Best places to buy Gifts for Japanese Fan-girl?

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minister3333

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With Christmas on the distant horizon (I know, I know... it's only October and it sounds like I'm a killjoy for starting present shopping this early, but I have tons of people to get presents for :oops: ) I am putting together a collection of presents for my cousin. She is really into the whole Japanese/Studio Ghibli/Hello Kitty/"that-is-so-cute" type of stuff, so I'm looking for little items/knick-knacks that are in this sort of category, or as my sister describes all such stuff: "Just plain weird".

I found this Ghibli Diary on eBay:
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...but I'm wondering if you can recommend any other online Japanese/Asia/etc stores (e.g. NOT eBay!) where I could find similar items (pens, purses, books, pads, models. etc, etc)?

Cheers.
 
skikes said:
JAPAN
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:)


Yes, the whole eBay thing is proving a bit of a conundrum. I've bought/sold heaps of stuff from/on eBay over the years and had very few problems. I do encounter the odd dodgy Seller, but I'd say about 99% of all my transactions have been fine, with the item being genuine, etc.

However, it seems that anything Anime/Manga/that-culture related on eBay, is either fake, copied or falling apart. :(


Espy said:
www.play-asia.com is the site I use for random Japanese junk.
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Cheers for this. I've visited them before, looking at PS2 import games, etc. I'll have to check out their "junk & stuff" section though. :p

So does anyone know of anywhere else online?<BR><BR>
 
Play Asia = GOOD but expect to wait a couple of weeks for delivery.

I was just thinking wouldn't this thread title be great if you changed "gifts for" with "a"? - "Best places to buy a Japanese Fan-girl?" =D =D
 
Jayme said:
Just go buy a Haruhi edition of Pocky or something.
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Haruhi? Pocky? Er..... pardon?!?

RetroRainbow said:
If she likes 'kawaii' merch, such as sticker sacks and memo pads I know a few good places.
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kawaii??? Again, I have no idea what you're talking about.... :(

But yes please: Recommend some places if you can.

Cheers. :)
 
Haruhi is a character of a series ('Melancholy of haruhi' something like that).
Pocky is those little sticks with chocolate on them (YUM!)
Kawaii is japanese for Cute.

Theres your translations :p Gotta learn these things if you wanna speak to some of the people on this forum haha
 
Thanks. :)

Please keep the suggestions coming.

www.tokyotoys.com - A bit expensive and seems more aimed at the Japanese Collector (have you seen the prices of their figures/statues?! :eek: I mean, what do you *DO* with them!??!?)
www.neonmartian.com - Kind of the same deal as TokyoToys.
Forbidden Planet - I know very well, but they don't currently carry anything I'm really looking for.... :(


So far, PlayAsia and eBay seem to be my only options....<BR><BR>
 
Espy said:
Watch out on ebay, you can get a lot of bootleg merchandise. Especially Ghibli merch, which is often hard to come by otherwise.
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If you're looking for Ghibli DVDs, then HMV is the best place to buy.

other then that there's japanese merch on JBox.
Just don't buy her any of the VNs, lol
 
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