Japanese Thrift Store (Home Goods & Furniture)
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As we get closer to our house being finished we can finally start prepping for the furniture/DIY projects we'll need after moving in, so we wanted to check out some furniture thrift stores and see what sorts of things they're selling down here in Fukuoka. This is the first time we've been to furniture thrift stores since we moved here and we weren't disappointed!
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Hi guys we're back!! We're getting closer to our house finishing so we'll be uploading fewer videos for the rest of the year so we can spend our extra time on prep and moving. We have been filming quite a bit though so we'll have a bunch of videos when we get the time to edit them!
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have a happy move....no stress just smiles!
@@mysterymachine6858 same from me ✌️✌️✌️
I literally live next to that ship, the HMS Victory.
The real full size one, that's Nelson's flagship from Trafalgar.
Yes it has that many cannons.
Rachel: pink appliances, cute Sakura plate
Also Rachel: ANCIENT VASE, COOL WOODEN SWORD-
Cute Rachel and adventurous Rachel
@@chickencake5134 inside Rachel, there are two wolves
@@LittleParade_ which one will win?
She could totally buy the wooden sword and keep it in the cool vase!!!
Chicken Cake the one she feeds 😊
Jun is making sure Rachel knows he doesn't agree with her purchase, but there's nothing he can do about it, so he's happy for her. 😂😂😂
Better than 13:10
In the end he lost the battle but didn't lose the war.
It's a good application of the Japanese concept of shouganai.
It was worth it. Should buy the chest of drawers too. Looked very well made
@@TH-camCensors nice picture
That’s the cleanest, most organized resale store I’ve ever seen.
Right? The people in the US just have zero courtesy and throw stuff around willy nilly
@@emilymulcahy depends on the thrift store. I live in japan as well (up north and I just went thrift shopping in tokyo) and I haven't seen any with this much furniture. It's usually clothes and small appliances. The one me and my husband like cause of their price and quantity is chaotic. They're organized but the sheer volume of items make it look crazy. I had to buy a stroller (8$) for japan since it's hard to go around w an American size stroller or wagon.
@@BatmanPwnage the thrift stores here look like a cyclone ran through, the one they were in looked more like a well kept department store rather than a second hand store, also I've seen other videos of random types of stores in Japan, people have more courtesy there so they don't just cast stuff aside in other isles, they bring it back, they treat things as if they owned it, Americans don't, it's sad
I wish American society had reverence and desire to preserve and resell like this. We waste so much, are so filthy, and want to destroy our own communities. We've really gotten out of hand, our people can't get along or behave and we fight and desire destruction.
@@emilymulcahy tbh, only places in America that are cleaner and more organized are the more posher areas
Jun's "I'm happy for you" had the same hidden sigh of a parent that reluctantly relented and unexpectedly got their child a new puppy 😂 Rachel was truly the kid begging "Can we keep it?"
So....a way to fix the stick of old drawers is...wax. not even kidding. Grab an old candle or chunks off an old burned out one and rub it on the contact friction points (top edge, bottom edge) where it sticks the most. Some people even used bar soap. Wax is the most effective from my experience. We have glider drawers now (the ones with wheels in the brackets) because easy wax/soap fixes just aren't in the front of anyone's brain anymore so it's kinda getting lost as to how to do easy fixes. Try it. See how you like it. It doesn't work quite as well on small jewelry boxes with drawers, but the chests of drawers, yes.
Just went to post this, we fixed all the drawers in our house this way! Works great 👍
We even do this on doors that stick (we have an old house that is sensitive to moisture).
Actually the first thing to do is change up the sequence of the drawers to see if they fit, often they get mixed up if you pull them out for transport- nice old chests of drawers have numbers or carpenter signs in the back. And then clean the edges before waxing. A gentle tap with a rubber mallet at the joints is another thing you can do, just like measuring if the corners are 90°.
Also I hate the little wheels on gliders drawers, I have broken quite a few of these buggers.
