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Hoekk · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 18

I ran out of good Deodorant from the west!!!
I have tried 3 different Japanese deodorants and they are good for the first 10 minutes, then I must re-apply. Just like those automatic deodorants they have at public bathrooms.
Well, there is this one Online supermarket an they are changing me over 4000 yen per ONE. I know they are importing but that is just way too much. over 40 bucks for that????????? Come on!!!

Any Ideas? Any supermarket you know or any foreign supermarket?

Geez!!

Thank you all!!!

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

Hoekk · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 18

Thanks but that IS the one I was talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks anyway man!

24601 · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 75

Have a friend ship you some.

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I left Japan a while back and I don't remember the name of the place, but...

There's a sort of health food/vegetarian shop in Saitama that delivers all over Japan. I know they have Tom's of Maine, and possibly more. It's more than you would pay at home, but not 4,000. I think it was around 1,800. You can order online.

OK, now I'm counting on everyone else for the name of the place... I know you guys know, because many of you recommended it to me a few years back!

Wait, it's coming to me... Alishan??? Yep, that's it. www.alishan-organic-center.com.

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Nismo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 520

Do you not have any friends, family, or contacts back home?

blueboy · Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 27 Location: Seattle, Wa

Keep in mind that some of the prices for stuff on the foreign buyers site is for cases which contain multiple units. I didn't notice it at first either, and thought that the stuff was ridiculously overpriced. It's expensive, but it's not out of the question.