Hi

Does any one have experience with hmv.co.jp or cdjapan.co.jp ? I was wondering how safe their packaging is and whether they are reliable.

Thanks

https://shop.whiterabbitjapan.com/collec...ders/manga

Shipping can be expensive (to Europe at least), but not as expensive as shipping from Japan. And it's a pretty slim selection.

[RawToast]

If you have a device on which you can read iBooks, I'd give the Japanese iTunes a browse. Obviously there's no shipping costs, but it can be a pain to keep your iTunes account in Japan.

[Zgarbas]

I used to buy stuff off http://www.yesasia.com/global/en/home.html and they had some very decent prices&shipping rates.

I shop at http://honto.jp/
The prices are lower than sites like YesAsia, but shipping for me was like $17 for 8 books last time. If you get fast EMS shipping it costs even more. They have e-books too, so no shipping fees there. They also have a pretty wide selection.

I haven't shopped at the places the OP mentions, but they sound reliable. I can't imagine getting poorly packed items from websites, like that.

(2016-05-20, 4:54 pm)Joker Wrote: Hi

Does any one have experience with hmv.co.jp or cdjapan.co.jp ? I was wondering how safe their packaging is and whether they are reliable.

Thanks

Hi - I've ordered books and manga from CDJapan several times. They always arrive and they are well-packed. I've used a fairly cheap postage option (SAL?) and that takes about 3-4 weeks. There are faster options though.

Thanks for the replies.

I am giving honto.jp a try.

I was recently recommended http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/ for digital manga. They usually have prices that are about $5 per manga.

Not sure where you're located but there's also: http://www.kinokuniya.com/us/

(2016-06-01, 4:58 pm)RawrPk Wrote: I was recently recommended http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/ for digital manga. They usually have prices that are about $5 per manga.

I just bought a manga on there last night and it was super easy with a (US) Visa card. The iPad app is nice too. 

I love that they allow you to have a preview (立ち読む) that you can download to the app so you can check the difficulty and quality of the material. For example, I found that the furigana for ハイキュー got difficult to read at times. However ベイビーステップ's scan was much higher quality and I had no problem reading kanji/furigana.

I'm glad to know that its super easy to buy manga there. I hadn't had a chance to buy any manga there yet (no money lol) but thought about buying the missing volumes of Initial D manga there instead of physical volumes as they are at least double the price if not more as physical copies x_x