[Test] Let's begin with.. Tenso.com and Japanese forwarding [Test]

Hello everybody and welcome to my new blog!


I'm going to do introduction post later on, because today's news are too hot. So, let's begin..


Few weeks ago, I was one of the international shoppers, browsing Japan's Amazon, but came across with the sad fact, that all the products cannot be shipped overseas. Why, I asked my self many times, why "did you have to do this to me". 


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I was in need of an official JLPT practice book. I knew, that the next fully international JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) wasn't going to be before later this year, but my desire of learning most of the Kanjis during the summer break was too high. 


Anyways, I noticed that some of the products sure can be shipped overseas from Amazon Japan's warehouse, but they have a base price of 2500円 for the overseas shipping (at least for Europe).

But then,


I once read about having a physical address in U.S. by a proxy forwarder company and I tried to google it, if there would be a possibility for same kind of service for Japanese goods. 


I couldn't believe myself, how popular proxy forwarding seemed to be. I felt like the majority of the Japanese language, culture and manga forums had good posts and reviews of these. (SUCCESS!!)




Anyways, let's keep the long story short:


I found out that this company called Tenso provides one of the cheapest and most reliable proxy services. In addition, it seems to belong to Japanese auction and market site, Rakuten.

I will post a step-by-step guide on how to use Tenso later, but basically after free registration they sent me an email, containing their warehouse's address. The last part of the address contains user's personal account number, so that they know how to contact you.




So, I ordered the goods to Tenso's address from the Amazon Japan. Within few hours, Amazon emailed me, that my goods were shipped and I got a tracking code. The shipping was completely free and it reached Tenso's warehouse in 2 days. Again, within few hours Tenso emailed me about my parcel and they provided me with a paypal link , where to pay their service fee and shipping fees.


Tenso's service fee starts from as low as 490円 for parcels up to 1kg and the shipping fees are the standard EMS fees. Tenso ships ordered parcels on a daily basis (excluding weekends and Japanese holidays). 




At the moment I'm feeling like my first post became too long and there's much to improve for future blogging. But to conclude, there are many different proxy companies in Japan, which will ship your goods overseas. Just remember, that some of them will order the goods for you (for extra cost), but the cheapest way is to order the goods by yourself and only pay for lowest service fee and shipping fees. 


But now,


stay tuned for more from カリカレー