Hello, I currently have a friend living in Japan, and I need a to send a gift. I was hoping to get a product from an online website, but I keep getting murdered in shipping costs. There are normally websites claiming to have Japanese offices, but slap a $20 shipping cost on the item despite having a domestic office within Japan.

Does anyone know of any sites where I can cheap shipping within Japan? And this includes business located within Japan.

Try amazon.jp

Rakuten

With Amazon JP you can get English translations but rakuten is more a niche service of sending your good to Japan or visa versa (I think).