Tokyo · Shinagawa · Flea Market
On most weekends, the first parking lot at Ōi Racecourse fills with around 700 stalls, and the organisers call it Japan’s largest-scale flea market. Vintage clothing, antiques, cameras and household oddments change hands for very little between 9:00 and 14:30 (8:45 to 14:15 from 31 October to 10 January, closing earlier still on four of those days), and entry is free. It is run by the Tokyo Recycle Movement Citizens’ Association, who say more than half the visitors now come from overseas. One thing to know before you plan a weekend around it: it does not run every weekend, and from 31 October to 10 January the opening window shifts 15 minutes earlier for the racecourse’s winter illumination, with four dates closing earlier still (details below). Dates get added and dropped without notice, so confirm yours on the month view before booking around it, or, for January and February 2027, on the organiser’s Instagram calendar until the month view catches up.
Next market days
Full 2026 calendar below.
Dates checked against the organiser’s month-by-month schedule on 27 October 2026. It runs in light rain and is called off in bad weather — the decision goes up on the organiser’s home page that morning.
What it is
Ōi Racecourse — the night-racing track in Shinagawa, also known as Tokyo City Keiba, rents out its first parking lot on non-race weekends, and the Tokyo Recycle Movement Citizens’ Association fills it with rows of stalls across the open lot. With about 700 stalls it is one of the larger regular flea markets in Tokyo, and it’s a mix of households clearing out their homes, vintage sellers and specialist dealers, which is why prices stay low and what turns up is never the same twice. Food trucks and stalls come and go, so don’t count on a full food court. It’s an open-air lot: it runs in light rain but is called off in bad weather, so check the top of the organiser’s home page the morning you go. The social accounts can lag behind it.
2026 dates & hours
It runs on most Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00–14:30, and it officially opens at 9:00; from 31 October 2026 to 10 January 2027 the hours are 8:45–14:15, with four earlier finishes (details below the table). The organiser publishes a fixed block of dates rather than a rolling calendar. The trx.jp month views currently run to 27 December 2026 (January and February 2027 still return “該当するイベントはありません” — no events listed); the organiser’s Instagram calendar already lists dates through February 2027. The November and December dates below were reconfirmed against the organiser’s own month views on 27 October 2026, and the winter hours against the organiser’s 26 October Jimoty notice and the per-date Peatix pages.
Dates move without an announcement, and the organiser’s own two views disagree. As of 27 October 2026 the trx.jp month views for January and February 2027 return “該当するイベントはありません” (no events), while the organiser’s Instagram calendar already lists both months (in the table below). Check your date on the organiser’s site before you travel, and open the month view you want (trx.jp/schejule?event_month=2026-11) rather than the combined listing, which has served out-of-date copies before.
| Month (2026–27) | Dates |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | Sat 31 October’s last date, and the illumination’s opening day: 8:45–12:00, paired with Sun 1 November. The earlier October weekends have passed. |
| November 2026 | 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 Mon 23 is a public holiday. All November dates run 8:45–14:15, except Sun 1 (8:45–12:00) and Mon 23 and Sun 29 (8:45–13:30). |
| December 2026 | 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 All December dates run 8:45–14:15. 27 December is the last date on the trx.jp month view; the organiser’s social calendar picks up again on Sat 9 January 2027. |
| January 2027 | 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 From the organiser’s Instagram calendar, which marks all eight. These were still not on the trx.jp month view as of 27 October 2026 (it returns “no events” for January), so confirm before you travel. Sat 9 and Sun 10 still fall inside the illumination window (8:45–14:15); from Sat 16 it is back to the standard 9:00–14:30. |
| February 2027 | 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 From the organiser’s Instagram calendar; not yet on the trx.jp month view as of 27 October 2026. The illumination window ends on 10 January, so expect the standard 9:00–14:30 — but confirm the date and hours before you travel. |
The market keeps going through winter, but on a different clock. The racecourse’s Tokyo Mega Illumination runs from 31 October 2026 to 10 January 2027 (billed as its final season; the 2025–26 season ran 1 November to 11 January), and for that whole period the organiser has moved the market to 8:45–14:15. Four days close earlier still: 8:45–12:00 on Sat 31 October and Sun 1 November, the illumination’s opening weekend, and 8:45–13:30 on Mon 23 and Sun 29 November. Normal 9:00–14:30 hours return after that, from Sat 16 January 2027. The organiser set out these illumination-period hours on X on 15 September 2026 and reiterated the 31 October–1 November early closes on X on 25 October 2026. The Peatix page for 31 October, linked from its schedule, still showed 9:00–14:30 in its structured time field (with a note that times may change) when checked on 27 October, so go by the announcement.
