Hi, I’m Kai.
I live in Japan, and for the past few years I’ve made my living finding, inspecting, and shipping Japan-exclusive goods to collectors around the world through eBay.
Mostly Starbucks Japan collectibles. Sakura mugs, JIMOTO series, Roastery Tokyo exclusives — I’ve handled hundreds of them. I’ve photographed them, checked them for chips and fakes, packed them so they survive a trip across the Pacific, and answered a lot of anxious messages from collectors who got burned by a counterfeit somewhere else.
That’s why this site exists.
What you’ll find here
- Honest buying guides for Japan-exclusive goods: what’s real, what it should cost, and when it drops
- Step-by-step tutorials for buying from Japan: proxy services, auction sites, shipping, and customs
- Reseller-level knowledge you won’t find in press releases: actual market prices, fake-spotting checklists, and which “limited editions” are actually limited
Why trust a reseller?
Fair question. Because I see this market from the inside. I know what a sakura mug sells for the week it drops and what it sells for in August. I know which shipping method breaks handles and which doesn’t. I know the difference between a genuine JIMOTO mug and the knockoff version, because telling them apart is literally my job.
This is not an official Starbucks site. It’s not affiliated with Starbucks Coffee Company or Starbucks Coffee Japan in any way. It’s one person in Japan who handles this stuff every day and writes down what collectors overseas keep asking about.
Some links here are affiliate links — see my Affiliate Disclosure for details.
Questions? Reach me at [email protected].