A closed antique shop with a rusty shutter in a narrow Tokyo alley at dusk. Gen‑san, an old man in a red kimono, holds a key.

An antique shop in Yanaka, Tokyo

Ten years closed. Today, Gen‑san raises the shutter again.

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The story

Forty years, one little shop

Gen Takaoka, a retired watchmaker, ran the Takaoka antique shop in a back alley of Yanaka with his wife, Fumi. When she passed away, he pulled the shutter down.

  1. The dusty shop interior with empty glass cases and an open ledger on the counter.
    Fumi's ledger is still on the counter. Half the pages are gone.
  2. A round steel safe on a wooden wall, tied with a faded red ribbon and a dried flower.
    And the safe she never let him open.
  3. Gen‑san smiling at the counter while a boy in a cap brings in a cardboard box.
    His knees are done with flea markets. The kids next door aren't.

How it plays

Four things you'll do all day

An illustrated map of Tokyo.

1Send

Send the neighborhood kids to flea markets and bazaars all over Tokyo. Each picker has a knack: cards, figures, old tech, tradition.

2Catalog

Every find goes into Fumi's book: 60 objects in 10 sets. Each one stays a silhouette until it walks through your door.

3Haggle

Customers come in with offers. Take the deal, or hold out for more.

  1. Corner Stall
  2. Neighborhood Shop
  3. District Gallery
  4. Ginza Landmark

4Restore

Dust off the shop, decorate it and watch it grow through four tiers, from corner stall to Ginza landmark.

Also in the shop

  • A free gachapon capsule every day
  • Fuse pieces into something better in the workshop
  • Fumi's rules, one recovered ledger page at a time
  • Free to play
  • No forced ads
  • English · Español · 日本語

The shop cat

Meet Mochi

Mochi sleeps on Gen's counter. Pet her, fill her bowl every day and keep her treat jar stocked. Feed her today and she leaves you a little gift tomorrow.

Fumi's Collection

Twenty pieces, lost across Tokyo

Over forty years, Fumi sold, lent or lost twenty special pieces. Help Gen bring them home. We reveal one here every week.

3 of 20 revealed

Latest reveal

Gen's First Repair

“A pocket watch. He was nineteen.”

Revealed October 5, 2026

  2. Piece 202???
  3. Piece 303???
  4. Piece 404???
  5. Piece 505???
  6. Piece 606???
  7. Piece 707???
  8. Piece 808???
  10. Piece 1010???
  11. Piece 1111???
  12. Piece 1212???
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  14. Piece 1414???
  16. Piece 1616???
  17. Piece 1717???
  18. Piece 1818???
  19. Piece 1919???
  20. Piece 2020???