Are all Ayu's albums available in Japan?
 

Well,my friend is going to Japan next 2 months and she said that she could buy every album I wanted from Ayu.
So I decided on all of them (yay,lucky me!) besides of GUILTY (because I already have it).

So the problem is that I don't know if CD shops in Japan still have her all albums (I mean from A Song for XX to Secret)...

So would there be any more copies available for me?:(

I would imagine so... :yes

Most likely. When I was in Japan last summer they had most of her albums at the stores I went to (HMV and Tower Records). There are multiple stores to look for them so I'm sure your friend won't have much trouble finding them.

Well, none of them are out of print so they should be able to. Sounds really expensive though. XD

you should find every albums in store easily >_> :yes

great friend you have ^^ and yeah, music stores should have them, if they carry really old songs, then of course ayu's albums would be there~she's a classic ^^

all of her albums should be available .

If you do a search at HMV Japan , all of her albums are in stock & can be shipped within 24 hours

But from the looks of it someone has the money to buy them all at once and does not require the shipping =).
I wish my friends were as nice as your friend. I'm missing 4 for the collection!

Apparently, Ayu's albums are evrywhere here... I guess, i can still see some My Story to Secret albums on major CD shops here but you know, there are CD Shops every where and we also have these USED CD shops scattered. LOL... You can find them easily... :D

I'd suggest asking your friend to look around first at used store CD shops since you can find ayu's albums for as low as 200 yen! Its just a matter of looking around and being lucky.

YES, ayu still have a huge presence in cd shops. and if you go to second hand cd shops...(i cant remember the name of it, but there are two in shibuya and one in shinjuku) they have every cd you can imagine. i even bought 3 fly high singles, and 2 SETS of ayu-mi-x III excerpts there!

With Ayumi as famous as she is, I'm sure all her albums will be available - even the old ones.

i think they are available only in big shops)

WOW,that's awesome!
and btw. I'm paying for all the albums (I collected all money needed for them all).
But I'm not sure if price on the official site counts for the price in the shops?
(and thank you :D)

^Of course it may be a bit different. If you want them new I would suggest budgeting about 3000 yen (or 30 american dollars) for each CD - new CDs are really expensive in Japan. Of course older ones may have a dropped price, and of course used are much cheaper.

most likely price the same as official website or hmv. getting your friend to buy just save you ALOT shipping fee >_> oh btw, maybe you can try 2nd hand stores if you don't mind :weep they are REALLY cheap :yes

Oh..ok then.
Thank you all for answering!
And you know - the most funny thing is that "my friend" is actually friend of my friend's mother,and the best part is I have never seen that girl:roflmao
But she said that she could get me anything and as much as I want from Japan and I was like :luv2

You have a great family friend then :roflmao

I can't wait to go Japan too, gonna go nuts in those second hand stores!

no you're wrong on that

you only enjoy free shipping if you live in Japan & if you buy things from HMV Japan . HMV Japan will not charge you shipping if you purchase a certain amount from whatever you buy from them online provided if you're staying in Japan .

International shipping don't enjoy that perk unfortunately

Yesasia gives you Free International Shipping on orders over like £16 anyway though; right?

Search for stores called 'Book Off'. They sell used media but usually in perfect condition. I got MY STORY CD+DVD for 1000yen as well as few DVDs (eg Arena Tour 2002). If sth is not there one day it may come the very next. I regret not buying more.

wow o.0
u gonna buy her every single album? o.0
that's so rich of you ><!
but i think most of the major CD shop like HMV Japan have all Ayu albums bahh..


PS i wanna collect L`arc en ciel one too ! ><

Yes,and I ordered my first album ever from there (GUILTY),
and I wanted to order more,but my parents don't let me (even if I wanted to use my own money :irked).
They think it's the waste of money,but there aren't any other material things I want more than Ayu albums.And the worst part of it is that I have money but can't buy it...

However,they still don't know about this,but they will found out when I get the albums eventually :D (And they won't be mad (hopefully) because I'll explain everything to them).

So that's about it.

YesAsia does give you free shipping but if you realise , the CD prices that're stated on their site are already jacked up so the shipping's not really free

They were saying since she is buying the CDs at a store, she doesn't have to pay for shipping..

:thud

oh sorry I misread that -_-

Think So

so the used cd stores are called BOOKOFF? I for one would like to look for her CD singles...

When I went the earliest album I saw was My Story, but Book offs and other stores which sell used CDS should have the older ones, used, but helluva alot cheaper.
Book Off is the most popular but theres several other used CD stores. Alot of places sell New and Used CDs. Book Off only sells used (as well as books, video games, and DVDs)

book off is really cool since you can find some RARE stuff in mint condition, but you really need to check one or two stores in order to get stuff you look for :)