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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

00:06:04

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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00:06:42

JGJ episode 176

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/12

There is always a value to be found at the Surugaya store in Machida city of Tokyo, and I visited it on July 6, 2025! I wish I didn't already have Fighting Street because the first ever Street Fighter game was somehow in 2025 available at the cheapest ever price I have seen!

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00:10:41

JGJ episode 175

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/10

This fun little Hard Off was visited on July 6, 2025! The Yabe branch in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa had what seemed to be the remnants of someone's well-loved PC Engine and Neo Geo Pocket collections! And why would someone pay over 5000 yen for the crappy The C64 joystick?

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00:08:37

JGJ episode 174

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/08

On July 5, 2025, I visited the Kashiwa branch of Surugaya! At that time and at the time of posting this episode, Kashiwa Reysol are in the top position of Japan's J1 professional soccer league!

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00:12:10

JGJ episode 173

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/06

On the 30th of June, 2025, I paid a visit to the Surugaya store located in the Fashion Cruise shopping center in Hitachinaka city of Ibaraki! You should go as you certainly need N64DD rarities and 3DO pornography!

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00:07:03

JGJ episode 172

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/03

On June 29, 2025, I visited a certain Hard Off for the first time in a long long long long long long long long long long long long long long time. It is the Kami Aoki branch in Kawaguchi, Saitama, and it had gaming stuff. Plus advice on how not to fall for a Hard Off sneaky trick!long long

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00:09:21

JGJ episode 171

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/07/02

Again it is a visit to the EnterKing in Adachi ward of Tokyo! This is a report of a visit from June 29 of 2025. Hey... Why aren't some stores called EnterQueen? I'd much rather enter a queen than a king... For shopping? For games?

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00:06:43

JGJ episode 170

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/17

If my memory serves the third best Hard Off in Kasukabe, Saitama, this is the one on Route 16 near Noda city as visited on June 16, 2025! Cheap Saturn stuff! Memories of Famicom shops! Cheap yet crappy Super Famicom fighting games!

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00:05:15

JGJ episode 169

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/13

On June 8, 2025 I could see a beautiful 3DO and it was oh so lovely. At the Sagamihara, Kanagawa Momotaro Kingdom you can get lots of good PC Engine stuff too other than what I already bought which is now gone as it has already been acquired by myself!

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00:07:26

JGJ episode 168

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/11

A visit on June 8, 2025 to two Hard Off stores, being Zama in Kanagawa and Hachioji in Tokyo! I could pick up a junk device that would allow for some lazy gaming!

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00:04:45

JGJ episode 167

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/10

Kind of like Hard Off but replace Hard with Book! Here I visited one in Zama, Kanagawa on June 8, 2025. I GOT AN A!

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00:04:48

JGJ episode 166

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/09

I took a bit of time to enjoy the sights at Book Market A-Too in Sakado, Saitama on June 1, 2025. You can gear up your game with Game Gear games! Perhaps you are interested in a very reasonably priced adapter to allow you to play Neo Geo games on your PC Engine Duo?

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00:06:46

JGJ episode 165

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/05

You never feel soft when at Hard Off! This time on June 1, 2025, I visited the one near the highway exit in Tsurugashima, Saitama. It had super expensive PC Engine games and relatively reasonable Sega Saturn games. And other stuff.

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00:07:51

JGJ episode 164

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/03

On the first day of the last month of the first half of 2025, I did indeed visit the Mandai Shoten in Kawagoe, Saitama! Did I buy a huge animation character bunny girl with molded genitalia? Did I take a chance to overpay for a PlayStation 5 game?

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00:11:51

JGJ episode 163

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/06/03

On a rainy May 30, 2025, I dashed around various places in Akihabara, Tokyo, including BEEP and the neighboring Surugaya! Here is a double shot describing some of the finds and buys at these places. I also almost slipped and fell comically.

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00:08:32

JGJ episode 162

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/05/27

Again I visited the Sunano mall branch of Surugaya in Koto ward of Tokyo on May 25, 2025. I thought it was in Toyosu all this time but oh well! You can get a complete boxed MSX cartridge for 1000 yen if you like golf! You can also overpay for AliExpress junk!

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00:11:52

JGJ episode 161

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/05/20

Oh, hello! On May 17, 2025, I went back to the little treasure of rarities that is the Hard Off store in Kuki, Saitama! Do you want to buy a $5000 Game Boy? How about a few old computers from Sega or NEC? Well go buy them here, why don't you?!

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00:11:38

JGJ episode 160

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/05/13

Another beautiful episode about another visit to the wonderful Surugaya in Utsunomiya, Tochigi! This time, on May 11, 2025, I bought 3060 yen of games which felt so good as 3000 yen purchases gives you 500 yen in discount AND free parking for 2 hours yesssssss

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00:08:29

JGJ episode 159

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/05/07

On May 5th of 2025, I could visit again the Koshigaya Minami branch of Hard Off in Koshigaya, Saitama! So much cheapness to be found in Nintendo cartridge games featuring grappling, and cheap Killing Time for 3DO!

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00:03:45

JGJ episode 158

Japan Game Junk ·

2025/05/02

On April 28, 2025, I visited the Book Market in Iwaki, Fukushima, which is supported by Surugaya. It is a nice little store and you can get AUDIO CDs. Also some 50 yen games.

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