Imaginatorium Shop

On this page: What's what - Puzzle themes - Shopping basket - More about jigsaws - Other puzzle related sites - Bargain maps - Miscellaneous links

This is a guide to all pages in the Shop - use the links at the bottom of the page to explore other parts of the Imaginatorium.

Word search in Imaginatorium Shop

Enter keywords to find words anywhere in the Imaginatorium Shop pages. This matches any of the words, unless you put "+" signs in - or quote (e.g. "puzzle glue") to find an exact phrase. Use the separate search for the whole Imaginatorium site. (Powered by Atomz)

Mandala - 1000 pieces

What's what - the navigation links Shop front - the introduction page Contents - this page Search - search for puzzles by various categories, and display thumbnails FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about Imaginatorium Shop Contact us - contact us with problems, suggestions, or anything else you want to say

Mt. Fuji aerial view - 300 pieces Tsumago - 1000 pieces

Scenic puzzles (photographs)

• Scenic 1500/2000 - Scenic 1000 (including 950-piece panorama) - Scenic 500 - Scenic 300 - photo puzzles from around Japan
• Cherry blossom - Harbinger of spring (300 to 2000 pieces)
• Summer - The great outdoors (1000 pieces)
• Autumn - Dazzling red maples (1000 and 2014 pieces)
• Winter - Snow country (500 and 1000 pieces)
• Kyoto - Temples and gardens; photos by Mizuno Katsuhiko (500 and 1000 pieces)
• Mt. Fuji - Japan's most famous symbol (300 to 1000 pieces)
• Takeuchi - Gorgeous views from the nature photographer Takeuchi Toshinobu (1000 pieces)
• Exotic - Exotic locations, "in and around Asia" (300 to 1000 pieces)

Yoi (Haruyo) - 2000 pieces Aquarium (Muramatsu) - 500 pieces After the rain... (Fujishiro) - 1000 pieces

Puzzle themes - Art Art index - Thumbnail guide to artists and themes Fujishiro - "Fantasy in light and shade" - art by Fujishiro Seiji Haruyo - Kimono beauties Morita Haruyo: Tale of Genji and "Seasons" - "Colours" series Kagaya - Starlight fantasy art by Kagaya: Zodiac Kaname - Paintings in the traditional style: Kimono collection - Animals - Goddesses Kuroiwa - Affectionate portrayal of Jizo by Kuroiwa Toyotaka Muramatsu - Cute humour from Muramatsu Makoto Shu - Fantasy from digital artist Shu Mizoguchi Suwahara - Hiroyuki Suwahara's fantastic portrayal of some traditional themes Teppei - Fantastic scenes from Europe by Sasakura Teppei Turuta - Stylish cartoon portrayals by Ichiro Tsuruta Uchida - Nostalgic watercolour sketches of Japan and elsewhere by Shinya Uchida Yoshioka - Cute characters by Hideki Yoshioka Rural - Nostalgic glimpses of old Japan Traditional - Traditional themes: Mt. Fuji, tigers, and others Lucky! - 2006 Year of the Dog, and other symbols from the Chinese calendar Gods 7-4-2 - Traditional symbols: the Seven Gods of Fortune, Four Protector-Gods, and Gods of Wind and Thunder Woodblock - Ukiyo-e and other woodblock prints Hari-e - Pictures made from paper, by Yamashita Kiyoshi and Komiyama Hôbô Mandala - Buddhist maps of the mystic cosmos Evangelion - From the TV anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" Studio Ghibli - Scenes from Hayao Miyazaki's animation features Mucha - Master of the style of Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucha Ellenshaw - Paintings of the classic Pooh story by Peter Ellenshaw Peanuts - Snoopy and the gang: characters from the Charles Schulz strip (best-sellers) - 2014 pieces and 950 panorama - 1000 pieces - 300 pieces Disney - The whole range of Disney characters

Miscellaneous puzzles

• Tiny pieces - These puzzles need nimble fingers as well as patience
• None of the above - Puzzler's puzzles, difficult and different

Shopping basket

Once you have added a puzzle to the basket, extra links appear at the top right corner of the window. (This is just an example, so the links don't work!)

