Tokyo Antique And Flea Markets. There's at least one flea market in Tokyo every weekend, though you'll need to arrive early for any bargains. Among the regular markets, weather permitting, stalls at Hanazono-jinja spring into life every Sunday, while Togo-jinja hosts a market on the first and fourth Sundays of the month.
Alternatively, try one of the two upmarket antique halls , which are permanent fixtures consisting of several dealers gathered under one roof. Among a good deal of tat, you'll come across original ukiyo-e , magnificent painted screens or samurai armour - but don't expect any particular bargains. Antique Gallery Meguro, 2F, 2-24-18 Kami-osaki (11am-7pm) has around fifty stalls, while the Tokyo Antiques Hall, 3-9-5 Minami-Ikebukuro (Daily except Thurs 11am-7pm) and the Antique Market, in the basement of the Hanae Mori Building, 3-6-1 Kita-Aoyama (11am-8pm; some shops close on Thurs), are slightly smaller. Several times a year about two hundred dealers get together for the Heiwajima Antiques Fair , held over three days at the Ryutsu Centre (10am-6pm), a stop on the monorail from Hamamatshucho to Haneda. If you're in town, it's well worth the journey. Tokyo TIC can give you the current schedule for this and all the other markets and fairs around Tokyo.