Is the Oi Racecourse flea market on every weekend?
Most weekends, but not all. The lot isn’t free every weekend, and there are seasonal gaps — the calendar skips the New Year, for instance, with no dates between 27 December 2026 and 9 January 2027. The table above is the published plan, and the organiser has withdrawn a date after publishing it before, so confirm yours.
What happens if it rains?
It runs in light rain and is called off in heavy weather. The organiser makes the call by 7:30 on the morning and posts it at the top of its own home page first, with the social accounts following. Rain also thins the field badly: the organiser has reported roughly 330 stalls on a wet day against about 690 on a dry one.
What you’ll find
You dig. On a given morning the tables carry vintage and second-hand clothing, old cameras and watches, ceramics and lacquer, leather bags, jewellery, vinyl records, kitchenware and boxes of Showa-era curios and folk toys. Quality runs from junk to the genuinely good, and nothing is sorted for you. The ceramics reward a bit of knowledge — it helps to know your Imari from everyday ware, and if filling a basket with pottery is the point of your trip, Arita does it properly. Bring a packable tote, and if you overdo it, there are ways to get bulky things back to your hotel. Sizing is Japanese, and you should assume there are no fitting rooms and no returns, so hold clothing up against yourself and accept the risk.
How to do it right
Two small problems to plan for: bags and coins
Bring cash, small notes
Every stall I have bought from wanted cash, so I bring coins and ¥1,000 notes rather than counting on a card. A slim coin case saves digging for change. Cash still wins in Japan more often than visitors expect, and don’t count on the tax-free or tax-refund scheme you would use at a department store counter covering anything you buy here. Draw more than you think you need before you set off, and do not count on finding a usable ATM on site.
Come early if you want first pick
The market officially opens at 9:00 (8:45 from 31 October to 10 January). In January and again in July 2026 the organiser’s own posts added that shoppers can come in from around 7:00, while sellers are still setting up. Its more recent posts (checked 27 September 2026) list only the opening hours, so treat early entry as a bonus rather than a promise. Sellers check in from 6:15 for reserved pitches and from 8:10 for regular ones, so before 9:00 you are browsing half-laid tables. Selling stops at 14:30 (14:15 from 31 October to 10 January, and earlier still on the four short days in the table), so in the last half-hour you are picking over the tail end, and that is when sellers are most willing to come down rather than carry stock home.
Haggle, gently
A small, polite discount request is acceptable, especially if you are buying several things together. “もう少し安く?” (“a little cheaper?”) does the job.
Check before you go
It runs most weekends but not all, is called off in heavy rain, and hours change to 8:45–14:15 from 31 October to 10 January, with four shorter days (see the table). The rain call goes up on the organiser’s home page by 7:30 that morning, so an eSIM earns its keep here — you can check from the platform at Hamamatsuchō before you commit to the ride.
