Retro Game Store Reviews: The Atusgi Area
First off I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates between this post and the last one. Work, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and interviews have been keeping me busy. But I’m… Continue reading
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Retro Game Store Reviews: Tachikawa Surugaya and Book Off Super Bazaar
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Just like a double Kaiju event in the movie Pacific Rim, we finally have our first double store review. There are actually quite a few… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hard Off Fujisawa
I felt like it was about time to talk about a Hard Off for my retro game store reviews and while there are many to talk about I wanted to share one from… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Machida Surugaya
I know what you’re thinking; FINALLY a non-Kanteidan store review! To be honest there are plenty of non Kanteidan stores I want to talk about but I don’t want my readers to waste… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Hamakita Kanteidan
Sorry but not sorry, I’m back with a store review for ANOTHER Kanteidan store in Shizuoka. I honestly don’t know how they do it but this regional chain has impressed me again and… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Shimizu Kanteidan
You must be surprised that after doing 3 of these store review articles, I have yet to talk once about any in Tokyo. I said it before and I’ll say it again; the… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Fuji Kanteidan
I was going to do some articles about some nearby gaming stores I’ve been to, but I’ve decided to keep going with the heavy hitters of retro gaming in Japan. In my first… Continue reading
Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya’s Main Store
Welcome to the newest series of articles on TheJapanHobbyist.com. The goal of my retro game store reviews is to teach people about new places to buy retro games in Japan. I’ll be covering… Continue reading
Retro Gaming in Japan: A Primer
I’ve seen tons of people post thousands of videos of individual gaming and thrift stores across Japan, but I’ve never seen them all in one place. In this article I would like to… Continue reading
A New Adventure: Gaming – Part 2
In my last article I talked about my gaming roots from childhood through college, as well as my first few years in Japan and when I returned to the USA. In 2010 I… Continue reading