Opening a shop in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district may be every merchant's dream. But if one is destitute, desperate and hungry, there's always a market on the street.
Every weekend, more than 100 homeless people set up makeshift stalls on vinyl sheets on a sidewalk along Yoyogi Park, selling a variety of used goods, including scrap material they collected.
"This is where I have made my living for the past two years," said a 56-year-old former construction worker who sells videotapes and game software.