Ready to start saving cash while supporting recycling efforts? Following are a few popular thrift stores in Tokyo where used doesn't mean useless:

* D & Department: Sells household goods ranging from secondhand furniture and electric appliances to books and CDs both in-store and over the Internet. Prices rarely over 50,000 yen, even for large items such as cupboards. On Kanpachi-dori, about a 10-minute walk from Kuhonbutsu Station on the Tokyu Oimachi Line. Tel: (03) 5752-0120; www.d-a-m.co.jp

* Piece: A small, trendy shop packed with secondhand furniture and goods from the 1940s to the '90s, including designer chairs and tables, lamps and suitcases from the United States and northern Europe, as well as cameras, musical instruments, record players and espresso machines. Closed Sundays. About a 10-minute walk from Naka-Meguro Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line. Tel: (03) 5720-7063; www.sol.dti.ne.jp

* Second Street: A flea market-style shop with a minimum 40,000 items ranging from key holders, cutlery and interior goods to clothes, electric household appliances and furniture. Prices start from 50 yen. A 10-minute walk from JR Kabe Station (two stops from Ome Station) on the Ome Line. Tel: (0428) 30-1983.