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This has always been a thing in Asia though.

• novia 5y ago
  In Japan (at least in 2012, the last time I was there) there were several specialist food shops. One dedicated only to different varieties of tofu. Another dedicated only to selling different types of edible mushrooms.
• sleepyhead 5y ago
  Indeed. And not only specialty shops but entire streets. When I lived in Phnom Penh there was entire streets devoted to whatever you were seeking. Ok maybe not a button street but there was a Khmer dude at our coworking office calling factories to sell his buttons. Needed something for the bathroom? Go to bathroom street. Some wooden furniture, go to wooden furniture street. The sewer street was best to be avoided though.
  • taejo 5y ago
    Not limited to Asia: London has Savile Row for tailors, Harley Street for doctors, and historically Fleet Street for newspapers/printers/publishers.