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What I have actually bought and shipped from Tokyo. Clients are not named; the details are real.
A specialty café in Kuwait City
The request: 50 ORIGAMI espresso cups and 4 HARIO V60 drippers for daily use behind the bar, bought in Japan and exported.
What I did:
- Confirmed the model, colour, material, size and weight of each item before buying.
- The maker’s online store did not have 50 cups in stock, so I asked it to restock and bought the cups in two orders. The drippers came from HARIO’s own online shop.
- Checked every cup in Tokyo for chips, cracks and glaze faults, and counted them against the order.
- Packed each cup individually in double-wall cartons and prepared the commercial invoice with a tariff code on every line.
What went wrong, and what I did about it: the first parcel went by EMS. While it was in transit, Japan Post stopped accepting mail for the region because of the situation in the Middle East, and the parcel came back to Tokyo. I told the client as soon as the return was confirmed, re-packed and re-weighed it for DHL Express, redid the paperwork, and agreed the extra cost with the client before sending it again.
Result: ordered in September 2026, delivered to the café by DHL in October 2026. The client has since asked about a second order for a shop in Jordan.
Parcels shipped in September 2026
| Destination | Method | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Canada | EMS | Shipped from the exchange office on schedule |
| Maastricht, the Netherlands | Tracked airmail | Received; the client sent me the delivery notice |
| United Kingdom | Tracked airmail | Shipped from the exchange office on schedule |
| India | EMS | Delivered |
These were Japanese stationery and paper orders for shops and buyers, packed and declared in Tokyo by me.
A retailer of Japanese goods in France
In 2026 I began supplying a France-based retailer specialising in Japanese products and pop-culture merchandise.
What these have in common
- One person handles the whole order: buying, checking, packing, paperwork and the carrier.
- Problems are reported as soon as I know about them, with a breakdown and a choice, before anything else is spent.
- Every parcel is declared with its real contents and value.
More business cases are on jeprajp.com/cases. To start your own order, send a request.