Options for Buying Japanese Denim

[blm14]

has anyone had any experience ordering from http://www.h-akka.jp/ ?

I want to buy a pair of pure blue xx-009 since nobody has them in the states (BiG doesn't plan to carry them, boo!)

[edmond]

whats the story ont hose 009? cut? denim?

[blm14]

xx-003 cut made with xx-07 denim

[edmond]

whoaa 007 denim is the one that really really dark right? yeah 55 type cutting! yeah! my next pair!

[blm14]

hence why I am trying to cop one immediately. I've had ZERO luck with proxies so far though which is why I am resorting to a pathetic attempt to order them myself. Unfortunately only h-akka and the PBJ website are selling them ATM so I am foundering in my attempts to obtain a pair.

[indigo_junkie]

xx-003 cut made with xx-07 denim

Nuts. If I had known that, I would have waited... Got the 007 anyway.

[edmond]

hows the thigh on those 007 rob?

[Ahlvahroe]

im a little pissed i talked to the guy at pants shop and he said that they do ship to teh u.s and they do take paypal, which is great but he mislabled it, i thought i was gonna be able to get some sda wrangler repros, but he put up the sizing for a different cut, so he was out of my size, which is now updated on the site and he does have other sizes. http://shop.yumetenpo.jp/goods/d/pants-shop-avenue.com/g/Sd26Christmas/index.shtml

they do have a new sda wrangler repro on that site but he doesnt post measurements and i dont want to dive in blindly on those, well at least not yet.

http://shop.yumetenpo.jp/goods/d/pants-shop-avenue.com/g/SdD1355/index.shtml

[ogkush]

im a little pissed i talked to the guy at pants shop and he said that they do ship to teh u.s and they do take paypal, which is great but he mislabled it, i thought i was gonna be able to get some sda wrangler repros, but he put up the sizing for a different cut, so he was out of my size, which is now updated on the site and he does have other sizes. http://shop.yumetenpo.jp/goods/d/pants-shop-avenue.com/g/Sd26Christmas/index.shtml

they do have a new sda wrangler repro on that site but he doesnt post measurements and i dont want to dive in blindly on those, well at least not yet.

http://shop.yumetenpo.jp/goods/d/pants-shop-avenue.com/g/SdD1355/index.shtml

Thanks Ahlvahroe good info! I was looking at the normal wranglers 50% off:D Do they speak english or did you just use a translator?

[Ahlvahroe]

i emailed in english and google translated japanese, i dont speak japanese. but he also asked me, cause of my name, if i speak spanish, which i am fluent in.

[robin_win]

japan is back to business!

i just help my friend got a pair of 21oz samurai, ordered last Thursday received this Monday. from the 2ND,& i was using my old credit card. everything works just perfect.

i guess the credit card incident are no longer a problem with shops on rakuten.

go ahead, try more-net, vari, kc's, hinoya ... & report here!

have fun!

[indigo_junkie]

Vari was never a problem because they accepted paypal. Hinoya would be a really big deal if they started shipping overseas again instead of being 'japanese domestic' only. Bears is still sticking to their domestic market guns unfortunately.

[rmc]

Dunno if this has been mentioned before but I came across this japanese jean site call Garden.

http://www.g-a-r-d-e-n.com/onlineshop/

They ship overseas and take paypal too! You just have to send an inquiry on their site. I ordered a pair of SDA 203Rs and the service was flawless.

Hey y'all I wanna order a pair of Okinawas from here but I am wondering how I'm supposed to order. Do they speak english or do I needa communicate in japanese only? If so, what is the best translator to use since a lot of translators are really inaccurate. let me know. thanks

[zipangu-treasures]

There is not enough description mentioned on their site regarding oversea shipment though....... Maybe they accept PayPal only for a payment from outside of Japan. The description can be found here.

http://www.g-a-r-d-e-n.com/onlineshop/overseas.php?item=a1-299.dat

Additional cost 5% fee will be required by the seller if you send money via PayPal. However they accept credit card payment (its prepared for Japanese buyers) but, it's also 4% of additional fee should be required. I'm not sure well the extra fee would be applied for their S&H cost too or not. It's not described on their site.

