Why Japan's micro-shops create wonder missing in America

One of the reasons I keep returning to Tokyo is to wander quiet neighborhoods in search of tiny stores you can't find anywhere else. In 2018, David and I stumbled upon the Prank Weird Store, located in Kitazawa (see the original location in Google Maps — it moved to Katamata in 2020, but it's now about 20 miles south of Tokyo). It sells used records, un…