Tenso: How to Ship Things Cheaply from Japan

[Vocaloidismylife]

Dude, You just saved me a crap load of money!!!!

[kchiem]

I just ordered something from Amazon Japan to have shipped to me from Tenso. The total weight of my items is around 2 lbs (940g). The total cost to ship to me is over $30. Talk about a ripoff.

[ddaarrd]

Where did you buy the panada hat

[zerolv30000]

@THBestBand4ever Hhahahahaahaha

[WW4KID]

Maybe a stupid question but when I'm ordering from a Japanese website what do I put in the name box? I think it wants a Japanese name and the phonetic spelling. Also does that name have to match the name registered on tenso? Because I have no idea how tenso would know it was your package otherwise.

[supah1337B]

Aaaaw, you didn't speak Japanese the whole time :( I was going to watch it :(

Cool videos, and when I get the money, I am so moving to Japan

[LuminaryXion]

I can order from Amazon jp?! My budget just went out the window from watching this video. I <3 you for this information, but I think I'll be eating instant ramen for the next year... ;_;

[S33LiN4]

Can you make a video on how to use tenso with Rakuten ? I'm trying to buy something from Rakuten and im very confused.

[EmeraldMara85]

Yeah its a cool website,

I just wish America has their own tenso...there are alot of nice things they have which unfortunely is shipped only in US. Some American ebayers thinks its too much of a hassle to ship worldwide

[SilverGunZoO]

soft gay FUUU, hilarious, funny

[yangtootvic]

i love tenso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[VandammageUK]

HARDO GAY FUUUUUUU!

Like the reference.

[dustybikeeeeeeeer]

thanks for this video. i hope tenso works

[lonfar]

How exactly shipping works? even though they cheap do they cost fees and probably charge custom fee as well when arriving from courier

[bambi4music]

Oh my freaking sweet jibbly... or something 0_o

Tenso = rad

I now worship you as my god for this video. ^_^

[MomentsGap]

Hey koichi, can you recommend me any japanese online shop to use with tenso - I want to buy Matcha tea- a good matcha tea :) organic maybe :)

[Yasmar89]

Tenso FUU!

[cinejan]

Furu ike ya

Tofugu tobi kokmu

Tenso no oto

[TheseBonesLiquify]

panda hat! :D

lmao barrel of saki ;o

wtf@ending lmao xD!!!

[Suzumaya1]

haha thats what she said.........lol

[SuzumiyaHaruhi0]

God Loves You

God Bless You

Commandant Milfeulle Sakuraba

New Otaku Order Reformation Compact

[Adoriakashite]

Thanks for the hint about Rikaichan - it ROCKS!! =D

[0Solenklier0]

rofl

The end

[Goldie267]

Question, with the shipping, how long does it usally take for it to come to you? And do you think it would be different for the UK?

[nntb]

doesnt hiku also need seasion kanji?

[Rainb0wP0cky]

Ah. I had to write a Haiku for my English class my freshman year, lol.

[jeaimer24]

hey.. where youve been? :) no videos recently. ^^

[terceldude]

nice!!! ;)

[KrazyKazooie]

OMG that game looks awesome i was thinking of buying it as well not to long back. Well i was gonna get my boyfriend to buy it and play his copy teehee but he got something else instead. No fairs... But hey i think the game might come here sometime. Its like pokemon snap with the lion king.

[KrazyKazooie]

thats cool i wonder if they have any one piece stuff theres like absolutely NO one piece stuff in america it sucks donkey butts.

[dabura667]

転送や

ああ転送や

転送や

ー田原坊

[XxzEmozKidzxX]

i dont understand??? how do u write japanese i cant write japanese on my computer only normal letters

[misterheatmizer]

lmfao love the last part

[whatarewedoingtoday0]

Really like your panda hat where can I get one?

[turtlesturtles2]

thats what she said lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zoomboomafoo]

wow. thanks so much. so i guess the american credit card won't be a problem for the japanese shopping sites...

[applecider001]

how do i get yen

[Road7100]

Aren't you Bob?

[KuroShiroHaiiro]

i show all my friends your vids K but the hot female consensus is that your short hair sucks....sorry for the suggestion :( ごめんなさい。 plegh

[bakablitz]

FOOOOOOOOOOO~

[Knuckles194]

how much does Shipping cost at tenso

[slus90]

Cool. Tenso, eh?