Anyway, the following message is written at the bottom of the same page as well.

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Our explanation of goods is written in Japanese.

Use a translation site, and after understanding sufficiently, please order.

I will communicate to you in 3 business days.

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Good Luck to You!

[Aquaphor]

Hey y'all I wanna order a pair of Okinawas from here but I am wondering how I'm supposed to order. Do they speak english or do I needa communicate in japanese only? If so, what is the best translator to use since a lot of translators are really inaccurate. let me know. thanks

Just fill out the form as you would in English. Then they'll send you a paypal invoice. They can communicate with basic english if you need to ask any questions.

[napoleon]

Good Luck to You!

Just to let you know, your own site is broken. You Jeans service link leads to a broken page.. http://www.zipangu-treasures.com/servlet/the-Shopping-Proxy-Service-for-Japanese-Jeans/Categories

[zipangu-treasures]

Just to let you know, your own site is broken. You Jeans service link leads to a broken page.. http://www.zipangu-treasures.com/servlet/the-Shopping-Proxy-Service-for-Japanese-Jeans/Categories

Thanks for letting me know that the link is broken! I didn't realize about the fact until now. I have applied first aid to the problem now.

Thank you very much!

[Denim Phenom]

I want to get a pair of Real McCoys S614 or S613XH but all the stores i've found on Rakuten don't appear to ship outside of Japan. I've emailed a few but haven't seen a reply regarding shipping to the US. I really don't want to use a proxy but if it comes down to that then I may have to.

I tried getting some jeans from Hinoya yesterday but they don't ship to the US. Real bummer.

[Davis Tecula]

take5 sells mccoys, i know they have s613xh.

http://www.take5jeans.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1462

[indigo_junkie]

I tried getting some jeans from Hinoya yesterday but they don't ship to the US. Real bummer.

Damn. I was hoping they would have come around with the whole shipping overseas deal. And with all the proxies dried up... may have to go to Take5 for the RMC.

[mr.invincible]

how do people order jeans from take5? like just email them what we want?

some of my favorite jean spots translated already. save these babies

Hinoya -http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.ne.jp%2Fgold%2Fhinoya%2Fhinoya.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

2nd-

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.ne.jp%2Fgold%2F2nd%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Bears-

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.ne.jp%2Fgold%2Fbears%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Earth Market-

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.ne.jp%2Fgold%2Fearthmarket%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

D-Stock-

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.co.jp%2Fd-stock%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Vari-

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rakuten.ne.jp%2Fgold%2Fvari%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[slowdownarthur]

This thread has been quiet for a while and I'm pretty new here but I just discovered something and want to pass it on.

superdenim at:

http://www.superdenim.co.uk/

are now doing Real McCoys, the S600s, S613 and S614 plus a whole lot of other stuff - Studio D'Artisan, Kato etc.

Worth checking.

[zackl111]

i am not sure exactly where to put this, but this seems about right:

just wanted to give sufu a heads-up.

I purchased the sugar cane garrison natural belt through vari shop. I followed the rakuten ordering instructions to place the order, and I submitted my debit card information on the form because i couldn't tell if i would get a paypal invoice or not (i pretty much always either pay with paypal or use the paypal card generator to make payments for any sites that I am ordering from for the first time or that are out of the US). I got a paypal invoice from them and just paid via paypal and didn't think anything of it.

Long story short, I just noticed that there were about 700.00 worth of charges all over europe on my card. I have had to get a new card and file a police report.

My bank will refund the fraudulent charges, but it will take ~20 days to do so.

This was my first time ordering from rakuten, definitely sucked. Nice belt though.

[dfoo]

Hey guys, I ordered a pair of S710BKs from e2nd, but I didnt specifically ask them to gift mark it/declare it a lower value. They probably did both anyway right guys?? Really dont want to pay custom fees

[edmond]

they actually write down the real value on the form

[Supawiwi]

Anyone knows if they speak English at Hinoya?

[constant struggle]

RAKUTEN ENGLISH has launched...

http://event.rakuten.co.jp/borderless/index_en.html

very interesting lets see how this changes things

[LaiShin]

It's a start, a good start

[Turntabloid]

wow, good stuff!

[mr.invincible]

what does this mean???