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Private · Pickup · Free

Jmty and Oikura (ジモティー・おいくら)

Two reuse services Kyoto City has formal agreements with: Jmty for giving something away to someone nearby, and Oikura for comparing what second-hand shops would pay for it. Handover is arranged privately between you and the other person.

Right for you if

  • Furniture and appliances that still work, when you have time to arrange a handover.
  • It has to cost nothing.
  • You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.
  • You would rather it was used again than buried.

Look elsewhere if

  • It is one small thing you could drop off yourself.

Contact and booking

Phone
Not published
Email
Not published
Book online
Not published
Address
Not published
Opening hours
Not published
Website
Official website

Verification

Verified against an official source

Last checked 18 August 2026

That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →

Sources

Part of How to get rid of stuff in Kyoto.

Something wrong here?

Why use it

A working thing that someone else wants never becomes waste, and never costs a sticker. Kyoto signing agreements with both is unusual. Most cities leave this route entirely to chance.

Good for

  • furniture
  • appliances
  • electronics
  • books
  • toys
  • bicycles
  • other items

How it works

How you use it They come and collect it.
Cost Free.
Booking No appointment needed.
Service area Kyoto City
Run by Jmty Inc. and Oikura, under partnership agreements with Kyoto City

Where your things go

A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.

Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.

Does it actually work

The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    No appointment needed.

  • Typical wait

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.

  • Do they answer

    Needs reports

    Not established

    We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.

  • Restrictions

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nothing published about what they refuse. If you are turned away, tell us what for.

  • Who it's for

    Needs reports

    Not established

    Nothing published about who may use it.

  • Last checked

    Pipeline

    18 August 2026

    Checked against their published pages.

What happens to it

  • Passed on to someone who wants it
  • Put back into use

This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.

What readers told us

Used them recently?

How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.

Tell us what happened

Alternatives in Kyoto

Other places that will take things off your hands.

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