I came across the Surugaya Hamamatsu Ryoke branch completely by accident. My wife and I were checking out Hard Offs and Book Offs in western Shizuoka prefecture near Hamamatsu a few months back… Continue reading
I have a lot of killer stores in my backlog of articles to write but sometimes it’s nice to talk about the rare unsuspecting gems that you’d never come across in your daily… Continue reading
I found the Zest Totsuka store completely by accident. On a previous retro road trip to some Book Offs and Hard Offs way out in western Kanagawa, I drove past this. Noticing the… Continue reading
Today I’m focusing on a smaller store but a good store nonetheless. Living in Yokohama, I’m constantly heading past the city of Machida on my way to and back from work during the… Continue reading
I actually wrote an article about this Super Potato when it first opened up in Nagoya about 10 years ago. I wasn’t as much of a gamer back then as I am now,… Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to write an article about this topic for a while now. Ever since retro gaming got big in western countries and prices got out of control, I’ve liked to compare… Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to write an article about this topic for a while now. Ever since retro gaming got big in western countries and prices got out of control, I’ve liked to compare… Continue reading
Not to be confused with the Hamakita Kanteidan, the Hamamatsu Kanteidan is another store in the Shizuoka Kanteidan group which has a variety of used goods that include clothes, movies, books, and of… Continue reading
It’s starting to get a little harder to choose places for my game store reviews. I’ve been to more than a hundred shops, but not all shops are made equal. When it comes… Continue reading
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
