Credit Card Payment Using Paypal: Yes, you can use your credit card to make payments through Paypal. If you are a member of Paypal, you know what to do. If you are not, then please check out www.paypal.com Once you sign up with Paypal and register and confirm your credit card information, you can use your Paypal account to pay Mail Order Japan for subsequent orders without typing your credit card information each time you order. Paypal is supposedly the biggest online transaction processing company. They are owned by www.ebay.com. According to paypal, they have over 150 million users.

International Money Orders: Please contact us if you are planning on sending an IPMO. We accept IPMOs from a number of countries.

Money Orders from USA: We accept United States Postal Service International Money Orders (IMO). You can get them from your local post office. They are fast, cheap (cost only $3.25) and does not cost us anything. The IPMO is pink/red in color (the regular US domestic one is green). Please send the pink/red one ONLY. The green one is useless here and cannot be used.

Once you get the IPMO from the Post Office, send it as a registered mail yourself. If the US Post Office sends it for you, it will take longer because they will send the IPMO to a central location for more paper work.

Money Orders from Canada: International postal money order - Yen transfers only. Please tell your local post office that you want to send the international postal money order to Japan .

Europe and Other countries: We accept International Money Orders and Eurogiro from all other countries. You may send us whichever is more convenient and cheaper to you. All money orders must be in US Dollars or Japanese Yen.

EUROGIRO, Western Union and Moneybookers: Eurogiro, Western Union and moneybookers are also very reliable and faster. A number of our customers send payments using these services. Once you are ready, just send us and email and we will give you our address and other needed info. Please use the contact form if you would need more info.

For more information regarding these payment service providers for your country, please visit their homepage. You will get answers to all your questions there. Just ask for sending payments to Japan. Please transfer the amount only after you receive an email from us that will show you the grand total including the item price and shipping and handling.

CASH: We also accept US Dollars and Euros in cash. We do not encourage cash, but on many occasions we do accept it. For your own protection, hide the currency in an envelope and send it ONLY by registered mail. We will not be responsible for any lost letters with cash under any circumstances. You are sending cash at your own risk.

Warning: Personal Checks and Bank Drafts: Money orders from banks or private cash services WILL be returned because it is impossible for us to cash them in Japan . Personal checks aren't used in Japan at all. Our Bank takes at least 15 days to process the check or bank draft from you and costs between $25-$40. Please no personal checks and bank drafts under any circumstances. They are extremely inconvenient and cause unnecessary delay in processing your orders. Go to your Local Post Office and order an International Postal Money Order (IPMO) in US Dollars or Japanese Yen. This is extremely important.

Bank Transfers: All larger payments are accepted by bank transfers only. This apply to larger car parts and electronics and video games customers. If the payment is over a $1000, we most probably would refuse paypal payments and request for making bank payments. Keep in mind that our bank charges from $25 to $45 depending on your location. This fee range varies due to the route the payment will take. If the payment is direct to our bank, the fee is usually $25. If your bank has a partnership with another bank in Japan, then the fee will come to around $45. We use both Mizuho Bankand Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Banks in Japan. Please check with your bank regarding the payment route.

For most large payments, some of our car parts customers, we require them to make their payments only by bank transfer. These are usually large payments and they are paid for large and heavy items that cannot be shipped by the regular post office. Please look at our car parts section for Yahoo Japan Auctions.

Why is the foreign exchange rate different from what I see in the newspaper?

Please do not make the currency conversion yourself using any of the online currency converters or the rates seen on TV/Newspapers. We use the paypal foreign exchange rate minus 1 yen per currency unit. This rate changes daily and we adjust our rate accordingly. This rate is still subject to change if the foreign exchange market is very unstable. Foreign exchange rates displayed and used for your International Transaction will differ from the rates that you may see in the newspaper, on the Internet, or on television. Published foreign exchange rates are often the interbank rates, which banks charge each other for transactions valued at $1,000,000.00 or more.