Places to buy Japanese goods from

shiro_ryuu · 05-11-2008, 11:06 PM

Nowadays I usually ask my friends in Japan to get stuff for me and ship it here. However, not everyone has that luxury. That said, I wanted to get a list started of places that people know where they can buy Japanese stuff from, and have it internationally shipped (or local to their country). To start off, here's a few:

shiro_ryuu

Online

Akibado (http://www.akibado.com/index.html): Pretty cool place. There's 2 services, import and auction. With import, they search local stores, buy the products for you and ship them to you. For auction, they'll do Yahoo Japan auctions, but you have to pay an advance deposit before the auction closes, plus a full payment 48 hours after it closes. Takes Paypal (recommended) plus other bizarre forms of payment (International Money Wire and Western Union).

YesAsia.com (http://www.yesasia.com/): Not just Japan, but also Chinese, Taiwanese and other goodies. Their Anime assortment is kind of weird.. Chinese versions of anime.. Oh well, their manga is Japanese :S

AmazonJP (http://www.amazon.co.jp): Great place to find popular items, like games and songs from record label artists. Doujin items get hard to come by. Main downside is the large shipping costs you'll hit

CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/): Mostly CDs as the title suggests. I don't get many CDs from major labels (I like amateur artists with freely available MP3s more), so I don't know what the shipping is like.

Kinokuniya (http://www.kinokuniya.com/): A major bookstore in Japan. They have branches in the west/east coast, so shipping isn't as painful. What you end up paying for is import fees. Sometimes stuff is spread across different stores, so you end up having 3 different orders (all with separate shipping costs). That said, check the AmazonJP price before you think your total cost is going to be cheaper.

Offline

Little Tokyo (Los Angeles Area)

charless

Offline

Japantown (San Fransisco Area)

Nyokou

Online

AnimeWild (http://www.animewild.com/): Figures, Accessories, Model Kits and Food. There's DVD's and Manga, but they appear to be translated. Music might still be the original Japanese, but I can't tell.

chunky_cheese

Online

SensAsian (SensAsian.com): "Sensasian.com is an online store and entertainment resource offering an extensive and diverse range of popular Asian entertainment products, primarily music and movies."

GoodsFromJapan (GoodsFromJapan.com): "GoodsFromJapan is the place to visit for lovely presents. Beautiful Japanese gifts from Japan & the Far East mailed direct to your business or home. Ranging from practical items such as electronic dictionaries and watches to ornaments and accessories hand-made by Japanese artisans."

OneHandNow

Online

PlayAsia (www.play-asia.com): Mainly game related items, like games themselves, soundtracks and art books.

Let me know if you guys know of any others and I'll add them in. Make sure to note what it is the place offers too.

charless · 05-12-2008, 12:44 AM

umm Japantown in San Francisco

**Nyokou** · 05-12-2008, 12:43 PM

Cool.

www.animewild.com

They sell tons of anime DVDs, manga, light novels, toys, keychains, figures, tons of merchandise, model kits, anime music CDs, wall scrolls, posters, shirts, hats, Japanese snacks, and even hentai.

:]

UnkownMan · 05-12-2008, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyokou

Cool.

www.animewild.com

They sell tons of anime DVDs, manga, light novels, toys, keychains, figures, tons of merchandise, model kits, anime music CDs, wall scrolls, posters, shirts, hats, Japanese snacks, and even hentai.

:]

o.0 I just bought 20 different things from that place. I don't remember what they were though :gonk:

jugglinguy · 05-12-2008, 04:20 PM

Or you could just go to Japan.

omgitznpv · 05-12-2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jugglinguy

Or you could just go to Japan.

Ditto. What I usually do.

shiro_ryuu · 05-12-2008, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jugglinguy

Or you could just go to Japan.

Well, we're going to assume not everyone has that luxury. Plus unless you take a trip to Japan every weekend, there's still going to be stuff you might want to buy from there when you come back. Got friends? Great, you can ask them to help. If not, you're back to step 1 :S

Quote:

www.animewild.com

Hmm, I don't see any goods that are original Japanese (not licensed and subtitled). I was more looking for like Region 2 DVDs or Manga in Japanese sort of thing

Xx{Midday}xX · 05-12-2008, 09:58 PM

You can list up everything that you want for about a year, save up and work for the expenses, and travel to Japan in the summer. It's what I did once. I spent over $10000 on it, I think. I bought extraordinary amounts of stuff, and had to ship it back to New York... XD.

PS: Most of this money went to food, surprisingly.

