Need help!

[arum14.livejournal.com]

my friend went to japan 2 days ago, and she went to JE shop in Harajuku. When she was about to shop Arashi stuffs, there's only DAL uchiwas and official photo only. Whereas she wanted to get kokuritsu merchandises or TIME concert merchandises. I wanna ask something, if she about to shop in another JE shop in Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, or Fukuoka is there any possibility to find the kokuritsu merchandises?? What about the fanclub?? I really need ur help guys. Thanks a lot..

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[encoded-panties.livejournal.com]

She could try the unofficial idol shops in Harajuku, along the Takeshita Dori. That's where I got all the "other" merchandise.

Hope that helps :3

[arum14.livejournal.com]

WOW..THANKS A BUNCH.. i've got to tell my fren then..wat kind of merchandises did u buy in the unofficial shop??

[iruy.livejournal.com]

You can get fanclub pamphlets, uchiwas, old official photos & unofficial, and there can possibly be old concert goods since my sis bought a cap from the 'One' concert in one of the shops there. There's a few idol shops there to look in to; they have different stuff.

[arum14.livejournal.com]

u mean in harajuku ryte?? thx for the infos..i'm dying for kokuritsu merchandises..hehehe

[iruy.livejournal.com]

Yes, Harajuku :)

[100-backnumbers.livejournal.com]

In some of the unofficial idol shops in Takeshita Dori they sell old and used concert goods. There are also other shops around Tokyo for used idol goods. Those are the only places where you can find the concert goods after the tour is over. Johnnys shop only sell uchiwa, photos and penlight.
Often the used goods will be much more expensive, sometimes 3-4 times more, than the original price. It depends on how rare it is or how popular the group is. I think used Arashi goods can get really expensive, but that is unfortunately the only way to get it if you don't buy from concerts or yahoo auctions.

[arum14.livejournal.com]

ahhhhh majide??? hontouni?? yeah i heard it from my frens, the more rare n old concert the more expensive of the goods! besides arashi is a very popular group ne~?? n 1 more question..is there any characteristic about "these unooficial idol shop" ?thx

[encoded-panties.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help :D

um. a photobook, a last-year concert clearfile, a poster, a really old shop photos, some random papa photos~ they've got a whole bunch of stuff xDD (though some stores are better than others, but you can see what they have by um. visiting them all xD they're pretty easy to find with all the stuff (posters etc.) hanging outside)

[ichigo-kurimu.livejournal.com]

JE shops no matter which one... (btw: Kyoto one closed officialy Dec 31st, 2007) sell JE shop only merchandizes, shop photos and Uchiwas from concerts (if there are any left from the concert that is). Pamphlets and stuff don't sell there (as I think most of them get sold out real quick at the concerts itself)

But as the other people said, try the other unofficial ones.

JFC doesn't sell anything.. It's merely a "museum" (minus the gift shop)

[arum14.livejournal.com]

the kyoto one was closed?? lil bit surprised,ehehe..
than u minna..i'll gathered up all of the infos and tell these to my fren..sankkyyuuuu~

[ichigo-kurimu.livejournal.com]

Yup it closed last year T_T so sad.. I lost one really close JE shop..

Alough their reason for the closure was because they wanted to concentrate on the Osaka store... I personally think there was another reason (and it's got NOTHING to do with bad sales ~~ That place is always busy when I go)

[ina]

Like the others said, she should try the idol shops in Harajuku. They are all on Takeshita dori. Some are upstairs on the second floor or in the basement, but all have idol posters and pics hanging outside, so she should have no problems finding them.
Another source for used goods are the Mandarake shops, especially in Ikebukuro, Shibuya and Nakano. The one in Shibuya is a bit hard to find, as it it just a door and stairs to the basement, but the shop itself is big. They mostly sell doujinshi and manga but at least these three do have used JE goods. Especially pamphlets and uchiwas.

[arum14.livejournal.com]

yes..i already seen the picts of unofficial idol shops in takeshita dori..there are so many of them ryte??! i hope my fren will get the stuffs that she wants to buy..thxxx x)

[nikoree.livejournal.com]

what's the address of the shop in harajuku? i'm gonna try and get my uncle to go there and buy me some stuff xDD

[arum14.livejournal.com]

wat do u mean?? the JE shop in harajuku or the unofiicial idol shop in harajuku??well as u can see, the unofficial shop is along the Takeshita Dori.u can see it in here http://winkychan.livejournal.com/12532.html
and for the JE shop u=in harajuku, the address is 〒150-0001 渋谷区神宮前1-14-21 イルサリチェビル1F
sorry i cant read kanji, hahaha

[nikoree.livejournal.com]

mmhmm thanks for the off. shop address!
i think i saw that unofficial one when i went there, but i didn't know about arashi then orzzz

[eyeslikefirefly.livejournal.com]

I think most of the time you can only find the uchiwas and shop photos, but I've seen penlights there as well (I got the TIME one from there).
The penlights are on your right after you walk in the door (if they have any), I only noticed the merchandise there because a girl in front of me stopped to grab one.