Everything you lost in Japan will be sold (6 photos)

But it will be incredibly sweet if it calms you down. The thing is that in Japan, things lost in the subway and stations are sold after a short waiting period at the lost property office.





Space is expensive in Japan, hence the love of small vending machines instead of shops. So there are not enough shelves in the office, and as soon as things accumulate decently, a lost property sale is held.



Everywhere they write that these are found items, this is their marketing advantage

Where to buy someone else's lost items

Lost items that no one has asked for back are sent to the "Railway Lost and Found Market" in Japan, where they are sold to the public at favorable prices. Most often, these are all sorts of useful little things - an iPhone adapter cable, a charger, a sports bottle, carry bags, umbrellas, sunglasses, wallets, pendants for smartphones.





36 thousand items are brought to the railway lost property office every year! And where do they store them!?

Such markets are not held regularly, so that a lot of accumulated goods can be displayed at once. And only after they pass the police department, where they are stored for some time (supposedly the police can identify their owners, but in reality - no). These items are bought from a special lost property warehouse by the organisers of the railway markets.



A buyer found a bag that could hide a whole person. Someone creepy lost it...

They clean, wash, make second-hand items look good, and even put tags on them to make them look better.

That is, these are commercial projects, so some items are sold with a price right away, and some markets hold auctions to get more income.



Typical goods of such sales, even boring and disappointing

Professional hunters for "garbage treasures" - all sorts of rarities or cheap things - also come to such markets. But a gold ring, of course, will not make it here.

By the way, we don't have that. But an ownerless thing worth up to 30 dollars can be kept with a clear conscience under the new laws. Only if it was honestly found, and not stolen. Although is conscience worth three thousand? It would be better to ask loudly for the whole hall: "Who forgot the umbrella, citizens?"



As you might guess, an umbrella is the MOST COMMONLY LOST item on a train

I would go to a market like this just for the laughs, in case someone lost something incredibly funny.