Welcome to the Imaginatorium Shop, now in its eighth 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.
- 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!
- Forum New! ...please share your ideas and experiences
Feature of the month
Shu's Cherry breezes (above) is our best-selling Japanese puzzle — this month we offer 12% off this and other selected 1000-piece Shu puzzles... The Imaginatorium's resident mathematician points out that this makes just over 20% total with the current special 10% discount off all orders.
More bargains:
all special offers
(All special offers subject to current stock availability)
How many yen your $£€ buys...
Graph made with Google's Chart API
10% discount on all orders
We all know there's a world-wide recession on, but here in Japan we face an extra burden: when the economy goes bad, the yen goes up. (No, this makes no sense to me either.) This means that just about all of the currencies our customers use buy fewer yen than a year ago — the graph on the right shows the trend against a base of 100 one year ago.
We normally give 5% discount on an order total of 2000+ pieces, and 10% discount for 4000+ pieces, but this is not an easy time to say "Make a big order!" So at least while the yen is at current levels, we will give 10% discount on all orders. This applies on top of special offer discounts.
Latest additions
More fantasy puzzles from artist Shu Mizoguchi: we now have the full range of 300/500-piece puzzles, some old, some new... (mostly on special order)
Latest puzzles from fantasy artist Nishino...
Latest Peanuts puzzles...
And more...
Chit-chat
May 2009: I have at last installed a forum, where you can make comments, or ask questions. There is also a section for my blog, which should help me provide rather more commentary than twice a year!
You will need to sign up to post: please remember you are writing in public, not just sending me a message.
This is not yet customised or integrated—the software I'm using is the standard version of phpBB3. For the time being you need to let it open in a new browser tab (or window) otherwise there's no way back.
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.
- 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!
- Despite the FAQ, we can supply frames by special order: more information.
- 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...
(Sorry! You can't see the "pile of boxes", because your browser does not support the functions necessary.)
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!