PSS: Gratz on OSTER's visit to your mixi account.

PSSS: You don't find anime in America... unfortunately. Avatar is the closest that I know of.

chunky_cheese · 05-12-2008, 10:07 PM

Why would someone want THAT MUCH japanese stuff? I'm sure there are plenty of equally awesome goods right here at home. And I'm not blindly ignoring the japanese fad that's going on, my girlfriend's sister will buy crates of things "Just because they're japanese". Not to forget that there's a ton of electronic dance music too

. So with that said, if you're looking for manga, videos, stuffed animals, keychains, you name it, a good place to check would be a book or comic store. You'll be surprised at what you can find there.

SensAsian.com - "Sensasian.com is an online store and entertainment resource offering an extensive and diverse range of popular Asian entertainment products, primarily music and movies."
GoodsFromJapan.com - "GoodsFromJapan is the place to visit for lovely presents. Beautiful Japanese gifts from Japan & the Far East mailed direct to your business or home. Ranging from practical items such as electronic dictionaries and watches to ornaments and accessories hand-made by Japanese artisans."

(I hope I'm linking good places)

**Nyokou** · 05-12-2008, 10:53 PM

I don't care. Animewild.com is amazing.

I want to preorder the Hatsune Miku figure. >>;

shiro_ryuu · 05-12-2008, 11:05 PM

Hatsune Miku figure, I don't see a Hatsune...

.... !!!! O_O

brb, getting credit card. Updating the sites too D:

OneHandNow · 05-13-2008, 11:50 PM

PlayAsia's got the games <3

shiro_ryuu · 05-14-2008, 01:21 AM

Found a cool site, Akibado, that will buy stuff off yahoo auctions japan or local stores for you. Need to compare their fees and shipping costs against AmazonJP though. Not sure how the comparison will work.

ffsky3 · 05-14-2008, 05:57 AM

take a walk down to the world market and they have alot of stuff from all around the world..

05-11-2008, 11:06 PM	#1
shiro_ryuu FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 86	Places to buy Japanese goods from Nowadays I usually ask my friends in Japan to get stuff for me and ship it here. However, not everyone has that luxury. That said, I wanted to get a list started of places that people know where they can buy Japanese stuff from, and have it internationally shipped (or local to their country). To start off, here's a few: shiro_ryuu Online Akibado (http://www.akibado.com/index.html): Pretty cool place. There's 2 services, import and auction. With import, they search local stores, buy the products for you and ship them to you. For auction, they'll do Yahoo Japan auctions, but you have to pay an advance deposit before the auction closes, plus a full payment 48 hours after it closes. Takes Paypal (recommended) plus other bizarre forms of payment (International Money Wire and Western Union). YesAsia.com (http://www.yesasia.com/): Not just Japan, but also Chinese, Taiwanese and other goodies. Their Anime assortment is kind of weird.. Chinese versions of anime.. Oh well, their manga is Japanese :S AmazonJP (http://www.amazon.co.jp): Great place to find popular items, like games and songs from record label artists. Doujin items get hard to come by. Main downside is the large shipping costs you'll hit CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/): Mostly CDs as the title suggests. I don't get many CDs from major labels (I like amateur artists with freely available MP3s more), so I don't know what the shipping is like. Kinokuniya (http://www.kinokuniya.com/): A major bookstore in Japan. They have branches in the west/east coast, so shipping isn't as painful. What you end up paying for is import fees. Sometimes stuff is spread across different stores, so you end up having 3 different orders (all with separate shipping costs). That said, check the AmazonJP price before you think your total cost is going to be cheaper. Offline Little Tokyo (Los Angeles Area) charless Offline Japantown (San Fransisco Area) Nyokou Online AnimeWild (http://www.animewild.com/): Figures, Accessories, Model Kits and Food. There's DVD's and Manga, but they appear to be translated. Music might still be the original Japanese, but I can't tell. chunky_cheese Online SensAsian (SensAsian.com): "Sensasian.com is an online store and entertainment resource offering an extensive and diverse range of popular Asian entertainment products, primarily music and movies." GoodsFromJapan (GoodsFromJapan.com): "GoodsFromJapan is the place to visit for lovely presents. Beautiful Japanese gifts from Japan & the Far East mailed direct to your business or home. Ranging from practical items such as electronic dictionaries and watches to ornaments and accessories hand-made by Japanese artisans." OneHandNow Online PlayAsia (www.play-asia.com): Mainly game related items, like games themselves, soundtracks and art books. Let me know if you guys know of any others and I'll add them in. Make sure to note what it is the place offers too. __________________ Avatar from: http://blog.heion.net/media/200711/20071128_big.jpg Sig Image: http://piapro.jp/a/content/?id=jjj724qpgu1j46mc Last edited by shiro_ryuu; 05-14-2008 at 01:17 AM..

