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Japan Game Junk

Information on game shopping in Japan especially with retro gaming. Stories, shop information, and travel! I have over 20 years of experience as a game collecting resident of Japan.

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All Episodes

00:01:05

The future of the JGJ podcast

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/17

After almost 200 episodes of visits to stores... Something new lurks...You clamored for it, dreamed of it, and never whought it would come.It's time.From the next episode, sprinkled amongst the episodes regarding store visits...JGJ READS WIKIPEDIAMy dulcet tones and charming mistakes will bring gaming-related Wikipedia articles to life.PLUS COMMENTSPlease pick up your jaw from the floor.

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00:07:23

JGJ episode 195

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/16

Visited again on August 11, 2025, this is the quaint Surugaya in the quaint Showa era shopping center Sunpia in the quaint city of Togane, Chiba! It's quaintly quaint!

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00:07:40

JGJ episode 194

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/14

Utop the mighty Don Quixote in Honjo city of Saitama, this is the Surugaya store for you! If you are the person who needs Mega Drive or SG-1000 games at a reasonable price!

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00:03:20

JGJ episode 193

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/12

Wait, don't tell me this is going to go over the FUKAYA city branch of Hard Off in Saitama? Could the planets align that much to bring so much joy?

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00:03:42

JGJ episode 192

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/12

It's a wonder that this could be considered a mall! It's the WonderGoo store in Ushiku, Ibaraki. Why go when you can just listen to this episode? Alternatively, why go when you can just not go?

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00:06:28

JGJ episode 191

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/12

How bazaardun dun dunHow bazaarHow bazaardun dun dun dun dun dunIt's the Book Off Bazaar in Ami town of Ibaraki!

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00:03:26

JGJ episode 190

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/11

I went to the Mandai Shoten in Natori, Miyagi.It wasn't so great.I was sad.

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00:04:13

JGJ episode 189

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/07

Still in Miyagi in late August, this time visiting the Hard Off store in Natori city. Is there a printer you can connect to your Saturn and Pico? Why else would I ask if there was not? Did I get a great deal on a retro game? I did! Let's just say it is a PARODy of popular shooting game GradIUS and that it involves a certain large ringed gas giant!

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00:06:57

JGJ episode 188

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/05

Into the great green north, this time it's a description of Mandai Shoten in Sendai city, Miyagi, visited in the waning days of July, 2025! Often visited but it's been a while; the crane games have increased but the game deals have not!

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00:05:43

JGJ episode 187

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/01

And here we again with the exotic Hard Off in Narashinodai in Funabashi, Chiba! Not in Narashino city, Chiba! Will the greatest deal in the history of retro gaming be found inside? THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT IS TO LISTEN!!!!!!!!!

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00:07:21

JGJ episode 186

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/08/01

Hey, it is the Momotaro Kingdom in Narashino, Chiba! Perhaps you like MSX games? Xbox stuff? Unfortunately there is no MSXbox stuff.

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00:02:47

JGJ episode 185

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/30

Ishikawa is not only the last name of a 90s J-Pop star mostly known in the west for animation theme songs, but it is also the name of a city in Chiba prefecture! I visited the Ono branch of Hard Off in that city again recently and you may now hear highlights of the gaming related items from that visit. Aren't you lucky?!

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00:11:56

JGJ episode 184

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/29

Another voyage to the Surugaya that graciously sold to me my first MSX machine. This time, I obtain a game at 1/3 cost because a Japanese person is not perfectly capable of entering English into an electronic sales system!

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00:04:46

JGJ episode 183

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/29

And now a talk of a visit to the always exotic Momotaro Kingdom in Kisarazu city of Chiba. Some things are cheap, and some are expensive, but (and please sit down or pull your car over for safety before experience the excitement of the remainder of the sentence) it has a glorious cassette tape-included special edition package of Athena for the Famicom!

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00:03:41

JGJ episode 182

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/26

One of the better Hard Off stores you can find! This episode is another visit to the branch in Kisarazu city of Chiba. Cheapest Guardian Heroes in decades so go get it and fill your Guardian Heroes shaped hole in your Saturn soul! Note not the same as Guardian War for 3DO!

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00:03:45

JGJ episode 181

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/23

Let's discuss a visit to the Surugaya in Ichihara city, Chiba! It's maybe the worst Surugaya but it is not awful and just any comparison must include an item that is least good!

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00:04:47

JGJ episode 180

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/22

Describing a bit of a visit to the Momotaro Kingdom where there is a fine selection of games, both modern and retro (at least as far back as Famicom and SG-1000)! Perhaps you would like to get a somewhat rare color Digimon?

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00:08:47

JGJ episode 179

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/19

Next up on the July 13, 2025 Chiba circuit drive was the Hard Off in the Oyumino section of Chiba city! What fun it was to laugh and sing some playing junk that night!

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00:03:59

JGJ episode 178

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/17

Continuing my Chiba prefecture circuit on July 13, 2025, I stop by the Yotsukaido city branch of Hard Off. Unfortunately the 3x3 Eyes Mega CD game was 10 times more expensive than expected, but I got a blue controller! It also had a piece of plastic used to pry apart your Nintendo 64!

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00:06:04

JGJ episode 177

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/15

On the 13th of July I made a fun round trip drive down the eastern half of Chiba prefecture, finding various electronic goodies. The first stop was the Oji branch of Hard Off in Sakura city. I picked up a new Raspberry Pi for some amusement and also other stuff! I didn't get a pretty Playdia or the cheapest 3DO memory unit I have ever seen!

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