• View basket - You can check the puzzles in the basket, remove one, or empty the basket.
• Checkout - Start the payment procedure. First select the shipping method and destination country, to calculate the final total. On the next page you can check the final details, then make your online payment.

At any stage, if there is a problem or you need to know more, please use the order enquiry form at the bottom of each checkout page.

Feature pages

• Heian period (August 2006)
• Japanese castles (September 2006)
• Mountain roads (April 2007)
• Fireworks (August 2007)

Other pages

• Bargain offers - Reduced prices on selected puzzles
• Top ten - Our best-seller list
• Last chance! - Only one left of each of these puzzles...
• Special orders - When you can't find the puzzle you want, please use this page to ask
• Missing! - When you have the puzzle, but can't find a piece
• Artists - Complete list of artists whose work features on our puzzles

Obsolete pages

Just for completeness... puzzles on the following pages are no longer available.

• The Attic - Complete list of puzzles no longer available
• Amano - Fantasy art by Yoshitaka Amano
• Masago - Fantasy characters from the Three Kingdoms by Masago Kimiya
• Wysocki - American primitive painter Charles Wysocki
• Flowers in art (page may reappear if we have new puzzles in this genre)

More about jigsaws

• Murals - how to display puzzles on the wall, without needing to buy a frame!

  A Beverly puzzle

• More about the manufacturers (including box contents, website, product codes): Apollo - Appleone - Artbox - Beverly - Epoch - Road - Tenyo - Yanoman
• A page from some years back - some more historical information about the manufacturers.

Other puzzle related sites

The American Jigsaw Puzzle Society website has a good general history of the jigsaw puzzle by D. J. McAdam, whose own web page is also interesting.

Puzzlehistory.com - useful reference site, including a little about Japanese puzzles.

Sonia and Andrew Reynolds' site for collectors: Comprehensive worldwide list - puzzle manufacturers names and addresses

Jack-in-the-Box Puzzles: Scott Stafford's handcrafted made-to-order wooden jigsaw puzzles. This site includes some interesting background material on puzzle cutting.

MGC's Custom Made Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles & Fine Art Gallery: Mark Cappitella makes hand-crafted wooden puzzles for adults and children with 4 to 2,500+ pieces, using personal enlarged photographs, fine art prints, logos and digital images. Each jigsaw puzzle is custom made to order and completely personalized for Weddings, Birthdays, Corporate Events, Anniversary and Holiday gifts. The history page is particularly interesting - Mark thought he had invented wooden puzzles!

PuzzleHouse.com - "Upscale, high quality, hard to find jigsaw puzzles." Located in New Hampshire, USA, this established company offers a pretty good range, particularly of European manufacturers. (No Japanese puzzles though!)

J. C. Ayer & Company Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles - "J.C. Ayer and Company sells heirloom-quality, wooden jigsaw puzzles featuring fine art reproductions and custom-made puzzles."
Another company producing custom wooden puzzles in Massachusetts. Insteand of being hand-cut like most such puzzles, these are made with Jim Ayer's own design of water-jet cutting machine, which allows him to offer batch production as well.

Custom Puzzle Craft - John Stokes: "Custom wooden jigsaw puzzles cut with an artist's eye".

At oldpuzzles.com Bob Armstrong restores and sells wooden puzzles from the early twentieth century, while at newpuzzles.com his son Conrad Armstrong makes new ones.

(I am always adding links to this section, and one day I will organise it properly... )

Bargain maps

• "THE MAP" - 100 yen bargains - Map Order/Enquiry form - Enlarged samples
• Featured maps: All Japan - Hokkaido - Tohoku - Kanto - Chubu - Kinki - Chugoku - Shikoku - Kyushu

Miscellaneous links

• Tracking packages by EMS (express service): Japanese Post Office - USPS tracking