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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.... more
FAQs about Japan Game Junk:How many episodes does Japan Game Junk have?The podcast currently has 265 episodes available.
April 09, 2025JGJ episode 151In the heart of Saitama city is the Saitama Kami Komachi branch of Hard Off! I visited on the 6th of April, 2025. Very much they do have disc software compatible with Sega consoles released between 1995 and 2001!...more6minPlay
April 02, 2025JGJ episode 150Back to visiting a Hard Off, and this is one that 20 years ago was full of junk cheap gaming goodness. Things were very different on March 30, 2025, however. The Hitachi, Ibaraki branch may hve fewer rare treasures but it does have some sort of unopened Chinese language Switch game!...more5minPlay
April 02, 2025JGJ episode 149Get your 100 yen coins and head to Otachu in Hitachi, Ibaraki! I did on March 30, 2025! Lots of 100 yen junk and cheap Super Famicom games! Plus used sneakers and watches or whatever the kids need to feel happy and fulfilled in life....more7minPlay
April 01, 2025JGJ episode 148It is NOT a Hard Off as I return to the chain that fueled my dreams of gaming over 20 years ago. I wistfully revisited the Naka, Ibaraki branch of WonderGoo on March 30, 2025. The once powerful store now offers a powerful deal on 8bitdo!...more6minPlay
March 29, 2025JGJ episode 147It's a Hard Off! This time I talk about a visit to a the Fujisawa branch of the store in Iruma, Saitama on March 23, 2025. More PC-FX than most stores... IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT...more13minPlay
March 29, 2025JGJ episode 146WHAT? It is not a Hard Off? This time I talk about a visit to a kanteidan store on March 23, 2025. It's the Iruma branch of Guruguru Empire and you can get mint boxed Nintendo games on the cheap! You can also play a ten yen crane game to win gum!...more6minPlay
March 27, 2025JGJ episode 145A new Hard Off was visited on March 23, 2025! It opened just a week earlier in Zama, Kanagawa. It smelled good. Did I decide to find love on the Neo Geo Pocket or give an alligator a hammer to hit things?...more6minPlay
March 26, 2025JGJ episode 144Just a short one describing a March 22, 2025 visit to the Sano, Tochigi branch of Hard Off. A couple of slightly interesting things but honestly it is much better to visit this store for computer stuff rather than game stuff....more3minPlay
March 25, 2025JGJ episode 143Hello to you, and feel free to listen in on a visit to the Higashi Omiya branch of Hard Off in Saitama city! On March 22, 2025, there was a number of video game related merchandise on offer including a DIAMOND PICKAXE KEYCHAIN FOR ONLY 100 YEN CAN YOU BELIEVE IT I MEAN IT IS AMAZING AND REMINDS YOU OF MINECRAFT...more7minPlay
March 18, 2025JGJ episode 142On March 15 of 2025, the cute little Hard Off branch of Urawa Ota Kubo in Saitama city was visited! Coincidentally many noteworthy items were 3000 yen! Many pro wrestling games were 100 yen in the junk section! And Japanese people in the 90s liked RPGs!...more10minPlay
FAQs about Japan Game Junk:How many episodes does Japan Game Junk have?The podcast currently has 265 episodes available.