@@mirabellegoldapfel6256 good points. I forgot the drawer swap
So cool! I needed that info too! Just got an old drawer that is so stuck!!
Rachel: i'm gonna get it 😂
Jun: I 😐 am 😐 happy 😐 for 😐 you 😐
That's marriage for you. You don't always get your way but you luv the other so you are happy for them
Lol I felt that too! No matter how long you’re with someone, you’re still learning new things all the time. I’ve been married just now 28 years and sometimes my hubby surprises me (or shocks me)! 😉
That chest of drawers was an incredible deal at $60 😥 the drawer joints (dovetails) look machine made, so it's not super old, but because it's solid wood it's really easy to resize the drawers so they fit well in the chest again. A carpenter could do it in half an hour!
gosh that chest was amazing i wanted it so bad! it looked like it would last you a thousand year !
Easier fix? Wax. The drawers fit fine but most of the size issue looks to be from expansion and contraction on the wood from temp changes. Waxing the drawers with basic candle wax will ease the friction points where the size shift is most noticeable.
@@bandashee Wax would do it most of the time. I think this one swelled a little so a couple passes with a finger plane would fix it right up. So about 30 minutes of work. (I'd do all the drawers)
I built furniture in a factory for about 9 years. Before that it was my Master cabinet maker master carpenter Uncle telling me secrets he picked up since 1935 to 1987.
You probably don't really need to resize. if you take bar soap and rub it on the runners (bottom two corners going about a foot into the drawer) they will stay easy to slide out for years. Old trick from my Ohio carpenter grandpa.
And rubbing a paraffin emergency candle on the drawers would have made them slide more easily.
4:10 Somewhere around Fukuoka, someone is watching this video and saying to their spouse "See, I told you we should have bought it, but noooo, you were so sure it would still be there next time"
😂 Exactly what I was thinking!
Also "where exactly is this store so I can go!?"
😂
7:07 I absolutely lol'd when Jun used Poki as a bargaining chip so Pichi would let him pet her! 🤣🤣🤣
Jun's subtle shade at Rachel's taste about the vase though--"Preeetty sure this will still be here next year" lol
Also Rachel imagining that bowl looking cute with a bonsai arrangement while Jun simultaneously pictures cabbage xD
They are both correct
Jun: "I'm happy for you".
Juns mind: "I love you, but i hate it."
That's what marriage is about sometimes. You don't always agree, but if it's something you can live with it can be worth it to concede so that when something comes up that you CAN'T tolerate, you don't have to. It's just life, you know?
@@LaynieFingers True.
@@pfteve oh, and for the record my husband and I just celebrated our 29th anniversary together... 😍
@@LaynieFingers Congrats.
@@pfteve Thanks! We're old, but that's better than the alternative!
"I'm really happy for you," is the Japanese equivalent of a Southern, "Well bless your heart."
Lol so true!
Oh, I never realized "Well bless your heart" can carry so much shade, lol.
@@SquidandCatAdventures Bless your heart is the shadiest phrase in all of the South, lol
@@ebmage8793 yup! It basically means you're such an idiot.
@@mellie4174 It's an expression of pity or sympathy, so it has non-shady uses too. It's funny that it's used as a subtle insult, so people on the internet tend to focus on that use.
The model ship you saw, HMS Victory is in the old dockyard in my city, Portsmouth, in the UK. Yes there are that many cannons on board! You can takes tours/have events on board still!
I was in Portsmouth as part of my student ambassador trip during high school, in 2005, we stayed at a sailing academy. Beautiful place!
Can you shoot the cannons? 😂
I just posted a long comment about HMS Victory with the Wikipedia link, but I KNEW somebody would already have explained it!😄
But I forgot to say -- RACHEL! Not ALL the British Navy ships had quite so many cannons as Victory did! 🙂
That sewing machine will totally be fixable.
They are indestructible.
Indestructible but! Replacement or adaptable parts may be hard to come by and you would probably need a specialty antique restorer for a brand like Bluebird (Vickers).