[battosai]

Thank you! I do kendo too and everytime i look at kendo shops from japan my mouth waters for their products! they have so much cool things. Now i can finally get all the kendo equipment i wanted.

[NiDeCo]

すご～い！本当に便利そうだね！帰国したら必ず利用しようと思っ­ている。非常にお世話になった　ｍ（_o_)m　よろしく！

[keoicorp]

not bad shiet i bought a few gundams then i had a 30 shipping for 2 different orders

[madsli]

I wish i had seen this three days ago, before i ordered that daizengar model that costed 21'000 plus 12'000 yen for shiping.

[ManaStar]

Alright! This is awesome!

I've been trying to buy some Japanese books from amazon, but amazon jp doesn't let you ship to America. Japanese reading skills, here I come! :D

[o0EmmAngel0o]

woow so its really workin ? o_o

[ApesHaveNoTails]

MEEEEEEEE!

[MsInsomnia89]

What's up Tofugu?/ You're pink bunny is lonely/ That was all. Goodbye (....;-])

[nevadavi]

barrel of sake eh? ;D

[moumoon101]

does amazon japan accept american credit card? or paypal?

[Koroodetto]

It accepts any credit card. I'm from Oz and I've used my Aussie credit card. From memory, it doesn't accept paypal.

[caseynw]

DUDE

"HARD GAY" thing is way old...

[Demoras]

Who cares :D Hard Gay is still awesome!

[Owner46]

So is there any way around the EMS charge? I find that is the bulk of what I'll be paying if I use this services. In the end I don't particularly care about the 500 or so Yen I'll be saving on shipping if I am still being charged 4000 or so for EMS.

[ed9e256]

i freakin idol you now for sayin

thats what she said hahahahaha

[clegaspi1221]

i'd totally wear a hard gay costume haha

[Fanta711]

THANK YOU!

I have been looking for a Japan-based mail forwarding company for a long time now!

[23Makoto23]

Their FAQ says they don't bundle orders. I guess I won't be using their service.

[tofugu]

Yeah, I agree that's pretty lame. I'm waiting for them to start doing that - They'd get more business from me for sure, since It'd be affordable to do smaller orders from more places.

[23Makoto23]

Yeah, having every little thing EMS'd is a deal breaker. I guess they don't have a Priority Mail equivalent in Japan?

[fara40000]

...well i know i ain't getting it XDD i suck at Haikus XD i'm only good at writing random words together that seem to make sense together XD WEEE! yay for bullshiting through life!! X33

[DOty3]

You crack me up.

[vega021]

Did you just wear that T-shirt?

[ninetysevenpoint3]

that makes it better!

[solveig0302]

That is briliant!! But is there anybody know how to ship things cheaply from Korea?

[tabithascobra]

i have no poetic ability... =_=!!

[kendokun0]

zomg. You are kendoka? Same! How long have you been practicing? or have you stopped? What dan?

[tofugu]

No dan (too far or a drive to test), but have been doing for around 8 years now (wow, I feel old...)

[kendokun0]

damn, should grade man. slip sensei a $20 so you can grade at your level instead of 6th. I do iaido as well, but I have only been doing both of them for 5years, senpai. lol

[Knuckles194]

yay

[iameiame]

Where is the geisha and the cowboy hooker?! -relizes it was intended to get pervs to look-

[iameiame]

omg im gonna buy a japanese UFO machine!

[brainywierdo]

kool.......hey how much are those tingys? because i rlyl want one lol.....

[iameiame]

i dont know, i was joking around.sorry

[habiebiee]

can I say that u are extremely cool... XD

[bestiaccia]

WOWOWOWOOWOWOW Will I be able to buy a Japanese rice cooker?? :D

[brainywierdo]

cant u buy those anywhere....oh wait i forgot u have to go to an asian supermarket which most dont know abt

[bestiaccia]

Perhaps in London I could find one... :D

Well, I already have a rice cooker, but it's not a Japanese one! ;-D

[FightouChan]

I was wondering when someone would provide a service like this. People outside the States have been able to make their own NYC address and get stuff shipped to them for a while now. Glad to see everyone can order from Japan now. :)

Also, good luck with the contest everyone! If hell froze over and I won, Koichi would have to send the shirt back to Japan so I'll pass.

