Arashi On

I'm also going to shanghai in July so it would be good to know places where to buy cds and stuff ^^

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Oh, you are? I think I'll be going to the Expo thing, will you be going too? I've waited forever to buy goodies xDD Hahaha, but I'm too poor to buy cds but dvds are...nice ;) Mostly I want posters ;D

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yeah sure I'm going to see the expo xD it's THE event XD I'll be staying there in a university for 1 month ^^
I want EVERYTHING
XD *spender*

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OH and btw ! in Hk, mom went there and bought me things at the hmv , she bought the 5x10 jap version and troublemaker jap version, so they have the japanese version ^^

*look for the address* [...]

it's at a very known surburb : Tsim sha Tsui

hong kong records
shop 3320, Gateway arcade

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Oh your mom is so nice .__. My mom would never do that xDD Ohhh, thank you for the info! ;)

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Haha, well maybe we'll see each other there! But we probably won't even know it, lol xDD I'll probably recognize you by your Sho+Monkey icon ;33 Hahaha, I hope it's fun or something there ;P

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haha I'm going to print this icon and put it on my head xD
Shanghai is fun , don't worry it's always shopping time there XDD

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yume-forever.livejournal.com

I'm currently in Shanghai and am staying til the end of July!! Shanghai is AWESOME. And I agree, it's always shopping time here.

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yeah nice post :D

sorry i cant help, but i wonder this for beijing too XD (so i wont need to spam the comm later, is it possible if you add a beijing somewhere *__* ~?)

~~I'm still hoping to get my mum to make us going to shanghai X.x~~

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Beijing? Hmm, well, I'll try to add it in then ^-^ You should totally like beg your mom to let you go xDD My mom's making me go saying it's beautiful there and we could go see the oh so famous Expo thingy ;)

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Actually, I think you should make your entry and spam the comm because that way you'll get clearer and better results that you want. Besides spamming is fun! xDD jk, hahaha. Sorry for not being able to help much! My internet's lagging like heck :/

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xD well okay maybe i spam later then xD ill be there end og august xD
my mum is unmotivated because she is afraid if the mass of people there at the expo xD and beijing is already amazing when its come to the mass of people xD'

well ow onder where to buy these things on mainland ... cause ive just seen two albums there last year in official cd shops xD 5x5 and dream a live xD

but it was awesome cheap and still official licensed xD and i mean everthing in it was just like the original jap. xD the booklet was completly japamse with no trans at all xD i was amazed <3

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From what I know of JE stuff, don't mean to offend anyone but 99% of the JE stuff in Mainland china (you need to becareful of JE stuff in HK too because of the easy shipping access) are not the original, even the cover and the inside looks 100% identical. If it looks real and cheap, then 99.99999% not original (even if it may be sold in a "reputable" shop and they swear on their past 18 generations that it is real). The only time it may be less expensive is when it is on clearance. Even so, it will the same as a regular price of "original looking" cheap stuff. Real JE stuff are NEVER cheap. Just my two cents, I just don't want you to believe you got a 100% original and later found out it is not so.

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well im pretty sure i can different unoriginal and original stuff in china cause im used to go shopping there, so im pretty good and saying if its original or not.
the cds were a lot cheaper then injapan, because its licensed for chinese people, and chinese people earn the hell less money then here in wester county or in japan (im taking about the normal average people)...so the cds cost like 40yuan, which is like 4euro, yeah megacheap, but when you rsally want to buy the unoriginal stuff it costs like 5yuan, so there you can seee the difference.
i also bought some unofficial jemags, and in there were shop ads for jestuff original imported from japan, and these costedmthe same as if you buy it in japan.

you know its not that china only sell stolen stuff, they have alot and i admit i often like to huy it, esp. for cdramas.
but if you are there often its pretty easy to tell the difference.

if you have a look on these cds you'll know.

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The thing is there were never any official JE CDs licensed for mainland China. If you have friends who are JE fan club member, they can help you verify that. The only officially licensed JE CDs for certain groups (not all groups), for certain CDs (not all CDs of any groups) is for Taiwan, Sweden, and Korea for outside of Japan. I know that a lot of fans would not believe what I have just said. Verify it with JE Japan so that the truth comes from them. There are official stuff (really expensive), unofficial but made to look almost 99.99% identical to an original, down to the quality of the seal, CD printing and CD case printing (reasonable), and lastly there are those who looks really crappy from the start (really cheap). A lot of fans do not know that and ended up supporting everyone else's pocket instead of their favorite idols' pocket. I am not perfect, and I have bought non official doramas too. My believe is that as long as you know the REAL value of the item, the rest is up to you. I just feel it is unfair for fans to be duped to think it is one thing but in reality it is not.