Local clothing store had theirs still from back when they used adjusted clothing for people.
They really are. My mum has mended tons, they usually just need cleaning and oiling tbh. :''3
They definitely are! I have a treadle sewing machine- it works, its just missing the leather cord for the mechanisms!
@@godlesslippillow
We're really lucky, we have have two guys who work out of a garage who service and repair anything.
I periodically hoover up anything I can find Inn the local tips and drop them of for validation and repair.
Just need to stop my wife from keeping them all!!! 🤣
Seeing Jun pet Pichi without her running away gives me so much serotonin.
He bought her a Poki as a peace offering.
I also handle social interactions better when my husband is beside me.
I love that they took the time to research the vase and honor it's craft. I also, am in love with this vase
Yeah, that really means a lot to me. It's an ordinary vase, but I guess nothing is ordinary, really, as long as someone out there appreciates it. And now all of us can appreciate this vase.
Jun's thing about imagining what food would taste good on a plate wouldn't have stopped me from getting the "dessert" plates bc after spending five years in a tea room, most lunch and dinner foods would taste good on those plates so long as they were shaped pretty and/or cut up into "cute" small serving sizes lol
Same
Thanks for ruining my pretty plate eating experience Jun XD
Ah, but you see, you can now make the plates even prettier by using them for pretty plating.
I just eat anything on any plates haha
"I am happy for you" might be the most japanese way of saying "I dislike your taste"
I absolutely love the way he said that, that was the nicest "this is absolutely not what we came here for" tone 😂
Being married, he’ll eventually get use to that vase.. maybe lol
He might be from that one town in Japan that everyone in Japan outside of that town hates
@@JMarieCAlove i agree with jun on this one, thats one ughly vase
I love when Rachel goes “Eh (or え)?” all the time. You just know you’ve been in Japan for that long. I use it with my friends from the states and they always tell me to stop. 🤣 It becomes a habit.
I write it as a question mark, at the end of a sentence, few understand XD
The wooden chest of drawers was amazing for the price. Rubbing the bottom of the drawers with beeswax can really help the way a drawer glides in a piece like that.
Thank you for that! I have a few antique dressers where some of the drawers stick!
I need to check out our thrift stores more often. As for fancy dishes, life is short and the dishes are meant to be enjoyed so eat all your meals on them.
Don't buy what you won't use.
When drawers stick, rub a candle or a bar of soap on the area that is catching. This lubes the area and allows it to slide better.
Love to see you guys extending your family from the cat realm out into the metal vase realm. No joke - I think it's wonderful that vase has found a new home where it is cherished.
I feel like I love the antiques from other countries and cultures so much, but my friends who actually live there are like, "That's not cool, it's just a crappy old piece of junk!" and I'm like "No! This is a beautiful treasure and deserves love and admiration!"
HMS Victory was Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar. It did indeed have a lot of cannon, sadly not quite enough sniper cover. The real article still exists and can be visited. Glad you got the vase!
The Victory is at Portsmouth historic dockyard in the UK, they have also got the Mary Rose there 🙂
Excellent technique to outsource decisions to insta polls, now Jun can't say the vase was Rachel's choise , but Rachel et al. ~ 😂
The Kanji for figs is exactly how it's written in Chinese, and as Jun said the direct translation is 'no flower fruit' because figs trees don't have the typical flower that you can see from the outside 😆
When Jun started to say they'll be making updates, I thought if the vase is haunted or not 😂😂😂
I'm in Ikea at the moment pausing for dinner while watching you shop. Glad you got the vase. I put the one I found back.
Once again- Japanese thrift stores are so smart. They present goods so well and are targeted to welcome anyone. Thrift stores like this should exist in every country. I know so many people in Germany who have great products. Especially older people have their house filled to the brim and often even have new kitchen appliances. When they pass away, the products often end up in landfill because all relatives also already have their homes full of stuff and they keep buying new products because such thrift stores are hard to come by. E-bay exists of course, but sometimes it would be much easier to go to a second hand store to see the product directly. Second hand stores in Germany often either have expensive brand clothes or are targeted at very poor people, so if you go there it feels like stealing from the poor (plus smaller cities don’t have thrift stores at all because there are no chains like second street, book off, home off ect.)
