Unique shopping adventure in Japan

Japan is a unique country with different aspects. Shopping is definitely one of them. Japanese websites can be an excellent option for buying domestic items.

You can find a lots of unique product only available in here. Those items are usually sold in limited quantity and time. some of the favorite categories are: electronics, clothing, shoes, watches, video games, makeup and more

How to search for made in Japan only items?

There are lots of ways to search. we list some of them here,

Things to consider..

Language

Most of the Japanese websites are only in Japanese language. if you are not able to read Japanese, then it will be a problem to search for the items that you want.  

Most Japanese stores do not provide international shipping

Most of the Japanese online stores only focus on Japan market. As the customer target is usually Japanese people. How can you get the items which are only targeted to Japanese market?

Not all stores accept overseas-issued credit card

Another problem with Japanese online stores are that they don't accept credit cards issued overseas. You can overcome this issue by trying to have virtual credit cards but most of the time this is not the solution.

High shipping fee to Europe or America

As Japan is in Asia, it makes the shipping fee higher especially to Europe and America. Moreover, if you are buying several items from different stores, you will end up paying double the price for each item, due to the shipping fees.

Alternative solutions

Translator

Use google translator, to understand the content of the website and the item description.

Google translate work well to translate any Japanese webstore into any local language

Proxy service

Like the services in other countries, you can also find proxy service in Japan, which you can use for your item to ship to you.

Shipneko offers different services to overcome all difficulties mentioned above.

Forwarding only service:

Shipneko provides you with Japan address to use at checkout on any website that does not ship to outside of Japan.

When the item reaches Shipneko, we forward to your doorsteps.

Assisted purchase service:

In case you have trouble buying items from Japanese online stores because of overseas-issued credit card, Shipneko buys for you and ship to your home address.

Additional services:

Package consolidation:

The package consolidation option allows you to group multiple items/orders together and ship them as a single package! You will save up to 80% on shipping cost.

Invoice removal:

Shipneko can remove invoice that comes with your package to avoid the incurring of import tax.

Additional Insurance:

You can have maximum insurance coverage with this service.

Storage:

When you are buying several items from different stores, Shipneko stores your items in the warehouse. So once we receive all your items, we ship them in one single package and you will save on shipping cost.

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