Trusted Local Online J-Pop Stores
I ordered these J-Pop CDs from friends who run local online stores for J-Pop merchandise.
1st photo - Perfume CDs via proxy buying by Jona, a WaT fan
2nd photo - KAT-TUN and NEWS CDs from Ate Gent (JE Thrift Shoppe)
Proxy Buying by Jona
I saw one of Jona's posts in one of the J-Pop market groups on facebook. According to her post, she could find J-Pop CDs for fellow fans who are looking for certain editions. I sent her a private message right after. I was looking for limited Perfume CDs and DVDs then. She was able to find a book-off store that has some stocks of limited CDs. I decided to buy all the Perfume CDs / DVDs that were available in the store. She bought the CDs from book-off then I paid her via paypal including the shipping fee. The shipping charge is very cheap. It was only 800 yen for SAL for 6 CDs / DVDs.
Jona is currently based in Japan and is still offering her service. You may directly contact her at her facebook account: https://facebook.com/jamxwat and instagram: http://instagram.com/fngrljn
JE Thrift Shoppe by Ate Gent
Facebook page: https://facebook.com/JEThriftShoppe/
I came across Ate Gent's shop also in one of the J-Pop market groups on facebook. I saw that she was selling KAT-TUN's Keep the Faith 1st press RE so I immediately informed her that I will be buying it. She was also selling a limited edition copy of Hoshi wo Mezashite by NEWS for only 150 Php! I love that song!! I also bought Seishun Amigo and Real Face from her. She was selling the goods for a cheap and reasonable price. The transaction was very smooth and went well. I recommend buying from her.
Ate Gent is still selling some ARASHI, KAT-TUN and NEWS goods. Please head to her facebook page for more details!
Proxy Shopping Service for KAT-TUN Merchandise by Hyphens Philippines
Facebook page: https://facebook.com/hyphensph/
Senakagoshi no Chance by Kame to Yamapi
Hyphens Philippines is a local community for KAT-TUN fans based in the Philippines. They have annual gatherings for fellow KAT-TUN fans and they also do pre-orders for KAT-TUN goods. Just recently, they had a pre-order for "Senakagoshi no Chance", Kame to Yamapi's single for their latest drama together. They also did pre-orders for Kame's photobook, "Yume yori Kame".
I received the CDs I ordered via LBC since I cannot come to the meet-up. The CDs were carefully packed with bubble wraps.
Currently, the local fanclub is pre-ordering for KAT-TUN's comeback single, "ASK YOURSELF". You may inquire at their facebook page: https://facebook.com/hyphensph/
Photo by Hyphens Philippines
392 Majokkomachi
Facebook page: https://facebook.com/392majokkomachi/
Perfume of Perfume
392 Majokkomachi is another trusted local online store here in the Philippines. I already bought several times from them and I mostly buy Perfume items from the said store. The very first Perfume item I bought from 392 Majokkomachi is “Perfume of Perfume”. I was very happy with my first purchase from them. You may read the review about it here.
I already had four transactions with 392 Majokkomachi and all were very satisfactory. They are indeed one of my trusted local online stores. They also cater to J-Rock fans. They had sold many ONE OK ROCK goods. They also had pre-orders for other J-Rock bands such as Crossfaith and SPYAIR. What I like about them is that they mostly purchase goods directly in Japan so the CDs / DVDs / Blurays are counted in the Oricon charts.
Karupini Collectibles
Facebook page: https://facebook.com/KarupiniCollectibles/
Karupini Collectibles is another trusted local online store of mine. I mostly order Amuse goods from them like the Rurouni Kenshin photobook, Miura Haruma's Tabun photobook and Perfume's LEVEL 3 pamphlet. They have a good cause since every purchase from them will go to their adopted cats! Every transaction I had with them went well so I also recommend this local store.
They always open pre-orders for ONE OK ROCK and Rurouni Kenshin goods so if you belong in any of these two fandoms, I greatly suggest ordering from them too!
Do you have other trusted online stores too for J-Pop / J-Rock merchandise? Feel free to share at the comments section below!