I keep hoping to find something like this for what you paid — 4000 yen or so — but that sort of thing just never happens here. Not that I see, anyway. I'd put a rack on the back and use it as my shopping bike.

Nice find. If it fits you, I hope that you fix it up and ride it!

Mixte types were not originally intended to be "girls' bikes". Back in the days, they became popular in Paris as personal transportation because of relatively easy mounting/ dismounting in busy streets. Of course they were amenable to skirt-wearing women as well, and so many of these bikes are now found in smaller sizes.