Is it possible to buy off Yahoo Japan outside of Japan?

[Simplynes]

I remember reading of companies you could go through for buying from foreign auction sites and they take care everything for you. Has anyone used one of these companies? and how much do they charge? Also the auctions I am currently looking at state that they will only ship within Japan so they need to be based in Japan. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[anagrama]

Do a Search for "Yahoo Auctions Japan". It's a question that has already been answered several times.

[rbudrick]

I've used Rinkya and have been very happy with it! A bit expensive, but for those items you have to have, I suppose that just doesn't matter.

http://www.rinkya.com/

-Rob

[JLukas]

I've used Celga

http://www.celga.com/

for about 20 or so transactions and its been a great way to get items that you simply can't find over here. For an auction ending price between 1000 and 10,000 yen (U.S. $10-100) you can expect a fee of $10 for the service, and $10 for assorted fees (bank fee to the seller, shipping cost withing Japan)

Then there's shipping to the U.S. which is $10-20 for an Airmail or EMS 2-3 day package. What's good is they can store your items over there until you're ready for a shipment to save on shipping cost.