I live in small town Wisconsin and there are absolutely zero places where I can find anything japanese. I want to find a japanese version of びんちょうタン as I recently read that it is good reading for beginners. I already have Yotsuba& btw. Anyway I have no trouble finding more popular titles on sites like amazon, but what about less mainstream titles like Binchou-tan? Thanks.
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2010-08-05, 7:26 pm
I get mine from http://www.bk1.jp as well. Gives you all the delivery options and sells them at the same price they sell for in Japan - tax!!
2010-08-05, 10:16 pm
Mitsuwa now has online shopping. I know they have a store near Chicago with a nice bookshop. They have lots of manga at the store. You might like to take a trip there sometime. They have also have a bakery, grocery store, liquor shop and cafe. Here's a link to one of their pages:
http://shop.mitsuwa.com/eng/egoods/eindex.php?c=13&s=88
It's not a great selection online. There seems to be mostly manga magazine subscriptions offered. At the bookstore there are plenty of tankubon to choose from though.
http://shop.mitsuwa.com/eng/egoods/eindex.php?c=13&s=88
It's not a great selection online. There seems to be mostly manga magazine subscriptions offered. At the bookstore there are plenty of tankubon to choose from though.
Edited: 2010-08-05, 10:22 pm
2010-08-18, 2:10 am
Does anyone have experience with ordering from bk1 to Europe? I.e. delivery times, etc. etc. Is it about the same as the U.S?
2010-08-18, 5:55 pm
astendra Wrote:Does anyone have experience with ordering from bk1 to Europe?I've ordered from bk1 to the UK many times. I always order seamail; I think the last lot took 7 weeks, give or take a week. I can't imagine the delivery options involving aeroplanes vary much from country to country...
2010-08-19, 4:23 am
I always choose エコノミー国際郵便(SAL) at bk1 and it takes about 2-3 weeks to Poland.
2010-08-19, 8:33 am
Whooaaa, I don't know why I didn't notice this when you actually posted it, but small town Wisconsin?!? Which small town!? Or...where is the closest semi-decently sized town?
I'm also a small-town Wisconsonite, so just wondering whats up?
I'm also a small-town Wisconsonite, so just wondering whats up?
2010-08-19, 11:59 am
I usually choose air mail and that can take a week or two weeks, its usually very fast! I chose by sea this time though to be a cheapskate and its already been a little over 2 weeks.
2010-08-19, 1:22 pm
@Asriel - I live in Green Bay, which I know for wisconsin is not very small...but it might as well be considering the lamentable amount of diversity here. Thankfully this forum has a wealth of resources.
2010-08-19, 1:50 pm
Aah, OK...still decently sized.
I'm coming back from Japan in about 3 weeks. I'm not sure what prices you're looking at online, but I could pick you up a bunch of stuff from Book Off if you're willing to wait that long. Shipping would just cost from Madison->Green Bay, and the books would likely be $1 to $5 per book, depending on what you wanted.
I'm coming back from Japan in about 3 weeks. I'm not sure what prices you're looking at online, but I could pick you up a bunch of stuff from Book Off if you're willing to wait that long. Shipping would just cost from Madison->Green Bay, and the books would likely be $1 to $5 per book, depending on what you wanted.
2010-08-19, 3:38 pm
Thanks I appreciate the offer. I think I'll just look around on the web though.
2010-08-20, 9:01 am
Alright, no problem. If you change your mind, I'm here until September 8th.
It's probably the cheapest you'll find it, but I understand privacy issues, etc, so don't worry about it.
It's probably the cheapest you'll find it, but I understand privacy issues, etc, so don't worry about it.
2011-08-08, 11:25 pm
sorry for the necro post, but didnt want to start new thread about this.
Did anyone bought used items in amazon.co.jp already?
Im tempted to buy a whole collection of a manga that I already own in portuguese (so that I could compare translation) and its going for 3100円 with 23 volumes (around 60,00 R$). Its a pretty good price imo, but too good that Im kinda on defensive on this lol.
What intrigues me most is if they would ship it to Brasil, I tried reading there, but my japanese isnt that good yet and couldnt find any good confirmation about shippment of used items, does they work the same way?
I know maybe I should buy one or two to test, but having all of them would be so nice lol
Did anyone bought used items in amazon.co.jp already?
Im tempted to buy a whole collection of a manga that I already own in portuguese (so that I could compare translation) and its going for 3100円 with 23 volumes (around 60,00 R$). Its a pretty good price imo, but too good that Im kinda on defensive on this lol.
What intrigues me most is if they would ship it to Brasil, I tried reading there, but my japanese isnt that good yet and couldnt find any good confirmation about shippment of used items, does they work the same way?
I know maybe I should buy one or two to test, but having all of them would be so nice lol
2011-08-08, 11:41 pm
I'm guessing no international shipping for used items. Amazon just gives sellers a fixed amount for shipping (set by item type) regardless of actual cost. Sellers are not allowed to ask for money for shipping.
I used to sell some of my old crap on Amazon but I always had to pay more for shipping than what Amazon gave me, so sometimes I'd be giving away my stuff almost for free if I didn't overprice my items to compensate. International shipping would make it a net loss for sellers.
I used to sell some of my old crap on Amazon but I always had to pay more for shipping than what Amazon gave me, so sometimes I'd be giving away my stuff almost for free if I didn't overprice my items to compensate. International shipping would make it a net loss for sellers.