I live in Poland and my Sunday fun is to go thrift shop on a flea market full of products from Germany. I am pretty sure the families just pay someone to take everything from the house after an elderly pass away and the things end up here. It is the młyn market in Wrocław, in case anyone is interested. I streamed from there a couple of times.
@@OMundoParaIniciantes Sounds really interesting! But sad we have to transport products out of the country and can't establish proper stores. We also have flea markets, but those also come with stigma and sorting through everything until you find something takes a lot of patience and time. I truly miss Japanese second hand stores because they appeared so well managed, clean, well taken care of and everything was put away neatly. There also are changing cabins and it almost feels like a regular store.
A newer thrift store opened 2 years (in Germany) near my old home that is targetting all incomes. It's so amazing in there, we got half of our funiture from there. But they get so many donations, they don't have the space. They started to decline old-fashioned very sturdy furniture because they had trouble selling it while newer-ish furniture has a higher turnover even if it sucks. Also, they don't take electronics since they don't have an electrician on staff to safe check and in that case they aren't allowed to sell them.
They are cluttered with 90s/early 2000s dishes though and those are just the worst looking. In my opinion.
The vase goes totally with the vibe dark academia from one of the last videos. I can picture it as a cursed vase and now Rachel have to decrypt its inscriptions to save the world from a curse
The vase is awesome. Just to let people know a bit, the Kanji of it, which is equal to Chinese "周凤壶", can be interpreted as Zhou (周, an ancient dynasty in China) phoenix (凤, a bird brings luck, fortune, and prosperity in ancient Chinese mythology) vase (壶). The same design would have been used in high class royal in the ancient time, kings or queen for instance.
It's nice to see you guys again.
My Japanese wife and I enjoy your both.
Rachel: "This is a grandpa chair."
Me: "Can confirm, my grandpa has had 2 of those."
Also, "smart woman's hips" should be a meme. 😂😂😂
That vase is amazing. I’m with you on that.
I thought It was an urn
Rachel and Jun's videos always feel like all of us are friends just hanging out, doing fun adulting stuff. So wholesome!
Yes! When i référence thier vidéos i catch myself saying, my friends in Japan. I don't eveb know them but I feel like I do. I know I'd like to know them :)
Rachel: But we don't know if it will still be here when we come back!
Jun: I'm *pretty* sure it will still be here.
Me: [barks out that specific sort of laughter you get when you witness an unexpected and hilarious burn]
It's funny how Jun basically can't stop Rachel from buying that ancient vase and just keep saying "I'm happy for you" how kind of you Jun although there's like a lot of unsureness within you when seeing it lol
I’m going to be honest watching you guys feels like I’m playing sims and I love it!
Being a real-life Sim is the dream.
Okay I’m totally making them in the Sims now!
Rachel: Our vase
Jun: I'm happy for you
But the vase looks very nice!
The cast-iron "base for hot things" is called a "trivet"
So cool you could figure out that vase's history! And isn't it impressive what craftsmanship can achieve? Like that giant Buddha statue. Sometimes I'm just in awe what the human race has accomplished, especially when it is really complex buildings and structures.
I love the fact u find the history of this vase i myself enjoy the historical background of the thriftstores cus i am a history nerd would love more off this kind if u guys like that
It’s so sweet that Jun said ‘I’m happy for you’ 4 times (or more)… Nice to see a couple supportive of each other, and watching the child-free couple lifestyle (so many of my family and friends are like that too).
If the vase is from 1950's, then it's mid century and not modern. Great pick!
