Any fans from NYC or Boston?

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

I lived in Boston but I traveled down to NYC (Flushing & Chinatown) quite often. I was wondering if anyone knows any good and cheap places from Boston or NYC that I can get Arashi's Japanese edition CDs and also magazines like WinkUp, Duet and such? Thank you so much <3

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[xoalice88ox.livejournal.com]

I live in Boston too, but I don't know any. I'm sorry :'(
I wish I knew though,it'll make my life and my obaachan's much easier xD
I ask my obaachan for all the CD's and such.

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

oh my goodness, i thought i am the only bostonian fan, haha. it makes me very happy. i usually get my cds from cdjapan or yesaisa and i buy a ton of magazines each time i go to HK. so i need to find a more effective way to do this, haha. so glad to meet you <3

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

I also thought I was the only fan here in Boston, lol. I'm beginning to think there are more but hiding somewhere. xD

[biscottis.livejournal.com]

Chinatown has very selective Japanese artists.. like Ayu, Namie, Koda Kumi (not much variety). Your best bet had to be Kinokuniya (have new Arashi Japanese edition CDs/DVDs and tons of mags) in 42nd street - Bryant Park. I hope that helps!

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

Yes I am planning to visit Kinokuniya when I get to NYC. thanks for the info.

[youkosiren.livejournal.com]

Kinokuniya or Asahiya in NYC. You can try Bookoff for used stuff, but it doesn't have too much for Arashi, I think.

[riterandreader.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there is a Kinokuniya is NY, you can check that out. My advice: if there are any specific mags or CDs you wanna buy, order them over the phone ahead of time, before you go there so that when you go, you can just pick them up, because sometimes they run out of Arashi CDs. at least the one near where I live does. lol. :)

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

ohhhh Asahiya...i never heard that bookstore before. i will go check it out next time. do u know about the pricing between the two stores, are they similar?

[ms-blahx.livejournal.com]

Porter Square in Boston/Cambridge has Japanese magazines available. I'm not sure about CDs, but I'll check when I stop by next week.

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

Do you mean Kotobukiya, the market? They closed down in May. :(

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

Which part of Porter Square cuz I know Kotobukiya closed down already -_-

[ms-blahx.livejournal.com]

Now that I think about there is another Japanese grocery store on Newbury Street that sells magazines.

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

I'm from Boston! It's rare to find an Arashi fan here. I thought I was the only one. *___*

Unfortunately, I don't know of any places that sell their albums in Japanese. You might want to try Tokyo Kid in Harvard Square. I saw V6 albums there once so there might be a possibility of them selling Arashi ones? You're probably better off buying them in New York, though.

As for magazines, Kotobukiya is closed but I've heard of two places that might have them. There's a new Japanese market in Brookline Village and the replacement for Kotobukiya is in Medford. I know they're not in Boston but they're pretty close.

I hope I helped...in a way? ^_^;;

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

oh mind, i said the same thing earlier when someone said she is from boston. seriously i thought i am the only bostonian fan around here, haha. it makes me happy to realize i am not the only one fangirling about arashi in this area, haha.
Do you know the names of those two markets? I might go there to have a look. btw, nice to meet you :D

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

Ah i see, thanks. Do they have an arashi collection or even JE?

[tonari123.livejournal.com]

Here! So happy! I only know 2 arashi fan in my neck of the woods. The one in Medford is stocking up. I gotta go there, its the only place I know that sells magazine, now I have to get it through yesasia.

[pi-hiatus.livejournal.com]

yea, that's what i do with the cds. but i figured it would be better and cheaper to get magazine from a store. yay, another bostonian fan :D

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

Another Bostonian fan here! :)

[darthscooter.livejournal.com]

Boston fan here too!! Kotobukiya is going to be reopening under a different name in Medford square at some point. Maybe they will still have the magazines. I actaully just looked further up this post and the store is the Ebisuya one that is mentioned.

[xoalice88ox.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's Ebisuya? I thought it was Japan Village Mart lol
So confusing, all the Kotobukiya business.

Hi~!! I'm a Bostonian fan too :DD

:)

[(Anonymous)]

I live in NYC, and I go to Kinokuniya all the time for magazines!
You can also find some ARASHI cd's upstairs even tho their collection isnt very big. Are you planning on stopping by NJ by any chance?
B/c there's this huge japanese market called Mitsuwa,
and the bookstore next to it (Sanseido) is pretty useful!
Last time i was able to find CrazyMoon/AshitaNoKioku LE CD without even
expecting it! :)

[rainawallis.livejournal.com]

I live in NYC too, and sometimes BookOff has magazines, but rarely. :) Even though Mitsuwa and Sanseido are in NJ, they are very easy to get to from NYC. There's a van shuttle service out of Port Authority 42nd street that literally drives you there (only $3 one way). It runs every hour on the weekdays, but every 1/2 hour on weekends.

[(Anonymous)]

From western Canada and almost impossible to get anything from Arashi other than the Wink Up mag. But going to NYC in mid September so this information is greatly appreciated. I really am to old to be a fan girl but thats OK.

[delta150.livejournal.com]

Im going to NYC in a few weeks, so this post is perfect. So what Im getting at is I can get recent magazines at Kinokuniya. That's what I really want to get.
Thanks for the info.
Also, is the price the same? Like is there any extra cost than what I would actually get in Japan?

[ketsune.livejournal.com]

It's definitely more expensive. You get charged the additional price of shipping it over and then there is tax on top of it to boot.

Like a magazine that is 750 yen in Japan would be at least $10, I think. They do have conversion charts posted on the stands so you can see, and there is a little corner with old (fashion/news/manga/but no Johnny's) magazines at a discount.

[xoalice88ox.livejournal.com]

I usually went to Kotobukiya, so I was like NOOO when I saw the notice saying it's closing down ;___;

Hii!!! Another Bostonian! OMG! lol

[gregorypeck3.livejournal.com]

I am from Boston too! Now I don't have to feel like I am the only person listening to Arashi on my MP3 player on the T!! ^_^ would be great if we could someday meet up!!

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we definitely need a fan gathering for Bostonians! :)