[hyubgaek]

THATS WHAT SHE SAID LOL!!!!

[Crazysakuru]

omg I want a panda hat!! XD lol

[GamerBoy53]

That's what she said.

[nii87]

I just plugged in a 2 kg package and was quoted about 5000 en. 60-70 bucks for a 2kg package isn't that cheap you know! Or am I missing something?

[tofugu]

almost 5lbs shipping EMS at that price is pretty good... also, don't forget it's half off right now, too, so it's more like $30

[nii87]

The website is a little unclear. "Service charges for every month will be withdrawn from your credit card". Does this mean there is a monthly fee just to have an address? Or only when you buy something? Your website said the address is free.

[spongebobelaine]

Yea, I would like to know too! Do they charge you every month, even you don't use them??

[DontTouchMyTea]

I've been using the site for a while now, and it's awesome and works without problems.

You don't have to pay a monthly fee, you just pay when you want a package shipped.

[FightouChan]

nii87. The USD and yen are about even now so 5000 yen would be about $50. Shipping from Japan can be pricey, especially when you send it via airmail.

[nii87]

Us Australians aren't so lucky, I'm afraid =)

[kirakiraookami]

Cheap international shipping HOOOOOOOO!!!

[Izzehhhh]

I saw another site just like this called celga... but I'll definitely try Tenso out first to get my cosplay wigs LOL oh and a dbsk CD~

[dragonfly1102]

love the fuuu ^^

[PipsyPops]

I think they have both hard AND sof gay stuff too!

^ ^

[misamisa29]

oh woah! this is great! now I can get all the stuff I thought I couldn't get before!! :D

[zizikelizike]

to bad they don't ship in more than just those few countrys...

[ioana247]

;)) nice haiku at tne end there...

[finbar3bar]

Awesome :)

[maple1anime]

K K KK KOOO KNOICHI WA WA GODZILLA sugoi sugoi!

[shawnoshawn]

pretty cool

[GeneralForgeron]

My haiku:

Tenso and haiku, as Koichi said

I live in Europe

I'm not going to win the prize

* it anyway.

I am quite angry

I'd like to win the t-shirt

but this twitter sucks.

[TaishaJason]

seems like good info - just wish they could help me ship 5 years worth of my stuff back to the States from Japan - gonna cost way too much!

[tofugu]

haha, i bet you could... just pretend like you're buying from some dude named Jason?

[lola0831]

Fuuuu <3 hehe (:

[head920]

the only thing i know that japan shit are there tokyo marui airsoft gun

[mickderkskouta]

Hard gay fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~

bwhaha xD

[Aznmobzz]

hahaha wtf.. soft gay?

What does go on in your brain...

[mort2tx]

had to do a hard gay joke didn't you!!

[SteelUnseelie]

My favorite part of the video: "It is size...... medium." Just like that old hairy guy at the department store you really don't want touching your clothes.

Ahh, Koichi, you should do television advertisements.

[tofugu]

Like selling sham wow?

[xchik3]

My haiku:

In the right corner,

a disembodied green head.

who killed Godzilla?

[GeneralForgeron]

awesome, man

[tofugu]

lol

[keyboardbandit]

Got my submission in!

I wonder if you remembered that I like to write haikus from your one of your classes!

[virusone25]

Signed up.

[tekunoredii]

fuuuuu!

[VillainousVexation]

...And now I want to order something from Japan. XD

[wishingbox8]

LOL Loved your haiku. :P

[tofugu]

Oh man, the cost of the jpop CDs themselves should make you feel guilty enough. Those things are pricey.

[erlo20100]

oh cool what classes did you take??

[yurilovesutada]

I love you for making this video, you just solved all my problems and worries.

<3

[tofugu]

Good! I'm glad to help!

[eatavegi]

HAHA! I love the Hard gay impersonation.

[illusenrox91]

Soft Gay XD

[KuroiHanazono]

Hmm I think I'll have to try Tenso. I buy a lot of things through a shopping service which can get really expensive with fees and stuff but maybe this way I can save some money. :D

[jimmybrite]

I love that shirt, any shirt with a stylus/headshell on it is cool in my book, ahhh I miss vinyl

:'(

[NapalmXD]

^_^

[FlippytheMasterofPie]

That's what she said.

[jomann18]

wow lol thanks for the link koichi

[MegamanEXEv2]

Foooooooo!

