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Efficiency in Informal Markets

Lady on the right of the photo sits at a make-shift in desk front of Shibuya Station issues receipts to her scouts in return for thick weekly manga that are popular with Tokyo commuters. Her network of scouts pull the magazines from nearby bins for recycling and resale. A selection are then sold on a nearby stall.

The gent in the photo has nothing to do with this - simply quietly having a smoke.

Writing from Shibuya | August 23, 2006 | Permalink