Hey all,
I’ve been scouring the internet high and low to find a place that stocks the Yotsubato and the Chi’s Sweet Home Series (all in japanese) and I haven’t had much success with this sadly. (Amazon, ebay etc.,)
It’s hard finding japanese manga that ships to the UK, any advice?
Thanks
Why can’t you find them on eBay? I just searched for both and found many people selling both. I’m not sure what you are doing to get zero results.
I only buy Japanese manga from eBay, used sets. They should just come up when you search something like “yotsubato manga set” and change language to Japanese in the language options.
Have you tried amazon.co.jp ? Each country’s amazon is its own company and will ship lots of things internationally.
I’m in America so it might be different for you, but I use Amazon Japan for manga. The books are cheap but international shipping is average 5000 yen, so I get a bunch at once. They usually get delivered pretty fast.
I’d second amazon.jp - I’ve bought Japanese language books and other stuff (fountain pens - Japanese brands are insanely cheaper buying from there Vs UK sellers) and a significant amount on there is shippable to the UK. Postage can be a bit pricey, but not too bad especially if you buy more than one book, with the added bonus that they’re insanely efficient at delivery - usually 4-5 days from Japan to being delivered to me in the UK,although I’ve had stuff delivered in two days before as well!
In which country do you live ? Those are popular learning manga, so you should find a good amount of those on the second-hand market.
I just ordered yotsubato 1-15 in Japanese for £40 on ebay, from Japan . There are many available. Maybe your search settings mean you don’t show worldwide sellers?
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Pick the listing you like, throw the link in zenmarket’s search bar and buy it through them. Here’s a guide on how it works: https://old.reddit.com/r/zenmarket/comments/191do0r/2024_zenmarket_guide_how_to_use_the_service/ and if you go through them to buy your manga, you can put it in 1 package and ship it with a 15% discount till the end of october if it’s your first package and if you sign up with code LANSBOEN you’ll get 800¥ as a sign up bonus too.
Have you tried Manga Republic? Pretty sure they ship to the UK
These should be dirt cheap
I just checked on Mercari through Buyee. All 15 volumes are 8400 yen. Check it out.
Are there any Kinokuniya bookstores in the UK? They can custom order items from Japan. Or if there is a Book Off, maybe you can get lucky and find a used copy.
Do you use a VPN for that?
No Kinokuniya in the UK and I think the nearest Book Off is in Paris
No need for VPN. Amazon does ship internationally for some items. They will tell you on the product page.
Like the other guy said, no VPN needed and you can even sort items by “international shipping available.” It’s amazon.co.jp
Ok. When I’ve tried to buy stuff it in the past it must have just not been an option. I do have a local Kinokuniya here in Seattle so I can have just about any book shipped here. It’s just expensive