Other flea markets in Tokyo
If your weekend doesn’t line up with Ōi, the same organiser runs a handful of other, smaller markets, which it publishes month by month on its trx.jp schedule. Be careful with what you read elsewhere: several well-known Tokyo park markets are run by a different association with a confusingly similar name, so a schedule you find for one will not tell you anything about the other. The list below separates them.
trx.jp/schejule rather than trusting a single date you saw elsewhere. Watch the names: a similarly named association runs its own, separate set of Tokyo park markets, and the Ōedo Antique Market at Tokyo International Forum is a different organiser again. Check each organiser’s own page for your date.
| Market | Where | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ōi Racecourse | Shinagawa | The flagship. About 700 stalls, most weekends |
| Nakano Central Park | Nakano | Same organiser, and their busiest venue after Ōi |
| IKE-SUN PARK | Ikebukuro | Same organiser, park-side, occasional |
| Funabashi Racecourse | Chiba | Same organiser, but only about twice a year |
| Tokyo International Forum | Yūrakuchō | Different organiser. Monthly, up to about 200 stalls, 10:00–16:00. A useful central fallback when the date lines up, though it is outdoors and also cancelled for rain |
Getting there
If it falls on your departure morning
Ōi Racecourse has its own station. Take the Tokyo Monorail from Hamamatsuchō to Ōikeibajō-mae, about 8 minutes by the racecourse’s count, on a Local or Rapid train. The Haneda Express does not stop there: it runs from Hamamatsuchō straight to Haneda Airport Terminal 3, so check the train type on the platform display before you board. From the station it is a 2 minute walk. Keikyū Tachiaigawa is the backup at about 12 minutes on foot. You can tap through with Suica or PASMO. The same monorail carries on to Haneda, which makes this an unusually easy stop on a departure morning. A market this size and a suitcase are a bad combination, though, so leave the bag at your hotel.
Staying in Tokyo
The market pairs with a bay-side or Shinagawa base, which is handy for Haneda too.
Good to know
When is the Ōi Racecourse flea market held?
Most Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00–14:30, in the racecourse’s first parking lot. It is not on every weekend, and it is called off in rain (it runs in light rain). From 31 October 2026 to 10 January 2027 it runs 8:45–14:15, and shorter still on 31 Oct and 1 Nov (8:45–12:00) and on 23 and 29 Nov (8:45–13:30). Always check the organiser’s schedule for your date.
How much does it cost to get in?
Entry is free. Bring cash (coins and small notes) for the stalls, as most don’t take cards.
What’s sold there?
Mostly second-hand and vintage goods from ordinary people: clothing, cameras and watches, ceramics, leather bags, jewellery, records, kitchenware and Showa-era curios. Quality is mixed — that’s the fun of the hunt.
Can I haggle?
Yes, politely. A friendly request for a small discount is normal, especially when buying several items. Sellers often drop prices near closing time rather than take things home.
How do I get to Ōi Racecourse?
Take a Local or Rapid Tokyo Monorail train from Hamamatsuchō to Ōikeibajō-mae (the Haneda Express skips it); the market is a few minutes’ walk from there. The same line runs on to Haneda Airport.
Are there other flea markets in Tokyo?
Yes, but fewer by the same organiser than you might read elsewhere. They also run Nakano Central Park, IKE-SUN PARK in Ikebukuro and, roughly twice a year, Funabashi Racecourse in Chiba. Their month view lists more venues than these, including the other same-organiser October venues in the box above. The well-known park markets at Yoyogi and Hikarigaoka belong to a different association with a similar name, so their calendar tells you nothing about Ōi’s. When the dates do not line up, the monthly market at Tokyo International Forum in Yūrakuchō is central and easy to reach, running 10:00–16:00 with up to about 200 stalls. It is outdoors too, so rain cancels it as well.
Can I get in before 9:00 for first pick?
Possibly. The official opening is 9:00 (8:45 from 31 October to 10 January), but the organiser’s posts in January and July 2026 said shoppers may enter from around 7:00 while sellers set up. Recent posts (checked 27 September 2026) give only the opening hours, so check the organiser’s X or Instagram the day before rather than counting on it.
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