Oh my ... this is just so awesome ...

[efix]

via tokyocamerastyle

 

[jonmanjiro]

This shot is the new film area at Yodobashi Camera (Shinjuku main store) as of a few months ago. Believe it or not, it's now actually about three times smaller than before.

 

[efix]

This shot is the new film area at Yodobashi Camera (Shinjuku main store) as of a few months ago. It's now actually about three times smaller than before.

But it's still about a gazillion times larger than what I'm used to see.

 

[FalseDigital]

One of the many benefits of living in Asia. 😀

 

[jonmanjiro]

But it's still about a gazillion times larger than what I'm used to see.

Still quite impressive, for sure! At its previous size I hadn't seen anything quite like it elsewhere. After its downsizing to the current size, its now on par with what Yokohama and other stores used to be. It was actually quite a shock for us locals to see the film section downsized that much. The same downsizing happened at Yodobashi in Yokohama and other stores. Yokohama is only a third of the size it used to be as well.

Yodobashi at Shinjuku used to look like this:







Yodobashi at Yokohama used to look like this:

 

[FalseDigital]

It looks like you can still buy them in bricks so at least that's not entirely gone.

 

[hipsterdufus]

Are the Japanese really that into film? I wonder how much of Fuji/Kodak/Ilford/etc. sales come from Japan... Thanks for the photos.

 

[Austerby]

Have you seen the wall of film at Silverprint in London, behind the counter? Not quite on that scale but pretty impressive all the same.

 

[menthel]

Have you seen the wall of film at Silverprint in London, behind the counter? Not quite on that scale but pretty impressive all the same.

Not entirely, I was in there last week and a lot of the holes were looking rather empty. Especially the acros 100 in 35mm that I rather wanted!

 

[dogbunny]

I was a little saddened by the change

I was a little saddened by the change

This shot is the new film area at Yodobashi Camera (Shinjuku main store) as of a few months ago. Believe it or not, it's now actually about three times smaller than before.

I go to the main store every time I go back to Japan. I was a little upset that it was smaller when I went back in July and they seem to have done away with the second floor with all the darkroom equipment. Now there it seems they only keep a little corner of chemicals on the ground floor. I guess they could have moved the darkroom stuff somewhere else. I get pretty confused/lost the way the store is spread out over several buildings.

At least my favorite ramen shop hasn't changed. 😛

 

[RobVinc]

They still have the 5 or 6th floor with much more darkroom stuff.. atleast they had two weeks ago..

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I'd like to see the developer six packs.

 

[Ken Smith]

Wow - That's more film in one store than in my whole state of Montana. The kicker is that there's probably still some 120 Neopan 400 in there somewhere.

 

[jsrockit]

You don't see this in NYC stores anymore... though B&H must has a stash somewhere hidden.

 

[Tom A]

My favorite section of Yodabashi! Every time I am in Tokyo I do a pilgrimage and pick up film, lot's of film. The next trip will be in November - and yes, Yodabashi is high on the list, some 100 ft cans of whatever catches my fancy and 50-60 rolls for shooting right then.
With the yen at 75 to the $ - not the bargain it used to be - but the selection is unmatched.

 

[Freakscene]

The kicker is that there's probably still some 120 Neopan 400 in there somewhere.

Unfortunately no. I was there last week and there was none.

Marty

 

[wotalegend]

OMG, I have never ever seen so much film in one place before, not even in its heyday 20+ years ago. I'm sort of glad that I can't afford to go there because I would lose control of myself.