Hello, could you please find for me, a copy of 
Hikaru Yoshino's photobook.
She is a Japanese teen idol, who has released, as I know it,
photobooks of herself.
These photobooks contain NON-Nude photos of her only & there are NO
nude photos of her in it.
It is just as the name would mean, just a photobook filled with her
pictures. She is a sort of teen idol/model & as many idols do in
Japan, they release phtobooks of themselves. These are just book
filled with pictures of themselves.

The full title of one of the photobooks of Hikaru Yoshino that I want
(as I believe she may have released more than one edition) is
"Hikaru Yoshino Eighteen"
Space, "first photobook, Himawari.” 
That’s the title as it appears on a Picture I have of the cover. Also
it has written under the title
"Bauhausmook,” if that means anything.
I also have an ISDN number, but I am not shore weather or not this is
for the first edition or a special edition. The number is
ISBN 4-89461-206-2 

So could you please find for me one or all the photobooks of Hikaru
Yoshino? I would be willing to pay a very fair price for these books,
so cost is no problem.
I do not mind having an old or used copy, if that is all that could be
found.
As i have said this or these books of Hikaru Yoshino are NON-Nudes
pictures only. I believe that the book is out of publication.
So could you please help me as I am a big fan of her's & would love to
have one or all of here photobooks.
Thank you for your help
Allynick

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 29 Mar 2003 15:30 PST

Hello allynick-ga ,

I did a Japanese ISBN search for 4-89461-206-2  
http://www.willamowius.de/isbn_ja.html

This search took me to the Amazon Japan website where the book is for
sale.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4894612062/ref%3Dnosim/willamowiusde-22/249-8240023-5213111

The second link on that page where the price is 3,765 appears to be
the link to purchase a used copy of the book.

I clicked on that link and it took me to this webpage.
(Note that the ISBN is the same one you mentioned)
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/offering-page/ref=sdp_ab_u/249-8240023-5213111?index=fixed-price&field-offering-type=used&field-asin=4894612062&field-status=open&size=25&rank=+price&dbdat=2

Click on the yellow Add to Shopping Cart button on the right side of
the product.

It doesn't matter where you are located as Amazon.co.jp can ship to
virtually any address in the world.

I am posting this as a clarification for now because I want to be sure
you can place your order.

Please let me know so that I can post my official answer and claim the
fee.

Thanks
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by allynick-ga on 30 Mar 2003 10:51 PST

Ha thanks, i went to the link & i had two problems. 
Is it the link for 3,675
& secondly when i did click on it the screen came up with (what i
think) was the buy used copy screen. The only yellow button there was
in japanese, is that the wright one?
I know this sounds silly, but im a very silly person & i know if i
didt ask i'd probally get it wrong (just like my spelling).
Thank you very much
allynick

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 30 Mar 2003 11:03 PST

Hi Allynick,

Thanks for your clarification request.
 
Is it the link for 3,675?
Yes, that's the link.
 
The only yellow button there was in japanese, is that the right one?
Yes that's the right button.

I went back to Amazon just now and tried to purchase the book but I
was not able to continue after clicking on the yellow button in
Japanese. Since I can't read Japanese I really don't know what the
problem can be.

I will do more research today and see if I can locate this photobook
somewhere else.

In any case your question will remain open and perhaps another
researcher may be able to find this book.

P.S. You aren't silly, it is very difficult to navigate at the
Japanese Amazon Website.

Thanks
Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 30 Mar 2003 20:25 PST

Hello again Allynick,

Denco-ga has kindly given us instructions on how to proceed for the
purchase of your book at the Amazon Japan website. I copied them for
you below:

After you click the yellow (add to shopping cart) button, 
the next screen translates to: 
  
Sign in 
 
For protecting the credit card and the private information 
et cetera, sign in please do.  
 
