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Small Change Koenji
Small Change (SmallChange) is a vintage shop for men and women over two floors: men's clothing on the first floor and women's on the second, which also has rings and earrings. Alongside the used clothing, the shop also sells new items of its own in a vintage style. The style is American and European casual: jeans, printed shirts and sporty jackets, at prices the sources describe as reasonable.
It is a small chain: it also has branches in Nagoya, Kobe and Fukuoka, and its sister shop, Little Trip to Heaven, also operates in Koenji. The branch is at Koenji Minami 3-45-16, south of the station, about five minutes' walk from the South Exit.
Good to know
- The first floor is for men and the second for women, so it is worth going up even if you came for one side.
- Check the label: some items are the shop's own new production in a vintage style, not used clothing.
What is nearby
Approximate walking minutes from the entrance of Small Change Koenji.
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- ~4 min
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- ~4 min
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- ~7 min
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The old shopping street of the North Exit, named after the novel by Shoichi Nejime that won the Naoki Prize in 1989. It has long-established butchers, greengrocers and fishmongers, and small restaurants.
- ~8 min
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