Crazy seeing thrift stores that aren’t just landfills with price tags. That and dollar stores man, Japan just showing off
Omg this is such a treat especially since I had a long day. Good news! I got a job after being unemployed for so long. I feel like my life is coming back together after the biggest impacts of the pandemic. Stay blessed y'all! 💖
The joinery on that locking chest of drawers you saw is a sign of good craftsmanship. Pieces like that are hereditary furniture. They last for ever. Its a gorgeous piece
That’s quite a find. I couldn’t quite understand the year, Rachel. Did you say 1953 or 1963? If 1953, I am the same age as your vase.
1953! That's when they began using the mold manufacturing process, which is how our vase was made. So our vase has to have been made some time after that!
Lol. I'm 1954.
@@RachelandJunAdventures Well that makes it 50+ years old so almost an antique. I bet you paid a fraction of the new price. A steal. Clean with a brush and soapy water but don't polish it unless you have too. Patina is good.
@@delukxy Up To 50+. They started using the mold process then, and since thats how the vase was made, it had to be made AFTER it was implemented, meaning it COULD have been made in 1953, or... any year since. Meaning it could be 50 years old, it could be 20, it could be 10, even the company doesn't seem to know.
About fengzhou, your pronunciation is correct! It’s actually a city in China which can be traced back to 554BC! And it basically mens Phoenix island. Btw, I searched it online realizing that Chinese people in the past used this kind of pots to store alcohol (for posh families of course) any way looking forward to the update on the pot !!! it would be great with plants/flowers !
Jun is quite a handyman. So, it's alright to get good quality second hand household items. He is a good man to keep.
Informations about the vase were really interesting, and it was nice from Hosha to give you an answer.
I'm sick with a fever and watching your videos while I'm sick sure helps! I love thrifting myself and antiquing etc.
old vase is really coool
For a house you have to also think of what you would use for having friends over! I think you should have gotten those dessert set plated with the other stuff! You could have it for when friends are over! That’s what it’s for!!! Get it!! You need serving dishes to have dinner parties or parties and having sets are super helpful when having a really nice dinner. It makes it so you don’t have to think about the other things.
Imagine just sitting at your dinner table you and Jun and 2 friends sharing a cake you got from a local bakery and that’s all you need to bring out. Put some cute candles and decor to compliment it and it would be so cute!!
Also on display in a dining room cabinet would be nice. So it has a home and you can bring it easily right from the cabinet beside your table so you don’t have to go back to the kitchen. They are usually glass so you can display them.
That is the prettiest vase! I love that you guys were able to find the history behind it, adds a bit more to the treasure.
That heavy green vase is SICK and I want it
That wooden chest of drawers with the stuck drawer... BUY IT! All you have to do is lightly sand the spots that are getting stuck to loosen it up. That is an amazing piece of high quality furniture in perfect condition
That velvet pink arm chair at 1:01 will forever be in my dreams.
Rachel and Jun: talking about appliances and products in the store.
Me:(jamming out to the music)
5:00
Every time I hear Jun saying "I'm happy for you" it sounds more and more scarier... He really doesn't like that it, I feel it every time he says that
HAHAHA!!! Old man chair... That matches our living room chair and sectional. 😀
Thank you very much for sharing the information about that vase as it's just beautiful!
Oh, Jun... I have an L-shaped desk and my monitors on a shelf above it and, depending on the work you're doing, has been a godsend. My buddies call my home office NOAA the home edition because of my set up.
Those dovetail joints are a sign of high quality wood drawers
I really appreciate that vase. It really means something that Rachel just found something she thinks is neat, and shared it with everyone. And I just want to have that sort of appreciation for nice objects.
Love how happy Rachel is during this video 😀
I love that vase Rachel found.
My mom had a whole table sewing machine she inherited that was broken the entire time I was growing up so we used it as a normal table (it folded around to stow the sewing part), but my sister got really interested in fixing it, did, and now makes amazing quilts. She's moved on to a machine that can handle higher production sewing with thicker materials but she would've never gotten into quilting if she hadn't fixed that initial machine. :) Also I love loved this video because I love thrift stores, and it's something my mom and I love to do together. I love seeing wacky items especially and asking whoever I'm with if they need x item. Best weird thing I couldn't leave without is a small ceramic sheep where the head is a mushroom and the body is a cauliflower lol.
