Any Arashi merchandise in Ho Chi Minh?

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Hello minna~ I'm going Vietnam soon and I'm wondering if I can get any Arashi goods there. DVDs, magazines, anything! Please advise if there's any fun places to visit as well ne~ Thank you very much! :D

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[chuoikoi.livejournal.com]

i never heard that there's any store that sells Arashi's stuffs here. Most of stuffs the fans got were ordered from cdjapan, hmv.... online websites you know. Some of fans bought the magazines then cut it off and sell as clp as we all knew~

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Ah I see... Any fun places to visit then?

[chuoikoi.livejournal.com]

i think you can go to some amusement parks named Dam Sen and Suoi Tien. Also, there is a Japanese Street named Le Thanh Ton in the first district here. And you can check most of Japanese Restaurants as well as coffee shop in VN at this http://www.vietnam-sketch.com/

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Ah sugoi! That will be cool. Thanks for the information! :D

[chuoikoi.livejournal.com]

you're welcomed ^^

Btw, welcome to Vietnam and hope that you'll have a nice trip here x'D

[eugene-1410.livejournal.com]

hi! I'm from Viet Nam but I'm living in Ha Noi. in our country you will be flooded of Kpop stuffs but there arn't so many J-pop stuffs here, especially Arashi's stuffs:((((
We always have to order from overseas their cd, dvds and magazine
and so shame to say that if you'r lucky, u can find Arashi's pirated dvds somewhere in city =.=
i don't think HCM city has so many Arashi's stuffs to buy cuz I have so many friends who are living in HCM city now and are Arashi's fans, but they have to order from overseas their goods, too T_T

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Right, it's kind of expected ne? With all the Korean wave... Anyway, are there places that tourists must visit?

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

You should go some Western streets in Ho Chi Minh city center area to get information from tourist centers. There are some place to visit Ho Chi Minh or some tour start from Ho Chi Minh city to other area such as Mekong delta. Fyi, sho-kun did visit our country this year ^.^

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Is it! Where did he go? Then I can take some photos to indicate I've been to the same places he did! :D

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

we dont know exactly where as he didn't say. but we guess this is Ho Chi Minh city and some where in Mekong delta as he said he rowing boat ^^ i think it's only in Mekong delta, as no direct flights from oversea to Mekong delta so he could have been been to Ho Chi Minh city first, there are some history museum in Ho Chi Minh city which Japanese fond of visting ^^

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

I see... Shall see if I get to go to Mekong delta. Should be quite a sight right.

[tawanana.livejournal.com]

Mekong is my hometown :x . Welcome you !
Maybe Sho-kun came to Mekong but i couldn't see him :((

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Really? When? I have not heard of that :O

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

Hanako magazine, group talk :).

Mà tak hơi lo. tại sho ko hề kể, cái này là nino hỏi, ổng mới nói ko biết ổng có ấn tượng xấu gì ko =.=

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Bạn có đường link đến group talk đó k, cho mình xin với. Chắc qua cũng té xỉu vì độ kinh dị của giao thông :"D

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

À tớ tìm thấy rồi. Có vẻ Sho xuống miền Tây á. Nhưng k biết có gì k thích k mà thấy có vẻ ậm ừ :(

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

hồi đó nghe mấy đứa bên yan kể là có bạn kể là thấy sho ở sài gòn, rồi kêu :sho kìa, sho cười với bạn í =)) mà lúc kể thì ko ai tin hết, sau này mò đi tìm bạn đó là bạn nào :)). thấy kì ghê luôn, đi Nga về ổng kể hoài mà đi vn về ổng im luôn =))) chết :))

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Trời ơi, ghen tị với bạn đó quá. Chắc VN k có gì ấn tượng nên k kể rồi :(

[ringochan93.livejournal.com]

there's no official store in Vietnam, even if Kinokuniya, of course. We always have to order from oversea website such as cdjapan, yesasia, etc and gotta get a huge shipping cost. But there's still exchange and commerce in here. I mean that there's so many fangirls wanna sell something in their precious official stuff and if you want, you still meet-up and purchase ^^. I live in Hanoi and i see so many fans wanna sell.
One more thing, Vietnam is a Kpop spot with Kpop fan in everywhere. It's rarely to see a Jpop fan, but we still have a number :D.

