Where to Buy ARASHI goodies?

[sorltr.livejournal.com]

Hi everybody! I am brand-new to the Arashi fandom but I already feel the urge to empty out my wallets to collect goodies. I have been trying to search online for merchandise but it's slim pickings. Besides albums, what would you recommend is a must for a fangirl? I would like to make my purchases online. The thing I really want the most is a cell phone strap...does anyone know where I could find one?

Thank you very much in advance for you help!!!

Comments

[winkychan]

Hi and welcome to the fandom!

You'll be more lucky to find goodies on eBay (this is where I've got most of my Arashi stuff (posters, Photobooks, goodies, Magazines, LE albums & Singles...))

I think you'll also find some goodies on J-AMNOS shop even if I've never bought anything from here (you can also preorder goodies from the upcoming concerts)

As for phone straps, I suggest mainly eBay and YahooJapan Auction (more likely on the last one). You will also find LJ users selling Arashi stuff too ^^

[sorltr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind welcome!! I'll check out eBay, when I searched before I mainly found albums. Hopefully, I'll come across some posters--sounds good! For YahooJapan, do I have to pay in yen?

[winkychan]

You're welcome ^^
Well for Yahoo Auction, like karuchan_desu said, you'll be lucky to find someone to sell internationally, so you better go to a website for a substitution bidding like Celga (I've never used it but a friend of mine is using, and abusing it XD )

As for the regular available stuffs (CD, DVD, Photobook), you still have, of course, CDJapan (you can subscribe to Johnny's magazines on this one), Yesasia and Amazon Japan (which you can translate in English now (makes things WAYYYY easier))

[100-backnumbers.livejournal.com]

Yep, eBay is a good place.

http://search.ebay.com.hk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZml61Q5fchen
This seller got the Taipei Arashi phone strap (and other Taipei goods)up for sale.
Looking at her feedback she should be OK if you don't buy breakable stuff from her (bad at packing apparently^^)

[sorltr.livejournal.com]

Thank you for searching for me!! Arashi fans are so nice!!

[maya-rock.livejournal.com]

uchiwa!

[sorltr.livejournal.com]

This may sound dumb but what's an "uchiwa"? I translated online and got "fan"...is that a fan with each pictures?

[aishitsuzukeru.livejournal.com]

yea, they're fans. like this:

[maya-rock.livejournal.com]

yes like that XD

[anthropopathy.livejournal.com]

I'd say the best place is Yahoo Auctions but you'll have to be in or know someone in Japan because most sellers don't ship internationally.

eBay works sometimes when you're lucky... And I'd say the 'must have' for any fan is an uchiwa of your favourite member! Or... you know, one of every member.

[shini-no-shisha.livejournal.com]

I say a good purchace are photobooks ^^ the Arashigoto is so much love! I found it on amazon.jp

[sorltr.livejournal.com]

Oooo...photobooks...sounds pretty! Lol.

[shini-no-shisha.livejournal.com]

yes it's really nice ^^ I own it and I love it! Inside there's the 10 000 word interview for each boys (all the interviews were translated, if you need the address to where you can find the subs ask me I have it written down on my computer since I like to keep translation and want to know where they are from and not forget who translated them ^^)
The pics are nice ^^ it's from 2005 so there's no recent pics but they're still lovely! And there's other photobooks too ^^ many actually XD the Arashigoto is the only one I have so I don't know what the others look like ^^;;