How to buy from Amazon Japan from overseas
Amazon.co.jp carries a large Japan-exclusive catalogue, particularly books, games, anime goods and Japan-market electronics that never appear on Amazon in other countries.
Either service works
If you can complete the order yourself, use your free Japanese address and we will forward it. If the shop rejects your card or address, send us the link instead and we will buy it for you.
Amazon Japan does ship internationally on its own. Use us when you want to combine it with orders from other shops into a single parcel, or for items it will not send to your country.
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What to know before you order from Amazon Japan
- Check first whether the item ships internationally direct from Amazon — a good number do, and when they do that is usually cheaper than going through us.
- Third-party Marketplace sellers on Amazon JP almost never ship overseas. Those are the listings worth sending to us.
- Amazon-fulfilled orders reach our warehouse fast, often the next day, so they consolidate well with slower orders from elsewhere.
Worth knowing
Amazon JP regularly cancels orders paid with foreign-issued cards, sometimes after the order appears to have been accepted. This is one of the most common reasons customers ask us to buy for them.
How it works
- Send the link or place the order. Paste the product URL into your account and we quote the total, including our commission, before anything is bought.
- We receive and check it. Your item arrives at our Osaka warehouse, where we photograph it and record its weight and dimensions. Storage is free for the first 30 days.
- Combine with anything else. Keep shopping at other stores. Everything waiting in your warehouse can go into a single parcel, so you pay international shipping once rather than once per shop.
- We pack and ship. Choose your carrier and we repack to remove wasted space, quote the exact rate, and send it with tracking.
What shipping will cost
Shipping is charged on the packed parcel, not per item, so the cost depends on where it is going and what it weighs. Real rates by weight for each destination:
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