To live and work in a civilized country like Japan and still save huge amounts of money every month, you need to be a smart and selective consumer. Reusing other people’s old things for very cheap or even free is a common thing in the land of cherry blossoms.

In addition to second-hand stores that range from North to South, from high-end to super popular such as: 2nd street, hard-off, e-co town… you can get many beautiful used items. , even new completely FREE from the following websites, apps:

1. https://jmty.jp/  Japan’s Largest Free Exchange WEB

The jmty.jp site is known as the largest used give-away website in Japan. From small items: books, notebooks, clothes, bags… to tables, chairs, TVs, refrigerators… or even cars, motors… are provided for free or sold at very low prices.

For your convenience, you can download jmty’s app to:

• iPhone: https://tinyurl.com/jmtyip 
• Android: https://tinyurl.com/jmtyadroid 

Please note: the recipient must pay the cost of shipping the item.

      2. Mercari.com, the Mercari. App

In addition to jmty, an application that has become very popular recently is カ リ, an application that allows users to exchange, buy and sell products at very affordable prices. Most items are sold on this platform, moreover you can chat directly with the seller to bargain on the price, or request to send more photos, certificates… Especially, foreigners, in So many Vietnamese people often use this application. to buy Le Guai, green apples, Na, plums, sugar cane… fruits that are hard to find in normal supermarkets.

WEBSITE: https://www.mercari.com/jp/ 

Download the app here:

• iPhone: https://tinyurl.com/jmtyip
• Android: https://tinyurl.com/jmtyadroid 

        3. Hardoff.co.jp

As a range of second-hand stores with more than 1000 branches throughout Japan, you can easily find yourself a lot of practical items from books, clothes, cars, electrical appliances… at very expensive student prices. It is also a chain of stores that most Japanese have trusted for many years.

       4. Amazon.co.jp

If you think Amazon only sells new products, you probably don’t know about the second-hand market here. Second-hand items on Amazon are as “exciting” as new ones.

Link website : https://www.amazon.co.jp/

Used items sold on amazon are often cheaper, which saves you money and time on the purchase.

To buy the item you want, you search for the name of the item and add the word 中古 (used items), amazon will display the items for sale for you to choose from.

Finally, there are second-hand stores with exorbitant “bargain” prices that people open themselves, without advertising, without gloss, so many people don’t know. Try typing 中古 品 販 売,,… you might find a lot of cool stuff here!