is it easily accessible to find JPop stuff in where you live ?

[mcluva420]

Originally Posted by RikkuChii

Not really. I have to drive a half hour to get to San Francisco, which is the only place that I know of that sells J-Pop.

..and it's expensive. Very expensive.

i splurge like heck!

japantown is about 10-15 min by bus for me, and they have some jpop stuff in chinatown xD

maybe i should start ordering on the internet...

[rookies]

There used to be a shop that sold mostly overseas versions of J-pop CD's, and I went there for like a year or so to get my CD's, but I didn't visit that shop frequently, maybe once a month or so.

They had a large selection of avex cd's, cus avex does make overseas versions for a lot of their artists / groups' cd's. And they have overseas versions for non-avex artist as well, like Utada Hikaru, YUI, Mika Nakashima, Yuna Ito, etc.

But then it closed down, so I had no choice but to buy online.

Oh well, I enjoyed browsing through that shop though. It was the best place.

I usually go for OS versions because it is highly affordable and cheap, so that store was just perfect for me, lol.

[AyumiBest]

Nope! This is why I go to HK and have a shopping spree. XD (or I can order online but my parents don't trust me with credit cards. Its all because of that night)

[TITANIC]

now is very easy. it's very close to me because my apartment is next to chinatown where jpop cds sold

[ville]

yep, one store sells. but i don't buy those.
they are always overseas or korean versions and the cost like 30 € :/
i like to buy jolin CD's here because they cost like 20 - 25 € and they're taiwanese versions or something

[peppermango]

Lol there just that one, stupid & overprized jpop-store. I think they got a big money of it, because so many fans don't know or can't order in net and it's only choice to get jpop here. I always get a heart attack when I go that store XD and it's so pink................... but ok, I have bought many cd's there so I should be shut up, blergh. But when it's about j-rock, I think every store sells those.

// oh I forgot a online store, who sells everything but almost everything is over 100 euros wtf ! I don't even wanna know what the heck they are doing.

[Hachimitsu]

Nope, I import all my Jpop goods. It's almost impossible to find anything here!

[stickyrice]

Yea there's a store here that sells J-Pop and gets a new shipment like... every week but it's still pretty expensive so I just order online. Plus I'm able to get the free stuff when I'm ordering online lol

[murasakinohana]

for us Singaporeans, we're lucky in the sense that we have our neighbourhood cd-stores such as CD-RAMA, MUSIC JUNCTION, SEMBAWANG and for more variety, we can always go to HMV CITYLINK & HMV HEEREN.

[PoetGirl]

NO! NOT AT ALL! like there is not even big choice of american artists!!!!!! my place sucks. all you can buy is like.. britney cd???

yeah.

thank god for internet.

[Delirium-Zer0]

There's an anime store here in ABQ that sells bootlegs, but there's no way to get anything genuine here unless I order online.

I anxiously await my trip to LA for anime expo so I can go to Book-Off and Kinokuniya and go shopping. ^__^!!

[taskinillusion]

Oh there is noooo where in my whole state I'm sure that sells J-pop. The internet is definitely my BFF!

[PinkShinigami]

NO!

There isn't a single shop that sells j-pop CDs here, and if someone sell secondhand, it's always Miyavi, An Cafe and so on. Female pop, as ayu, BoA, OLIVIA etc. aren't -unfortunately- popular for the J-fans in Denmark.
But I guess it's still cheaper to buy it second hand from the net, as the CDs is imported already.

BUT BUT, you can buy some J-pop items at a Scandinavian site cdon.com, but it is like.. $200 for an album!

So to buy CDs, I always have to buy it online >.<

[AyuRox]

I was waiting to fibnd a thread like this (sorta...). I apologize in advance for pouring my complaints on you...

OMG! NO! I live in the US, so absolutely not! The onlly place that it was easy to get J-pop from was iTunes. But then iTunes deleted EVERYTHING on avex. I hate iTunes now.

[edit] They got it back. ok. I'm all sunshine and smiles again. (though, omly about iTunes, mind you...)

Other than iTunes, Its impossible to get anything domestically. Not a single Music store has J-pop. When you ask the staff questions like "Do you have Ayumi Hamasaki?" they're like "...... I can look it up for you, if you'd like". So basically, they have no idea what I just said. The only way to get CDs and the like is by buying online from YesAsia, eBay, and those kinds of sites. So you end up rediculously overpaying for things. ($30 for a J-pop album from YA as opposed to $15 to buy a domestic product from a store)

The internet is the only time you'll ever even hear something pertinent to J-pop. Its virtually unkown, at least to the general public.

[nemesisyume]

well here's a store that sells some asian CDs
not much tho
bought ayus RAINBOW, I am..., glitter/fated and MY STORY from there
also some kuu singles.

[tomiko8]

Well I live in NJ and there is a Mitsuwa Market Place 25min away from me. They sometimes have CD's on sale for less than $10. I sometimes travel to the Kinokuniya bookstore in NY, it's only a 23min ride thank God, but they never have what I want due to the fact that most of their selections are sold out and their prices are horrendous! CD Japan, YesAsia, and Amazon are my go to websites. I recently purchased some of Koda Kumi's singles on Amazon for $5.00 all legit avex JP releases, and they were never used!

So yeah, the internet owns.

[Raiu-Ayu]

The only thing that is romotely jpop and sold here are original anime and video game soundtracks and they are only available in an anime store here

[mcluva420]

OMG i just found out that there's some j-pop stuff in the public library in my city
yay~!

[RikkuChii]

^LUCKY!

[asmAyumi1992]

CDs and DVDs of Jpop stuff I think almost all CD store sell it. But the goodies, I think never had at any place in where I live.