Welcome to the Imaginatorium Shop, now in its seventh year!
From our base in Japan (here!), we send jigsaw puzzles anywhere in the world. Most of the hundreds of puzzles we have in stock feature oriental themes, but the high quality of Japanese-made puzzles (exquisite printing, really solid card stock, and clean cutting) also makes "reverse imports" highly desirable — puzzles of Peanuts, Disney, and lots of other Western characters popular in Japan. In general, if a puzzle is available in Japan, we can get it for you within a week or so - see the special orders page.
Puzzle of the month for November
Dragon (detail)
Traditional themes from Harai Kayomi
- Contents page - full shop guide, including navigation links at the top of each page
- Bargains! - reduced prices on selected puzzles
- Top ten - best-selling puzzles
- Last chance! - only one left of each of these puzzles...
- Artists - a complete list
- Special orders - when you can't find the puzzle you are looking for
- Missing pieces - help when you have the puzzle but can't find a piece!
Feature of the month
Harai Kayomi: portraits of some fierce traditional creatures—with a soft touch... special offer at 20% off in November
More bargains...
Still 10% off last month's featured autumn puzzles:
all special offers
(All special offers subject to current stock availability)
Calendar puzzles for 2009
Totoro, Umekichi, Mickey Mouse, Nightmare before Christmas, Dragon Ball Z, and the French cartoon characters Gaspard and Lisa feature on calendar puzzles for next year. Supplies are limited, so order early to avoid disappointment!
Latest additions
New subject: the 17-year old sensation in traditional theatre, Saotome Taichi in stunning female roles...
New artist: Thomas McKnight's colourful paintings make wonderful puzzles...
And more...
Chit-chat
November 2008: As promised in March(!), we have now reached 600 puzzles in stock... I am also starting on a major update, and various new features will appear gradually. There is a new Scenic index page, new Disney index page, and next the hopelessly out of date Art index page will get a new look.
March 2008: Our range is expanding again (at last) ... we should approach 500 puzzles in stock soon. We are now using an automated method of reproducing the images, and in some cases this reduces the quality. Of course, the puzzles themselves are printed beautifully.
September 2007: I've updated the checkout system, so that you can now take special-order puzzles directly to the checkout. This enables us to have a page of calendar puzzles for this year, all on special order - but remember these typically take less than a week to arrive here.
- Best-selling puzzles: Top ten.
- Browse the complete list of artists.
- How to display puzzles on the wall without needing to buy a frame: Murals!
- Yes, we sell glue! Yanoman puzzle glue (200 g), 350 yen Add to basket (Standard PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) puzzle glue - every puzzle that we sell includes a small packet, but when you need extra, one of these bottles should be enough for around six 1000-piece puzzles.)
- Manufacturer details:
Apollo -
Appleone -
Artbox -
Beverly -
Epoch -
Road -
Tenyo -
Yanoman -
more historical info
- Any other problems or just questions - please ask!
About ordering
The details under each puzzle show the price, with approximate equivalents in US dollars, euros, and pounds sterling.
Click "Buy this puzzle" to go straight to the checkout with a single puzzle, or "Add to basket" to carry on shopping. At the checkout, you can select the shipping method, then choose how you are going to buy the puzzle(s). If you have any questions or problems, just use the forms provided to ask, and we'll get back to you. Once we receive confirmation of a payment, we aim to despatch puzzles by the next working day.
The most convenient way to pay in yen (charged in your 'home currency')
Purchase from 2checkout.com: by credit card worldwide - no signup required
You can pay by major credit card, eCheck in the US,
and bank transfer in many countries.
As you can see in the pile of puzzles on the left, most of the writing on the box is in Japanese, so we also include printed details with each shipment. Click these thumbnails for descriptions...
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Other items from Imaginatorium Shop
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If you're an enthusiast who would like to share in marketing in other languages, please contact me.
Finally...
The Shop is only part of my website, the Imaginatorium - I hope you will have time to explore some of the other pages!
