Amazon Japan Haul - MOMOLAND, Girls' Generation & Books

This is the first order I've received from Amazon Japan for a fair while and it probably will be the last for a long time. This is because the government is bringing in new GST restrictions for online stores and Amazon has decided to cut Australia from using their overseas site. Not entirely sure what will happen on July 1st when the changes come in effect, but as soon as I heard the news last month I placed an order straight away on Amazon Japan for some items I was after. So here are the items I received in my recent order! 

I got a Chara Parfait キャラぱふぇゲーム magazine which is the 2018 Winter Special released in December last year. The main reason I got this magazine was for the ガールズモード 4 Girls Mode 4 content, but you also got a cute Sumikko Gurashi playing cards set. The cards come in a nice steel case which I haven't set up yet, they're still in the cardboard box. I'll blog about the ガールズモード 4 pages on here soon as there are some great pictures of the game in the magazine. I have an older issue of the Chara Parfait magazine which was devoted to ガールズモード  3 Girls Mode 3 and I've written a detail blog post about that here!

Sumikko Gurashi playing cards.

ガールズモード 4 pictures of brand representatives.

Picked up this adorable needle felting book because I wanted to learn how to make animals. Also mainly because it has the cutest Shiba Inu's in it and I need to know how to make like a million of them.

The next item was kind of a random purchase as I originally wasn't planning on getting it. Since Amazon is changing soon, I thought I'd look through for any cheap items I could add to my order. When I was going through artists that I'm looking to collect albums of, this Girls' Generation single came up for only 300JPY. It was on sale from about 2000JPY and no clue why it was so cheap. So I thought why not for only 300JPY plus 300JPY shipment fee per item.

Girls Mode 3 Magazine キャラぱふぇ ゲーム スペシャル

Thought I'd share some photos of one of my Girls Mode 3 magazines I brought from Japan. This issue is the special game edition of Chara Parfait which is a game magazine in Japan targeted at girls. I brought the magazine from Amazon Japan and the title of the magazine is キャラぱふぇ ゲーム スペシャル released in June 2015. The first section of the magazine is devoted to Girls Mode 3 whilst the rest is about other games.

Magazine Cover

The beginning of the magazine contains some adorable Girls Mode themed postcards. The postcards are themed around the brands and styles of the game. There is also a tear-out calendar covering months in 2015 and 2016. It features characters dressed in the various styles and photos from the game. The back of the calendar has a study schedule to write in and more character images. I haven't used any of the postcards yet as they are just too perfect to use and I just can't bring myself to tear them out.

Adorable postcards

The magazine covers the features of the game such as hair styling, fashion shows, designing clothes and the different fashion styles in the game. There is a wealth of information to read and gorgeous pictures of characters, items and aspects of the game. The first section details the locations and activities in the game and further information about each one. You can notice in the photos below that in Girls Mode 3, some of the main characters look different. The skin tone of characters such as Noor, Laurie, Tarquin and Arabella was changed to a darker tone in the Europe/Australia and North America versions of the game (Style Boutique & Style Savvy).

Information on where to visit & what to do in the game.

Information on the beautician.

Information on the hair salon.