't aware of it until I wanted to adjust the time (did not heavy use it in case you were wondering). Went to watchmakers to check and they told me that the repair would cost me 60,000 to 100,000 yen. Ridiculous! We were so sad and disappointed that this thing happened to us on our first vintage watch purchase. Money wasted!

11 June 2025: Contacted B.b via IG and they were kind to send me a replacement watch of my choice. Received the watch today in my country and it was beautiful. Gave them another star for their after sales service but still I was sad about my first vintage watch purchase. I was told the crown replacement would be challenging as it's unique to the model. I really like the seamaster cosmic alot so i would consider spending some money again to...

This is a great shop to just wander about and look at all the weird loot. They have a small but very dense section for cameras. Its pretty fun to just browse through, and there are definitely some interesting finds in there. A tip if you're interested in grabbing a film camera here:

Do some due diligence if something catches your eye. At least check if the basic functionality works. I looked at two cameras that seemed good (and cheap) at a glance, but on one of them the shutter didn't fire, and on the other the motorized film rewind mechanism didn't work. There are no refunds, and they're selling these untested, so be careful (unless you want to take a swing at repairing it).

Personally, I purchased an Olympus XA here for a great price. The guy working the camera area (who was really talkative and passionate about cameras) told me the flash didn't work - but it turned out only the charge indicator doesn't work - the flash itself seems fine. After putting a test roll through it, it works perfectly. All around a fun place to be with fun staff...