Tag Archive: video games in Japan

Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya Kyoto

Kyoto is one of the great cultural capitals of Japan, if not the world, so I never bothered to look for games there on any of my 20+ visits over my life time.… Continue reading

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: 2025 in Review – Sony and Sega

After doing research for my article about the difference in pricing between Japanese and English retro games, I feel like I have a decent understanding of the disc based Sega systems and therefore… Continue reading

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: 2025 in Review – Nintendo

I meant to do this article back in January but I wanted to get out those articles comparing the USA and Japanese prices first (check the two posts before this one). The last… Continue reading

The Real Price of Japanese Retro Games: Sony and Sega

If you follow me or any other content creator in Japan that posts their pick-ups and trips to Japanese thrift stores, then you already know that the price of Japanese retro games are… Continue reading

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: Halfway through 2025 – Sony

Ever since retro gaming got big in western countries and prices got out of control, I’ve liked to compare the prices and inventory to those in Japan. For a while it didn’t seem… Continue reading

The State of Retro Gaming in Japan: Halfway through 2025 – Nintendo

With 2025 halfway over, it seemed like a good time to revisit my article about the state of Retro gaming in Japan. A lot can change in a year, so 6 months seemed… Continue reading

Retro Game Store Reviews: The Hamura area

Hamura is a city in western Tokyo prefecture (not the city most people think Tokyo is), and it’s pretty much as far as you can go west in the prefecture before hitting the… Continue reading

Retro Game Store Reviews: Surugaya Omiya

Between work and my streaming schedule, I haven’t been able to blog as often as I would like, but at the same time that has given me a chance to visit more places… Continue reading

Retro Game Store Reviews: Guruguru Hachioji and Guruguru Yamato

I couldn’t decide if I wanted to write about just one of these stores or do both, but seeing as they are rare in the Kanto area it would be quite some time… Continue reading

Retro Game Store Reviews: Numazu and Fuji Otachu

I plan on writing about more Book Offs, Hard Offs, and Surugaya’s in the future, but I think it’s important to feature some lesser known, regional shops as well from time to time… Continue reading