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What is a flea market?

Flea markets originated from "flea markets" held throughout France. In line with the concept of conserving resources and energy, that is, cherishing things as much as possible, as well as the concept of environmental protection, we bring used items, discarded items, and reusable items to parks and squares for trading, exchange, and reuse. It is said that they have been spread as citizen level wisdom to various places. Nowadays, the cost of collecting and disposing of waste materials is often high, and the demand for them is increasing day by day.

Flea markets in the United States

In the United States, events such as "Garage Sale" and "Swap Meet" have been held for a long time, and after the oil crisis, the movement to care for things has become active. Therefore, it has evolved from individual activities in garages to extensive large-scale events such as parks. This is a large market called a "flea market" or "open-air market", usually held mainly on the warm climate of the West Coast.

Japan's flea markets

It is said that flea markets were introduced as a new custom in magazines during the "American 200th Anniversary Celebration" event from 1975 to 1976. In addition, it is said that the "First Free Market" held by the "Japan Flea Market Association" in Frontier Land, Tsumori, Nishinari ku, Osaka in October 1979 was the predecessor. When the Japan Flea Market Association held a "flea market" in Japan, it was originally translated as "flea market" and is said to be a "free market" where anyone can easily participate. By the way, this flea means dirty.