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[yggg]

cdjapan
Neowing

'the site is in English and you can use international postal money orders for those who do not have a credit card. i usually get my stuff within a week, but shipping costs can be a pain. ' - jimbo the mighty

'would agree that www.cdjapan.co.jp is the first choice for this kinda material. I do find myself ordering from www.Amazon.jp from time to time they usually arnt as good as cdjapan for prices but they have a massive stock list and if you cant get it on cdjapan they are worth trying. Beware tho the site is in Japanese, even if you use the in English option on the site alot of the time it dont help much. Depends how good your Japanese is really' - Himalia.



Amazon Japan

'amazon also has a lot of goodies just that its in Japanese... if you can read, its also a good place to shop' - erichuuu

'It's easy to buy on amazon. If you want to buy something and you can't find it, you may find it on amazon' - wasiod



Jpophelp

'Its a great site that import jap goods for u from japan directly. Site in english, and payment with Credit card or Money order, maybe.' - MMFAN



CD Universe
'Another two places worth trying are www.cduniverse.com Ok its an American site so thee all gonna be imports as far as there concerned so there abit pricey but considering how strong Sterling is against the US dollar it compensates, well for United Kingdom anyway' - Himalia


http://www.play-asia.com
http://www.nippon-export.com/catalog/
http://www.jpopfan.c...talog/index.php

'There's also Play-Asia that have some Japanese CDs, including Morning Musume.There's some stuff at Nippon-Export. Nippon-Export also has a handy form for asking for more products. I've used it on a couple of occasions.
You can also try Jpopfan, that carries used CDs and some photobooks. Haven't tried them myself, though. It doesn't say on the webpage, but they accept Paypal and IPMO. ' - Jacke



here is a list of where i found some jpop stuff, and even morning musume stuff:

thrift stores usually have a cd section

second hand cd trade or exchange stores. ask if they have a jpop section but also always look in the euro section where the trance and goa is

comic book stores sometimes have music cd's or japanese television vtr's

garage sales, couldn't hurt, i found a gackt poster once.

naturally, anime conventions especially those that have ongoing concerts at the same time, will have cd's of the japanese band or group that performing

i have a bunch of geek friends [don't worry, i'm not name calling, they proudly call themselves geeks] and they go to conventions regularly and get lots of stuff from japan

some of the big national record shops are starting to sell jpop, always ask every time you go [ i did it til i was a minor pill and they finally got some] same thing here, always look in the euro or international section sometimes they just throw all non american stuff together...

hunting is half the fun, but hey, there is nothing like opening up a brand new morning musume concert dvd that has come straight from japan

-omiko


Fujisan

It's pretty good for mag subscriptions. But as I have not gotten into music until recently, don't know how competitive they are there -agb

YesAsia

They have Kpop, Jpop, and Cpop entertainment. The Jpop CDs can be a bit pricy but they do very good business. I have bought many things from them - Trant

[nozomigoto]

Just wanted to add that Jpophouse carries some very rare J-music stuff. Just beware of the unofficial products like the laminated posters and 3x5 color photos.

[Snapple]

also, http://www.ebay.com is good for rare photobooks and stuff ^^

[gogirlanime]

Yesasia http://www.yesasia.com aaaaaaaaall the way baby! cheap stuff! about $17.00 an albums

or Ebay is great to get like 30 CDs for $25, I paid $60 for 20 Ayumi Hamasaki singles!

[romi]

www.hmv.co.jp
www.cdjapan.co.jp / www.neowing.co.jp
www.clubjapan.jp
www.amazon.co.jp

These are good places to get stuff...realiable and fast.
I've use them all. Godd luck with online shopping.
Hope you find what you wanted.

[pippi]

I dont know if this useful or I am in the wrong forum
anyway I just wanna give an info

If you go to Japan - buy cd japan & dvd from RECOFAN
they have 10% discount for cd
& 20% discount for dvd

3 shops in shibuya - 15 shops around tokyo
does save alot of yen in your pocket

[yggg]

its good info. I just heard of this chain from a couple of singapore frens.. but frankly I have not gone to one maybe u can provide more info.

[Kurokaze]

if you live near a kinokuniya, you can make a special order for anything that's still in publication. just tell them the isbn for book or upc for cd and they'll make the order for you. all you do is pick it up and there's no shipping tax. pretty sweet deal.

[pippi]

ok there are places like book off & some shops who sell used cd
I bought some & the cd still in good condition
but beware, if the price is 105 yen - dont buy that one !!
thats ruined cd

oh at book off also sells used manga - yes comic book
if you buy new it cost 500 - 900 yen
& the used one is around 100 - 300 yen

& good news to all J pop girls fans - there are much much more girls cd than boys cd - I have to search for a long long time to find boys cd - while the girls cd are all around me
aahhh also photobook !! tons of em - girls too

[yggg]

actually tsutaya sells its old rental CDs for 105yen.. not bad quality actually.. wat more can u ask for 100yen

[pippi]

ha .. right !! cant even buy softdrink with 100 yen

I forgot that at RECOFAN, used cd will get extra 200 yen off
like if the price is 450 yen, means you only have to pay 250 yen

& for all Jpop shashin - harajuku is the place
esp the shop next to snoopy right in front of harajuku eki
& Johnny shop
not just shashin also posters, idol stuff even concert tickets
shashin 150 yen each
poster depends on how big 500 - 800 yen
concert ticket ??? wow from 6,000 yen to 100,000 yen
I once saw momusu front seat ticket cost 140,000 yen
wow ... thats crazy for concert ticket - I mean haah ????

[yggg]

there is also Liberty that sells 2nd hand CDs

think I will organise this thread into

1) sources for online buying (Amazon, Cdjapan)

2) sources for buying while u are there, places to get the best value for money

how about that?

[pippi]

fine with me

btw where is tsutaya location ?? & liberty ??

maybe I've already visited the shop
but I dont really pay attention on the shop's name

[pippi]

O..O..O
I just realized that this topic is in Hello Project

should this kinda topic belong to 'GENERAL' or 'INFO' or 'Q&A'
whatever it called in this site ...

Or is it Ok ???

[arian]

Jpophelp

this site is rumoured to carry a number of bootleg items though...

[yggg]

hmm must be careful then

[arian]

hmm must be careful then

mostly in terms of CD's and DVD's though, I'm sure there are hardly any bootleg items with their other products.

[RyeCrimsonMoon]

Has anyone mentioned eBay yet? Yeah, you have to be really carefull 'cause they will sell you bootleg stuff. But I got a limited edition Abe Natsumi single for very cheep, and it's real >_>

[myrle]

http://www.annyoung.com/

korean releases, very cheap. ordered a jpop CD from them before, and they seem authenic.

[pippi]

this is the online store ... for jpop
johnny's ... wfl .... & gurls pop .. HP bla bla ....

http://www.mise-sxclusive.net

check em out