05-12-2008, 12:44 AM	#2
charless FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South San Francisco, CA Age: 35 Posts: 202	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from umm Japantown in San Francisco __________________ PLAYING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2007. Best AAA: Glove Stage - Ultra Sweden Best SDG: Garyuutensei, Chlorophyll, Novo Mundo, Dazzling Destiny Tier Points: 755,128 Charles Mullen Internet Marketing Blog

05-12-2008, 12:43 PM	#3
Nyokou （￣ー￣） Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: United States Age: 32 Posts: 4,246	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from Cool. www.animewild.com They sell tons of anime DVDs, manga, light novels, toys, keychains, figures, tons of merchandise, model kits, anime music CDs, wall scrolls, posters, shirts, hats, Japanese snacks, and even hentai. :] __________________ Twitter \| Instagram \| Snapchat: Nyokou

05-12-2008, 09:58 PM	#8
Xx{Midday}xX FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: My own world. Miserable. Disgusting. Appalling. Pessimistic. Horrific. Terrible. Posts: 3,518	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from You can list up everything that you want for about a year, save up and work for the expenses, and travel to Japan in the summer. It's what I did once. I spent over $10000 on it, I think. I bought extraordinary amounts of stuff, and had to ship it back to New York... XD. PS: Most of this money went to food, surprisingly. PSS: Gratz on OSTER's visit to your mixi account. PSSS: You don't find anime in America... unfortunately. Avatar is the closest that I know of. __________________ Any *FFR song title* discrepancies? List them here. Willing to accurately translate Japanese for free *Accumulating all playstyles here!* つまんないシグでスマソ(´・ω・`) Last edited by Xx{Midday}xX; 05-12-2008 at 11:00 PM..

05-12-2008, 10:07 PM	#9
chunky_cheese FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 32 Posts: 1,736	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from Why would someone want THAT MUCH japanese stuff? I'm sure there are plenty of equally awesome goods right here at home. And I'm not blindly ignoring the japanese fad that's going on, my girlfriend's sister will buy crates of things "Just because they're japanese". Not to forget that there's a ton of electronic dance music too . So with that said, if you're looking for manga, videos, stuffed animals, keychains, you name it, a good place to check would be a book or comic store. You'll be surprised at what you can find there. SensAsian.com - "Sensasian.com is an online store and entertainment resource offering an extensive and diverse range of popular Asian entertainment products, primarily music and movies." GoodsFromJapan.com - "GoodsFromJapan is the place to visit for lovely presents. Beautiful Japanese gifts from Japan & the Far East mailed direct to your business or home. Ranging from practical items such as electronic dictionaries and watches to ornaments and accessories hand-made by Japanese artisans." (I hope I'm linking good places) Last edited by chunky_cheese; 05-12-2008 at 10:16 PM..

05-12-2008, 10:53 PM	#10
Nyokou （￣ー￣） Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: United States Age: 32 Posts: 4,246	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from I don't care. Animewild.com is amazing. I want to preorder the Hatsune Miku figure. >>; __________________ Twitter \| Instagram \| Snapchat: Nyokou

05-12-2008, 11:05 PM	#11
shiro_ryuu FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 86	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from Hatsune Miku figure, I don't see a Hatsune... .... !!!! O_O brb, getting credit card. Updating the sites too D: __________________ Avatar from: http://blog.heion.net/media/200711/20071128_big.jpg Sig Image: http://piapro.jp/a/content/?id=jjj724qpgu1j46mc

05-13-2008, 11:50 PM	#12
OneHandNow Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,305	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from PlayAsia's got the games <3

05-14-2008, 01:21 AM	#13
shiro_ryuu FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 86	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from Found a cool site, Akibado, that will buy stuff off yahoo auctions japan or local stores for you. Need to compare their fees and shipping costs against AmazonJP though. Not sure how the comparison will work. __________________ Avatar from: http://blog.heion.net/media/200711/20071128_big.jpg Sig Image: http://piapro.jp/a/content/?id=jjj724qpgu1j46mc

05-14-2008, 05:57 AM	#14
ffsky3 FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north carolina Posts: 23	Re: Places to buy Japanese goods from take a walk down to the world market and they have alot of stuff from all around the world..

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