Jun bringing an offering of Poki as a bribe to pet Pichi was funny.
Oh wow! I grew up near where HMS Victory (the ship that the model at 10:50 is based off of) is now kept. Its amazing how a model of it is in Japan! I also can confirm that yes, that is the amount of cannons it did and mostly still has to this day
“I’m sure it will still be here next year” Juuuuunnn hahahahhaha, so supportive of her joy.
The pretty sakura plate could go well with refreshing or spring focused dishes. Salads, fruits, wraps and sandwiches would look nice. The greens complementing the pinks would feel svery bright and spring themed
The cats seem to like the vase so not only must it be a good sign it must mean that it is a good luck vase!!!!😉😊🥰😍❤🤞👍
That vase style is in right now. Get it!
Oh my god i have that blue bird sewing machine, it used to be my grandmothers..... i live in pakistan,,,,,,, lol thats surreal
10:39
Poki's like: "LOVE ME, HUMANS! LOVE ME, INTERNET!!!" 😸😹😻
That plate tip is so useful because why buy a plate when you don’t know what to use it for or use it often. Definitely going to remember this whenever I buy random thing
I think the vase is worth it. It will look lovely in the garden. Not sure about flowers but some kind of ornamental grass or something maybe.
kali uchis playing in the store my heart is so happy
Rachel, I love that heavy vase you found!
The way I want to see a video of that vase being cleaned… it would be so satisfying
Noooo the patina is what makes it special!
Cleaned? I hope not. It’s supposed to look like that 👍
Imagine all of the stubbed toes that vase has seen, and how many it has yet to cause.
I love that vase too.
Also I love that rainbow plate
Aw, my mom had some small strawberry accented accessories when I was a girl in the 80s too so that brought back some sweet memories.
I think that vase you bought would look beautiful on your front porch next to some flowers.
I cant believe Capt Pooki didnt get the HMS victory for his Fleet. Missed Opertunity
Commode you liked (similar to what grandparents had) refurbished would look awesome! Also I like the vase. It does have an antique vibe ... once you find a right place for it, especially in a contemporary surrounding it will shine trough!
That Panasonic tech who was assigned to fix the camera, lmao. It must've been so weird seeing something that was clearly your brand's product but like.... not one of the retail models.
Glad you went back to get the vase, it looks awesome!
13:22 if you use some furniture wax you can make wooden drawers in old wooden furniture move more smoothly. Some say to rub a candle on the runners the drawer is supported on, but I find that it flakes off over time, the beeswax furniture polish works much better.
Oh! Thats a good tip about “imagine what you can eat with that plate before buying it.” I’ll do that next time 👍 thanks!
The corner bench kind of reminds me of German/Bavarian styled dining rooms, its also common in traditional german restaurants but of course in a different style and with bigger/darker wood
7:14
Poki's like: "Why did you move me???" 😹😸😻
The sticky wooden drawers can be helped with bar soap rubbed on the runners or some Vaseline.
Mostly not cursed vase, excellent!
This was really fun ☺️ I love a good thrifting video. Rachel’s excitement about her stately urn is me painstakingly researching my own flea market finds and sharing all the details with my patient husband 😂 He doesn’t always understand why I get so excited about certain items, but he rides the wave of my excitement nonetheless. It’s so fun to give old items a new home and carry on that legacy for a few more decades.
I'm with ya. The research is what really makes it fun. Otherwise it's just an object.
Dessert plates can also be breakfast plates! A little muffin, or some fruit to have with tea! Toast with lots of nice light greens and smoked salmon or thin meats!
I could tell that vase was good quality. Good buy.
Thrift stores usually have cool stuff. Usually better furniture than what's made today.
we don’t have thrift shop like this here it looks like so much fun!! treasure hunting!