[alexanderleewang]

Thanks!

[chimera15]

Friggen awesome, will they ship hentai? roflol

[chimera15]

Japanda

[AzureEyesD]

atari mae

[tofugu]

I THINK there's some clause in there about not shipping adult products

[TheNoel]

Damn it. : [

[chimera15]

awe....くそ。hehe

[J3phsquared]

Instructions:

Tofugu challange

write a beautiful haiku

tag #Tenso #Haiku

[NiCo4z3]

FOOO~! XDDD

This is a great resource, thanks! I'm always spending more on shipping than the actual product half the time lol

[FrankzTerz]

b(^.^)b

[vidfreak727]

lol. well you're gonna save some money and time cuz I can't buy anything right now

[Daikili]

Hard Gay FOOOO!!! You get major bonus points for the reference.

[jatchie]

Thanks

[invincibob8]

Ummm I would try if I didn't hate Twitter so much.

[phoenix019]

i think im going to try the contest, by how will you see all the entries?

[shmuberry]

your expression at the end is priceless XD

[nuttyape]

but i want a soft gay one!! DAMMIT!

[DawnClover]

fuuu! xD

[pinecone2654]

GO HARD GAY!!!

FOOOOOOOO!!!

[kansaiPJ]

Good tip. But I'm in Japan, do you know of a reciprocal service in North America shipping to Japan?

[tofugu]

Hmm, nothing I can think of. I feel like there ought to be something though..

[EkkuZakku]

Dang, I don't have a twitter, and I'm too lazy to make one for this contest, good luck to everybody who enters =P

[ssnake18]

i crossed my eyes at one point of this video and i saw 2 koichis....IT WAS AWESOME :O

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

i dont want the shirt because you stretched it out with your fat head lol

you hat ruiner

teehee

[tofugu]

ouch!

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

sry didnt mean to hurt ya feelings lol

just a little reference to ur 5 facts video in which you said you had a big head and ruins your gf's hats

srsly though if we just post the haikus on our twitters how are you going to find and judge them

[tofugu]

I'll be searching for the hashtags #tenso #haiku - so you gotta add those or I won't be able to find them :)

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

you can search for stuff in their posts? i thought you could only search by name

-just started twitter today kinda new 'round there

teehee

[bokualec]

He explained that.

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

uh no he didnt. he said he would find it using the hashtags and im new to twitter and did not know what that was

[SlickWilly440]

This guy is definitely getting sponsored by Tenso.

[PirateNinja55]

That's pretty helpful. I want that shirt because you've worn it...so now i need to get twitter. <3 O.O

[Nenie]

Hardu gaaay whoooooo lol

[omaraty009]

AAAH....THATS WHAT SHE SAID

[erlo20100]

how expensive is it to live in japan??

was it extremely expensive, and did your school credits count when you came back??

[tofugu]

yep, they counted

[mleeoliver]

Aaahhh already placed an order for manga going for a total of 0 yen on amazon that wouldn't send to england :D yayayay

[NeoPh03nx7749]

Thank you for the info. :)

[shigshwa]

HUUUU!

[McKack]

No adult content allowed in shippings :(

Great service though! Registered on the spot.

[Hevszel]

Lol I liked the that's what she said interjection. Oh god! A haiku forget it. I'm horrible at haikus. Do they even keep sake in barrels?

[k166a]

How much money were you paid to make this video?

All of youtube is getting teabagged by The Man...

[tofugu]

I got a whole shirt's worth of payment, which I have to give away :(

[Chas0r]

Why did I just watch 5 minutes of advertisement? Sorry, but this is getting out of hand :S

[mleeoliver]

to be fair though, I don't think koichi ever makes videos like this just to advertise a product because he is endorsed or anything like that, I think he just saw something useful for those of us who want to satisfy our nihon cravings with genuine product goodness D:

[sumbody108]

i second that!!!1

[tofugu]

I did get a free shirt, technically :P But... I have to give it away :(

[t3hubern00b]

cat cat cat dog cat

dog dog cat cat cat dog dog

dog dog cat cat cat

[HarajukuGirl3543]

LMAO

"im guessing it will shrink.... thatswhatshesaid!"

XD

[MrWindUpBird21]

Thanks for the info! This should definitely help me with my search in buying a shamisen.

[starsandsea]

So awesome! Thanks for the info!