Where to buy imported games in tokyo

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It's located on the fifth floor, so keep an eye for a movie style logo surrounded by yellow lights. Not only is this an interesting location, it's also a good place for non-Japanese speakers to take a break from the aisles of aisles of indecipherable domestic games. Open 11am-8pm.

Tired of shopping for video games? How about buying some arcade games? G-Front sells arcade game boards the circuit boards operating within the big boxes intended for use in game centres rather than home consoles.

The place is stacked with circuit boards, arcade cabinets and machine parts in neatly organised bins. It looks like a library, but instead of books there's everything you need to create your own personal Japanese arcade. Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, , Sun 10am Anyone after a bargain should head straight to Media-Land. It looks rather dilapidated and it's not the most relaxing shopping environment — like so many in Akihabara, it's jam-packed with kit and overrun with posters for new games — but what Media-Land lacks in floor space, it makes up for with good deals and a great selection.

The first floor has new games at slightly discounted prices, alongside month-old releases often already at half price. Secondhand games are a bargain here, too — in Japan, used games are often in pristine condition, as gamers buy them planning to finish them quickly and then sell them back at a high price. Look out for off-beat Japan-only titles as well as romance games aimed at women. Open daily Trader shops, a retail chain dotted throughout Akihabara, are easy to find thanks to their eye-catching yellow and blue signs that read "Trader" in English.

Limited editions of new games often sell out fast, so you need to snap them up. This is also a good place to pick up Japanese game soundtracks and "superplay" DVDs that show expert play. It's the perfect place to get lost. Open Mon-Wed 11am-8pm, Thurs 10am The , for some reason, gets really complicated and it will depend on the game as to whether it will work or not. You are best of checking this compatibility guide to see if the game you want works.

Apparently you can also create accounts for different regions for the Xbox which can allow you access to different digital content. You can also get access to a ton of Japanese demos from the marketplace. This video shows you how to do it. Xbox One is region free except China so games from Japan should work on your system perfectly fine!

If you want to play Wii U games then you will have to grab an imported Wii U. Normally the Wii and GameCube are both region locked, however, you can make use of the Datel Freeloader to play games from other regions.

Freeloader may not be the best choice though. It appears that you have to make sure that your console is compatible otherwise it may not work. For both of these handheld consoles, games are unfortunately region locked but both systems are able to play standard DS games of any region. Please note: Even if a console is region free, some games may not be. This could just be in the form of IP restriction to Japanese IPs for online play but could be an entire game.

Some products on amazon. To figure out if an item on amazon. If the page reloads to the American site then it means that the product is available to purchase from the US and you can get it imported. Similarly, you can try this with any country, for example as I live in the UK so I would use. You can do this for individual product pages or entire search results, for example here are some of the available products for import that are related to Nintendo and PlayStation.

Alternatively you can use other sites to buy imported goods, you can find them further down the page. Before you do get into this, I would highly recommend using a different email address to sign up to Amazon.

To create an Amazon. To get one I recommend signing up to tenso, which is a delivery forwarding service. However, Amazon. When you have signed up, enter your address given to you by tenso. Once your account is made, you can then add an extra address which can be outside of Japan.