Mansion Shop

The cheapest place I could find to buy a Canon lens on the Internet was a shop in Ochanomizu. A lot of these cheap shops require you order products in advance, then you either have the item delivered to you or go to pick it up. I chose to pick up the lens and pay by cash.

The building was called Oka Mansion which struck me as a little odd as mansions are normally flats. However, inside there was a board listing lots of companies. On the 9th floor it really was a normal mansion, the only difference was that some of the doors had signs on them. It looked like I was in the right place.

When I walked into the 'shop' there were two small rooms (not to mention the sink!) acting as a cross between a small office and a small storage area. A man came out and produced my Canon lens. All I could hink was 'Dodgy!' Apparently there are lots of shops like this but I'd never been to one before so it felt strange handing over a wad of cash in a pokey little flat.