# Where can I buy electronics from Japan that will ship to the US?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 28, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531 "2002-03-28T06:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/1 "2002-03-28T06:59:55Z")

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What is a store that I can buy Sony Electronics only for sale in Japan, and have them ship to the US? I can’t find a store, as everything is in Japanese and Babelfish doesn’t do that great of a job…

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/2 "2002-03-28T14:15:16Z")

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These people carry mostly computers but I think they have said they can get almost anything you want. You might check with them.

[http://www.dynamism.com](http://www.dynamism.com)

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**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/3 "2002-03-29T05:24:18Z")

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Why do you want to do this? Power supply considerations? “Quality” issues?

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/4 "2002-03-29T07:54:24Z")

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You could possibly ask one of the Dopers living in Japan (there are several) to buy whatever you are looking for and ship it to you. Assuming it’s a one time only deal, and someone would be willing to do it for you, that is.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/5 "2002-03-29T15:17:08Z")

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You’re easiest route will be to use an importer, rather than a japanese store that ships all the way here. Given that, most importers only address a narrow part of the market. For example:

[Minidisco](http://www.minidisco.com) - imports Sony minidisc players  
[National Console Support](http://www.ncsx.com/) - imports Sony game systems  
etc.

So if you give us more specifics on what type of Sony product, it might be easier.

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-electronics-from-japan-that-will-ship-to-the-us/100531/6 "2002-03-29T19:30:34Z")

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[http://www.japan-direct.com](http://www.japan-direct.com)