io.github.atushi1841/japan-car-market-mcp

Goo-net Japan Used Cars Scraper

Scrape used car listings from goo-net.com — one of Japan's largest used car portals — with prices, maker, and dealer information.

Why This Data

• Japan exported a record 1.71 million used vehicles in 2025 (JUMVEA) — a massive global market
• Used car exporters (BE FORWARD, carused.jp, SBT Japan, etc.) constantly need fresh inventory and pricing data
• JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) models are highly valued worldwide
• Zero dedicated cross-listing competitor on Apify Store at launch

Features

• ✅ Server-side rendered pages (no browser needed — fast & cheap)
• ✅ Nationwide inventory (47 prefectures) with pagination
• ✅ Model name, price (JPY), maker, image, dealer shop, and detail URL per listing
• ✅ Prefecture filter (e.g. 01 = Hokkaido, 13 = Tokyo, 47 = Okinawa)
• ✅ EUC-JP encoding handled automatically
• ✅ Runs on Apify proxy — no IP blocking issues

Input

Output

Each item contains: itemId, title, maker, price (JPY), imageUrl, detailUrl, shop, source, scrapedAt.

Example:

{
  "itemId": "988026080400207235003",
  "title": "ハイエースバン スーパーGL",
  "maker": "トヨタ",
  "price": 2796000,
  "detailUrl": "https://www.goo-net.com/usedcar/spread/goo/15/988026080400207235003.html",
  "shop": "ハイエース／キャラバン専門店 ファイントラスト土岐店",
  "source": "goo-net"
}

Use Cases

• 🚗 Used car exporters & importers (inventory tracking, pricing research)
• 📊 Market researchers (JDM market trends, price analysis)
• 🔍 JDM enthusiasts hunting specific models

Price Stats API Mode (相場統計API)

Same Actor doubles as a price stats API for market research — returns aggregated price statistics for a car model without downloading the full listing data.

Request (Apify synchronous API):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bgm5Gxn4BeBmoO7xD/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN&timeout=120" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"statsMode": true, "statsKeyword": "N-BOX", "maxItems": 30, "maxPages": 1}'

Response (JSON):

{
  "statsType": "goo-net-car-price",
  "keyword": "N-BOX",
  "count": 5,
  "priceMin": 230000,
  "priceMax": 1907000,
  "priceAvg": 974400,
  "priceMedian": 596000,
  "sampleItems": [{"title": "...", "price": 230000, "detailUrl": "...", "shop": "..."}]
}

• statsKeyword: model name (e.g. N-BOX, ハイエース). Full-width/half-width matching handled automatically
• Combine with bodyType to narrow (e.g. KEI, SUV)
• Use cases: market research, dealer pricing benchmarks, export valuation

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.002 per item ($2 per 1,000 listings).

Legal

• Respects goo-net's robots.txt (search endpoints excluded; category pages allowed)
• For research and legitimate business use. Check goo-net's terms before commercial use.
• Rate-limited by design (3 retries, exponential backoff).

Tech

• Python 3.11 + httpx + BeautifulSoup
• Apify Actor SDK v3
• EUC-JP decode support

MCP Server & Registry

This scraper is also available as an MCP server for AI agents:

• MCP Registry: io.github.atushi1841/japan-car-market-mcp
• Apify Store: https://apify.com/fruitful_quintessence/goo-net-car-scraper
• Gumroad: https://atushi5.gumroad.com/l/kutuxe

Install via MCP: add to your MCP config:

{"mcpServers": {"japan-car-market-mcp": {"command": "python3", "args": ["src/stdio_main.py"]}}}

Smithery

Install via Smithery:

npx @smithery/cli install atushi1841/japan-car-market-mcp --client claude