In 2016 I visited almost 100 Hard Off Stores. Here they are

I am only showing the Hard Offs but I also visited quite a few other types of recycle stores.
The farthest west I've driven was Kyoto. The farthest east was Aomori. All surface streets. No highways.
I just pack up the van with cheap konbini snacks, download a ton of podcasts, then hit the road.

Some of them look the same but all pictures are a unique store.

 

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This is the newest store (Takaoka city, Toyama Pref). It just opened in November. I had to check it out.





I don't want to know how much I've spent.







If the can gets too full I got to pack em up and ship em home. Perhaps 10 to 15 stores worth of hauls can fit in the van at a time.

 

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I'd be more interested to see what's inside but this is also nice

 

I took video inside of every store I visited and will eventually get around to posting those on YouTube.

 

Probably could of had less van loads if it wasn't a Kei van

 

Yep. I wanted a Toyota Hiace, but since I don't live in Japan a kei is easier to ask friends to keep it on their property for months at a time, and shaken is much cheaper, too.

...and the gas mileage is endless!

 

This gave me a hard off.

 

Oh did you now?

Keicars can't go on highways anyway, can they? I passed my driving test here very recently but have a horrendous memory.

Regardless, good job! It's crazy how many you managed to visit in only one year. I think I've only visited maybe a dozen different Hard Off and Book Off stores, and I've lived in Tokyo for the past 3 years!

 

I can't remember any specific restrictions - I just checked on the shuto expressway site, and they certainly seem to be allowed there:

http://www.shutoko.jp/fee/fee-info/pay_cash/

車種区分 料金額
軽・二輪 1,070円
普通車 1,300円
中型車 1,380円
大型車 2,040円
特大車 2,600円

Same toll rate as motorcycles

 

Very interesting!
Which area has the best goods?

 

Nice! do you run a eBay store or something?

 

Yes, keis are allowed on highways. They even get a discounted rate.

I would say Tohoku has a good selection. A lot of rarities though seem to all be concentrated in Shiga prefecture.

Negative.

 

Haha, for real... I feel like I recognize several but could just as equally be imagining it.

 

Now that is one crazy hard off crusade right there.

 

One question what's a hard off store?

 

The Hard Off close to where I stay in Kumamoto only has a basket full of F1 and baseball games for cheap. Any good games are Ebay prices.