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If you live in the US, you can actually purchase these products from amazon.co.jp (Amazon Japan). They support switching the website language to Chinese and Eng

by yegle 6y ago

If you live in the US, you can actually purchase these products from amazon.co.jp (Amazon Japan). They support switching the website language to Chinese and English. When you switch to English, everything including the comments are translated. You do need a separate account on this website and you cannot delete the account (unlike Amazon US). Shipping from Amazon Japan is faster than from Amazon US if you are not an Amazon Prime user.

akdor1154 6y ago
I don't know whether to thank you or curse you.
homero 6y ago
Sounds fun, I'm making an account. How do you pay? I see internet money and atm options.
- rwmj 6y ago
  I pay using my ordinary (UK) credit card.
morganhankins 6y ago
Looks like the "right angle" cutter is the Kaijirushi KHS Butter Knife https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/FA-5162-Kaijirushi-KHS-Butter-Knife/dp/B0113NCXCA/ref=mp_s_a_1_9 https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/FA-5162-Kaijirushi-KHS-Butter-...
- cmwelsh 6y ago
  I like the associated butter tub (frequently bought together section), what are the imperial butter sizes for it at my local American grocery store...?
spike021 6y ago
Yeah Amazon JP is great, plus it's handy to already have one if you plan to make a trip to Japan. Both times that I went, I already had an account so it was super easy to order the SIM I wanted from Amazon to my hotel a couple days before arriving. As far as shipping to the USA, YMMV, but when you can order items with delivery here then it's super awesome and generally fairly quick (aside from during COVID times with slower logistics).
- EE84M3i 6y ago
  You were able to order a SIM card online? Did you have to do anything to activate it? I was under the working understanding that Japan required government ID verification for SIM cards.
  - _-___________-_ 6y ago
    SIM cards are widely sold at vending machines in airports and train stations in Japan. I believe that the ID requirement is waived if the SIM has limited validity, as these tourist-oriented SIMs do.
  - spike021 6y ago
    It was a tourist one (something like 10GB for 21 days). You just open the package and activate it with a credit card on the company's website. I think you need to provide flight info for your return trip leaving the country and that's how they verify you're a tourist.
throwaway189262 6y ago
You can do this with Amazon.co.uk too The UK is my go-to source for black market medical products. You can get contacts shipped without a prescription because its not required in the UK. Also some OTC cosmetics and sunscreen is way better because they don't drag their feet on approving new ingredients for 20 years like the FDA.
rwmj 6y ago
I recently ordered a couple of Japanese books from Amazon Japan and they were delivered in under 48 hours (to the UK).

by yegle 6y ago

akdor1154 6y ago

I don't know whether to thank you or curse you.

homero 6y ago

Sounds fun, I'm making an account. How do you pay? I see internet money and atm options.

rwmj 6y ago
I pay using my ordinary (UK) credit card.

morganhankins 6y ago

Looks like the "right angle" cutter is the Kaijirushi KHS Butter Knife https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/FA-5162-Kaijirushi-KHS-Butter-Knife/dp/B0113NCXCA/ref=mp_s_a_1_9 https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/FA-5162-Kaijirushi-KHS-Butter-...

cmwelsh 6y ago
I like the associated butter tub (frequently bought together section), what are the imperial butter sizes for it at my local American grocery store...?

spike021 6y ago

Yeah Amazon JP is great, plus it's handy to already have one if you plan to make a trip to Japan. Both times that I went, I already had an account so it was super easy to order the SIM I wanted from Amazon to my hotel a couple days before arriving. As far as shipping to the USA, YMMV, but when you can order items with delivery here then it's super awesome and generally fairly quick (aside from during COVID times with slower logistics).

EE84M3i 6y ago
You were able to order a SIM card online? Did you have to do anything to activate it? I was under the working understanding that Japan required government ID verification for SIM cards.
- _-___________-_ 6y ago
  SIM cards are widely sold at vending machines in airports and train stations in Japan. I believe that the ID requirement is waived if the SIM has limited validity, as these tourist-oriented SIMs do.
- spike021 6y ago
  It was a tourist one (something like 10GB for 21 days). You just open the package and activate it with a credit card on the company's website. I think you need to provide flight info for your return trip leaving the country and that's how they verify you're a tourist.

throwaway189262 6y ago

You can do this with Amazon.co.uk too The UK is my go-to source for black market medical products. You can get contacts shipped without a prescription because its not required in the UK. Also some OTC cosmetics and sunscreen is way better because they don't drag their feet on approving new ingredients for 20 years like the FDA.

rwmj 6y ago

I recently ordered a couple of Japanese books from Amazon Japan and they were delivered in under 48 hours (to the UK).