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In the Thread: Buying cds and records in USA and Japan

Post Subject: Yen devaluation, shipping economies & huge selection...Posted by scooter on: 2/1/2016

With the Japanese Yen devaluation, stuff in Japan has gotten very cheap. Like 50%+ cheaper vs. USD in the past few years. This, combined with the fact that shipping charges generally drop rapidly for heavier packages would make me look at potentially loading up the package with stuff.

Japanese stores also have a lot of music that is tough to source in the west, both in new and used formats (out of print and Japan-only special releases). Maybe Max from White Rabbit (or Yoshi) can recommend some other places where you can browse inventory of Japanese stores on-line. But I suspect finding used music online for export (outside yahoo auctions) might be difficult.

Alternatively, if you are looking for a lot of music, I would just jump on a cheap winter flight to Tokyo. That will give you a chance to browse the used CD stores and also see the staggering amount of audio equipment on display in Akihabara. Not sure how much longer those stores will be in business. Regardless, Tokyo is a great city to visit and quite safe.

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