JAPAN WITH A TWIST
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Yahoo Japan in English – Japanese Auctions
Looking for rare Japanese items? Forget eBay. Yahoo Japan is the promised land. The following tutorial will show you how you can browse, bid, and buy items available on Yahoo Japan auctions- in English, and ship the items you win, to your home, anywhere on the...
List Of All New Japanese CD & Vinyl Releases
Interested in a quick & easy way to find a daily-updated list of all upcoming new Japanese CD & Vinyl releases? Read on. The quick tutorial below will help you find virtually every Japanese CD & Vinyl new release scheduled for release in the coming days,...
Why are Japanese CDs so expensive?
Think of that cool Japanese CD you recently picked up online. You could have picked it up for an estimated 60-80% less. In fact, if you look at nearly every Japanese CD you have in your home that you purchased on eBay, Amazon.com, Discogs, or other re-seller sites,...
Earn money online with Kupiku Affiliate Program
Earn money by sharing Kupiku with your friends. Kupiku now offers a simple, easy to use Affiliate program. An affiliate program, essentially is a method by which a website rewards people for introducing new customers to them, enabling you to earn money...
Japanese CDs: 10 things to know (+2)
1. Not all Japanese CDs are issued with an obi Despite the obvious benefits that are often part of Japanese issued CDs (bonus tracks, more content in booklets, superior quality of the pressing, stickers, additional booklets, posters, and other goodies), it’s the...
Japanese 1st Press CDs – What’s the hype all about?
JAPAN 1ST PRESS CDs Are they worth the hype (and the nose-bleed prices)? By now, everyone has seen it: a CD you can pick up at your local pawnshop for a couple of dollars, fetching several hundred dollars on eBay. The only difference (at least, at first glance)...
Insider tips on how to find any Japanese CD or Vinyl Record.
Find virtually any Japanese CDs or records in a matter of minutes. To begin with, the most important thing to understand is how Japanese CDs and records are listed on Japanese websites. Let’s use Amazon Japan for example and for a truly accurate example, a...
Still buying Japanese CDs on eBay? You’re doing it wrong.
Ask any CD or record collector today: if you could go on a CD/record hunting spree anywhere in the world, where would it be? There’s little doubt, that the overwhelming majority would say, Japan. If you are like many, who prefer Japanese editions of your CDs or...
Resealable OPP Sleeves: Proper storage for your Japanese CDs, Vinyl and DVDs.
So here you are. Many years of collecting under your belt, with a collection of Japanese records, CDs, and possibly DVDs that would impress even most elite collectors living in Japan. You’ve got first pressings of your favorite albums, the remasters, the SHM-CD...
What is an OBI? A detailed history of the obi strip (spinecard).
Ok, So What Is An OBI? Known also as a ‘spinecard’ to video game enthusiasts, but commonly referred to as an OBI (or OBI strip) by CD and vinyl collectors, the OBI has for over 30 years been one of the most recognizable unique features of CDs, records,...