Film/Used-Camera Shops in Hiroshima?

[PGraham3]

Howdy, APUG!
I’ll be visiting Hiroshima for several days in a few weeks, and just curious, would any of you have any off-the-beaten-path film/used-camera shop recommendations?

If one searches the net, sure, there are many camera shops, but I’m specifically looking for off-the-beaten-path ones that may/may not be specifically listed.

Your recommendations will be appreciated. Thanks, APUG!
-Paul

 

[mooseontheloose]

What makes a camera shop off-the-beaten path better than ones you can find? Which shops have you found so far? Hiroshima is not what it used to be (I used to live there) - almost all of the shops are gone, no place to buy film (except maybe Kitamura Camera, if you can find one, and even then, it will likely only have Fuji colour neg, maybe Acros if you're lucky, and it will all be 35mm. Bic Camera had nothing the last time I was there.) There are a few used camera shops that you can find near the station, if you just follow the streetcar tracks into the city. Is there something in particular that you are looking for?

 

[PGraham3]

Thanks for responding!
I currently live in South Korea, so I visit Japan often. I’m planning to pass through Hiroshima and figured I could do some camera-treasure-hunting amid some of the second-hand junk shops around there. I can imagine Hiroshima may not be what it used to be, but just curious about second-hand shops “off-the-beaten-path” that haven’t been shopped-out. I’ve gone through some shops in Nagasaki, Osaka, Kyoto, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka amid my travels and found some nice cameras for cheap. Some of the ones in Osaka that were even a bit off the beaten path were completed shopped-out, but the very few in Nagasaki and Kyoto that I did find had used-cameras galore, and I found some rare gems.
What’s a bit odd is that I’ve been all around Japan except for Tokyo, and I know Tokyo would have a ton, so much, I imagine. Many hard-to-find junk shops there?
As for Hiroshima, you say only a few shops? While I plan to visit some tourist spots, perhaps it might not be worth to search around there for hard-to-find junk shops. What do ya think?
-Paul

 

[mooseontheloose]

You might do alright. Since I live in Japan and have more than enough camera gear, I rarely go out looking for these kinds of shops, although I will always stop and look (and often go in) if I see something interesting. I still don't understand the off-the-beaten path sense of this though, since most, if not all camera shops in Japan are small independent affairs that you find in random places (except of course the big electronics stores, but I don't really see them as camera stores).