E mail address:        [FIRST ENTRY BOX] 
[FIRST RADIO BUTTON]   It utilizes for the first time  
                       (You register the password afterwards)   
[SECOND RADIO BUTTON]  As for the one which it has registered 
                       inputting the password, 
                       [SECOND ENTRY BOX] 
 
 
So, you need to put your email address in the first box 
and (as this would be your first time at amazon.co.jp), 
you would need to "check" the first radio button, then 
click the yellow button at the bottom. 

Allynick, please let me know if you succeed in the purchase of the
photobook or if should I keep on searching.

Good luck!
Bobbie7

Hi allynick,

I am very sorry that I was unable to answer your previous question in
a timely manner.  I have recently had some more time to look into this
request, and I believe I have found the book in question, as well as a
method of purchasing it.

Using the Yahoo! Auction site in Japan (they successfully defeated
eBay to ahave a virtual monopoly in Japan), I have found two links to
Yoshino Hikaru auctions, both of which appear to be the book you are
looking for, at 1000 yen and 2000 yen apiece respectively:

http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/52446955
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b32091477

The bad news is that neither seller is willing to sell this item to
somebody outside of Japan.  The good news is that there are services
available for foreigners seeking Japanese merchandise on Japanese
auctions that serve as a go-between to bid in the auctions for you
and, if you have the winning bid, receive the item and forward it to
you.  A company that I have recommended in the past that has received
rave reviews on the Internet is Celga.  You register an account with
Celga, and tell them what auctions you want to bid in, and the
maxmimum amount you are willing to pay, and they take care of
everything else, from contacting the seller to receiving the
merchandise and sending it to you.  For more information on using
Celga to bid on Japanese auctions, please see this previous answer of
mine:

https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=104420

Celga would also be able to purchase the book through Amazon if
necessary, but I believe that the online auctions I referenced may be
the cheapest option.  If you truly have the desire to obtain this
item, you should have no trouble doing so using the techniques I have
outlined.  Good luck!

Google Search Strategy:
-----------------------
None (personal experience)

Sites Referenced:
-----------------
Celga Web Site:
http://www.celga.com

Recent USENET posts discussing Celga:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Celga&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&scoring=d

Yoshino Hikaru auctions on Yahoo! Japan:
http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/auc?p=%B5%C8%CC%EE%A4%D2%A4%AB%A4%EB&alocale=0jp&acc=jp

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Clarification of Answer by hailstorm-ga on 03 May 2003 16:23 PDT

Congratulations!

Put simply. They found exactly what I was looking for.

Howdy allynick and bobbie7 (goog show on finding the book!)!

After you click the yellow (add to shopping cart) button,
the next screen translates to:
 
Sign in

For protecting the credit card and the private information
et cetera, sign in please do. 

E mail address:        [FIRST ENTRY BOX]
[FIRST RADIO BUTTON]   It utilizes for the first time 
                       (You register the password afterwards)  
[SECOND RADIO BUTTON]  As for the one which it has registered
                       inputting the password,
                       [SECOND ENTRY BOX]


So, you need to put your email address in the first box
and (as this would be your first time at amazon.co.jp),
you would need to "check" the first radio button, then
click the yellow button at the bottom.


I use http://babelfish.altavista.com for translations as
the one above.  Simply go there and cut and paste the URL
you need translated to the "Translate a Web page" box and
then select (in this case) Japanese to English from the
drop menu and click the Translate button.

Hope this helps!  denco

Search strategy

Personal knowledge of the (great!) Babelfish translation
function provided by Alta Vista et al.

Thanks a lot for your help.
The seller in Amazon Japan woundt ship overseas, so im now trying to
get the  CELGA.com
people to help me. So fingers crossed they will be able to get it for
me.
I'll let you know what happens.
Thanks a lot 
Allynick

Ha you came back.
Thanks for your help. It would seem (touch wood) that it is the book i
want. I email the celga.com & i'm now waiting a reply to see if they
can help me.
Thanks very much for your help
Allynick