Which Japanese card shops ship overseas themselves, and which don't?

What each chain's online shop says

The table reflects the shipping, help or legal-notice page of each chain's online shop as read on November 2, 2026. "Not stated" means the page covers delivery but never mentions orders from abroad. That is different from "does not ship abroad," which none of these pages says.

Pokémon Center is the eleventh name in our shop guides. Pokémon Center Online delivers only inside Japan, and the Pokémon Center Japan guide covers the legitimate routes that remain.

Hareruya and Dragon Star

Hareruya's English guide gives each of its three methods different limits. EMS costs ¥3,450 at minimum, is tracked, and compensates up to ¥2,000,000 for loss or damage. Small Packet starts at ¥1,050, takes orders of ¥50,000 or less, has no tracking or compensation, and can't carry large items such as playmats. International TA-Q-BIN costs ¥4,000 at minimum, takes orders up to ¥200,000, is tracked, and compensates the declared value.

The U.S. wording narrows that. The page says EMS and Small Packet are not available for shipping to the United States, and that International TA-Q-BIN is available to the United States only. A U.S. buyer is therefore limited to the most expensive method, and even a single-card order pays at least ¥4,000 in shipping. No country list is given for EMS or Small Packet, so buyers elsewhere have to confirm their destination with the shop. Overseas payment must be by credit card, and import duties, taxes and clearance fees fall on the recipient and can't be estimated in advance.

Dragon Star's EMS section is shorter and partly out of date. Costs vary by destination and weight, extra shipping may be charged later, and orders over ¥20,000 carry an insurance fee: ¥200 per ¥20,000 in the Japanese text, a flat ¥200 in the English. The page still says delivery to some areas is unavailable because of COVID-19. Email the shop with your country before you build a cart.

When a page says nothing

A shop that doesn't mention overseas orders may still accept one by email, or may have no international process at all. Its page can't tell you which. Hareruya2's help page offers only its general inquiry form and a Tokyo phone number; its stock is also discussed in English-language sites for Japanese singles. Card Rush is the one chain that addresses the situation. Its legal notice says an order placed for overseas forwarding with cash on delivery will be cancelled, because the forwarding company can't collect the payment, and names cash on delivery as the one method it won't accept for these orders.

Proxy services and forwarders

A proxy buys the item for you and ships it from its warehouse in Japan. It's the route for the chains whose pages don't mention overseas orders, and each service charges per item or per order, so which proxy costs least depends on how many cards you buy at once. Mercari Japan is the other large source of singles, and buying there from the U.S. works through a proxy or Mercari's own app.

A forwarder does less. You place the order yourself with a Japanese shop that accepts a Japan address, and the forwarder only receives the parcel and ships it on. Card Rush's legal notice is the only page among these chains that mentions forwarders, which makes it the clearest fit. With any other chain, ask first whether its checkout accepts your payment method and a Japanese delivery address.

Cards sent to the U.S. by any of these routes pay Section 301 duty on top of shipping and service fees; the landed cost for a Japanese card shows the arithmetic.

Buying in person

All ten chains run shops our guides cover, and the full list of card shops links each shop page with its hours and official site. Buying over the counter removes the overseas shipping question: the cards travel home in your luggage, and carrying cards home covers what customs expects when you land.

Some shops also sell tax-free to visitors. The rules changed on November 1, 2026, and only two Card Labo stores state on their own pages that they offer it; the tax-free guide explains the refund process.