Konnichiwa Mina-san!
It looks like it's open, but...
This is a pop-up shop located in front of a grocery store. They buy bags, accessories, old coins, and etc. Imitations are fine too.
It's 12 noon and the pop-up shop looks open, but there's no one inside. Probably during lunch break. The employees must have been very hungry and rushed out to eat.
But the shop's equipment remains the same...
There is a surveillance camera at the circle mark, but this is for the entrance to the grocery store, not for the pop-up shop.
When you visit a shop, the employees are often not there. It's common in Japan.
「すみませーん、誰かいませんかー？」
The pop-up shop at 10pm, but...
Next is a photo of the same shop at 10pm. The business has already closed and there is no one there.
The closed shop that is too open. There are lots of gaps, so you can get in from anywhere.
And there are also no employees, no security guards, and no surveillance cameras.
But proper crime prevention measures have been taken. That's because the desks and bags that were displayed outside are now inside the shop.
In Japan, this is an impregnable defense.
「木と紙でできてる日本の家も、防御力ではとんとん」
Very kind, but...
They also kindly leave a message for guests arriving late at night.
This message lets us know that this is not a dumping ground. If this message hadn't been there, the number of bags would probably have increased by the next morning.
「ここにカバンを捨てないでください！」
Standing signboard, but...
It's 10pm and there's a standing signboard with a bags at the entrance to the grocery store.
It says: "Please feel free to take some home". This is in regards to the shop leaflet, but not bags. But it's very misleading.
This sign probably stays up 24 hours a day, even after the grocery store is closed(11pm).
「この看板が、一番の働き者だ！」
Many people are coming in and out of the grocery store day and night, but no one pay attention to this pop-up shop.
Maybe the bags has never been stolen. But I'm worried that something might go wrong someday. For example, there are no thieves maybe, but there will probably be no customers either.
Wow, bankruptcy risk!
「ドロボーはおらず、客もおらず、そして店員もいなかった」
NANGI