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

So I've seen/read ne... Sigh, K-pop is everywhere! :( Anyway, do you have any links to Vietnamese fans who are selling Arashi goods?

[chuoikoi.livejournal.com]

http://japanest.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/142-Ch%E1%BB%A3-%C4%91%E1%BB%93-Nh%E1%BA%ADt

Here you are ^^ they're all in vietnamese though, you can ask them abt it ^^

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

This may be a lil' difficult... I can't read a single thing! But thanks anyway. :)

[ringochan93.livejournal.com]

of course i know, but it's almost in Vietnamese, and i doubt that you can get it. Yet, still have a site you should see through, i recommend that you should find linh_talia lj. She has so many stuffs on hand.

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Ah...alright. Thanks! :)

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

You should try various coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese are mostly coffee enjoyer and we have so many coffee shops to the level that can make you surprise. I'm living in Ho Chi Minh so if you may need someone to go around the city with, I'm pretty much free now :D

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! My family went before and bought the metal filter tin that is put above the cup (Sorry I don't know what's it called.) and coffee powder. The coffee's really good! :3

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean. That's a pretty unique way to drink coffee :D So this time you come alone? :D

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm going with my family. Last time they went without me. :( So now I'm tagging along! :D

[heo-sua.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoy our city though it's gonna be hot and dusty :D

[linhtalia.livejournal.com]

Hi, I live in Hanoi and I sell some Arashi's stuff.
Here link :http://linhtalia.livejournal.com/tag/arashi
Something I don't post here bcs I'm too busy with my works and can't not take photos. But you can ask me whatever you want^^
And if you're interested in Sho-kun's travelling in Mekong delta, you can see some tour like these:
http://www.etravelvietnam.com/sites/packagestour.php?categoryID=11
You can choose tours via this site or tourist office in Pham Ngu Lao street, 1st Distric, HCM. I think it'll be cheaper than site but I'm not sure about quality.
If you need more information about travelling In VN, feel free ask me.
Hope you have a nice trip

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Ah okay, that's really useful. Thanks for the links and information! :D

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

Pham Ngu Lao, De Tham, Bui Vien streets are good to get a tour, i recomen you TNK travel, as it's a Japanese company so i think the quality is good ^^/.

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Oh but I'll be going for a free-and-easy trip. Just touring around anywhere, anytime! It's more fun to explore on your own I think?

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

uhm i see. there are a lot of people choose that way too ^^ as Vietnamses dont speak English so maybe a bit hard for you if you are going visit Meking delta ^^. anyway, when will you come Vietnam?

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Shall see what I can do ne. I'll be going two weeks later. :)

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

If u need any help, just keep the contact with us- arashi fans in Viet Nam ^^ btw. Where are u from?

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Hahaha sure thanks! Singapore. :)

[taki-jiri.livejournal.com]

If u can please wear Arashi t-shirt, maybe i encouter with u ^o^

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Ah I just joined fandom not too long ago so I don't have any Arashi T-shirt! :(

[ili-tenjou.livejournal.com]

You could bring soft-copy pictures and have the shop make merchandise for you. It's very cheap that way here. About 1$ for a key chain. Poster printing is also cheap.

By the way, should try junk food in the street. HCMC is a foood paradise.

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Woah there's such a thing? Maybe I'll bring some softcopy pictures along... Ohoh~ Okay! I like junk food. ><"

[ili-tenjou.livejournal.com]

Contact me sometimes, I am also in the way of discovering HCMC's food ^^

[ninoohno.livejournal.com]

Hahaha I'll see what I reap from this trip. Perhaps can recommend you something nice! :D