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i think this discussion is hopeless, cause i have no motivation to check if these two cds were lincensed in china. of course eve if, nobody would know, because everyone buying from yesasia or cdjapan only sees the tw or korea version, because tw and korea is releasing each and every single.

so it really is difficult to explain, npnut as i said, if you can see that thing, youll know its nit a copied whatever.
of course i can deny that its not that china sells tons of ot everywhere.
But i know that these 2 CDs are not only being sold in beijing, but everywhere in mainland china and huge mostly trsutable stores for the same price.
as for unlincensed things the price varies a lot from city to city, so as example, tianjing is alot cheaper then beijing.

and it wouldnt make sense only to sell two copied cds of arashi.

as i just chevked my cd, the copyright said these two cds have beenboth lincensed in 2008,i guess it was for their aaa in shanghai, so they released a best of and their newest album.

so whatever, this discussion wont help at all and all we do is spamming. and talkimg to a ano is pretty senselesss i some way...

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m0uilla.livejournal.com

Hey! I have been to Beijing last year, and I've turned and turned around especially in Sanlitun, because it's the embassee's quarter. And I've found nothing about Arashi. T___T They obviously don't sell any CDs in Beijing... Eventhough I've stayed there 2 months, I haven't found any Japanese CDs.

As for Shanghai, the town is more international, but I haven't found any CD's shop over there either. So last year, I had to go to Hong Kong, more precisely to Mong Kok Sin store to get my 5x10 limited japanese edition.

I want to warn about the counterfeiting in China. This may have decreased recently, but you should be very careful when you happen to buy a CD in China.

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santilu.,. i think indont know about this place xD
i was in wangfujing and xidan xD
thw bookstore in wangfujing and xidam noth had these two arashi cDs and acdshop in wangfujing subway as well xD

for these to CDs there is nithing to worry, there official licensed for mainland china, it just seems thatbthere are no more licensed ... at least not last summer x.x

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999x999.livejournal.com

if you go to hong kong, guess MongKok Sino Center

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Sino Center
582-592 Nathan Road, Mong Kok

*but beware that there might be "illegitimate" cd or dvd, im not sure

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Oh, I heard about that place too, but thanks anyways ;D Thanks a lot for the help! ^-^ I'll be careful, heheh.

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chibimui

If you're just looking for normal Singles and Albums, if you walk into any HMV in Hong Kong (and there are quite a few) they will sell legit Arashi CD's (and other Johnny's). Posters... I remember there was an idol store somewhere. It might've been in Sino Plaza actually. I don't remember too much though, it's been a while.

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chibimui

and DVD's as well (like concert DVD's). Some of them might be 'HK' version (or maybe it's Taiwan...) so they will have Chinese subs as well. And if you're lucky, you will be able to find limited edition things more easily as well. I got all me LE things in the Hong Kong HMV's actually

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Yeah, I heard about HMV but at first I was like WTF IS THAT?! xDD Thank you! ;)

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dingxiaodang.livejournal.com

Hey~I am just sharing what I know.
I live in Beijing, and basically I don't know anywhere that you can buy the original goods.
For Shanghai, I just went there half a month ago. There is a place called Xinxigong(新西宫）. At the third floor, there is a small store called Sanxiashe(三夏社）where you can buy all the stuffs like magzine, uchiwa, photobooks, cds.....But there are two Sanxiashe, one of them is selling Korean stuff, the other is selling Japanese stuff, so don't be wrong!
If you have any questions, I would love to help!
my email address: 513228586@qq.com

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Wow, I heard about this place too ;O Thank you very much! This store will probably help ALOT ^-^ Haha, it wouldn't matter if I went to the wrong one because neither is wrong xDD I'm looking for both Japanese and Korean stuff! Thanks again! ;)

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Hey!
I'll be in Beijing soon. Do you know anywhere there that I could go to?
Also, livejournal isn't blocked over there????

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supahkul.livejournal.com

I was in Beijing last year and I only found one store that sold Japanese Mags...at Wangfujing ...along that shopping street..there's this International Bookstore...i forgot what floor...but you can see at the directory from the elevator, a japanese section of magazines. There's Myojo, Popolo, Duet, and also some others like Ray, and other girl mags. but the prices are sooo unbelievably high! like 400% of the original price. normally those mags were just 5 dollars, there they sold it for like 20 dollars a piece.
and of course RussK. and thats it. and random idol mags from magazine stands on the streets. They also sell japanese mags

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Thanks!!!

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dingxiaodang.livejournal.com

LJ isn't blocked here in Beijing, maybe it's my PC's problem, the page downloading speed is slow.
You mean places of interests that you could go to? or the place you could buy arashi stuff?

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Thank goodness! I thought I was going to die over there! Like places to get Arashi stuff and maybe some other Japanese/Chinese idol stuff. Some friends want me to pick some stuff up for them while I'm over there.

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dingxiaodang.livejournal.com

For Arashi stuff, I don't know anywhere else besides Wangfujing Foreign bookstore. But it only has magzines there, and the prices are high. For other stuff, you may go to Xidan（西单）Mingzhu（明珠），there you can find some idol stuff probably.

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Sweet! Thank you!!

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