i-TM4U is going to renew the website in July.

So we are seeking someone can make a new logo for us.

We are  interested to see what you, our clients, think of when you  want to purchase 
goods from Japan.

Please do not use images from any anime or manga or game that are trademarked or copyrighted, all material must be original.

> Contest Period is from 20th May - 20th June

   Please make logos in black and white as well as any color versions.
   A vector-outline version is preferrable, in Illustrator or Photoshop.
   but we will also accept JPGs at 300 dpi.

   Your logo concept will become the property of I-TM4U,    trademarked, 
  it will be modified from it's original concept to suit  various needs, including 
  merchandise.

   First prize is $100 USD cash or credit at the I-TM4U shop.

Our business hour  was 10am-6pm, from Monday to Friday.

But we are going to change it to;

10am -  6pm   Mon, Tue, Thus, Fri, Sat
  - Wed & Sun  is holiday (& National holidays too)
 (sorry we can't reply you on holidays)
 
It's by Japan(Tokyo) time, so

Europe (-8 hours countries) : 2AM-10AM
USA (-15hours area)  7PM-3AM
Asia (-2 hours countries)   8AM -4PM
Australia (+2 hours)   12PM- 8PM

We are sorry for inconvenience but we'll be glad if you underastand
our time difference.

Thank you!

Are you planging to visit Tokyo in July?  

If  yes,  why don't you join 'welcome' party in Tokyo?

cel_chan

We have ended Auction service for non-member on 30th April, 
but we have to tell you about 'exceptional case'.

If you are coming to Japan and if you want to see some band's/Artist's concert,
or some play/show, you have to get tickets.

Sometime (it depends on artists, bands...) you can't get tickets by normal way, then
you have to get tickets by Auction.

So, we think this is exceptional case and we can accept auction request by non-members

**condition**

 You are planing to visit Japan and see some concerts/play or join some event
 (you need tickets for it.)

You find the ticket on Japanese auction

 You can send us auction request from this inquiry form

http://www.i-tm4u.biz/cgi/standard4/form.html

Cost:  Your Budget (for auction) + Commission (10%) + other cost (*) + Paypal commission(2.5%)

We can send tickets to Hotel or your friend's house you are going to stay in Japan.

Combine shipping is avilable. - we can send some tickets where you are going to stay.

I am going to open my online shop within 3 months. 

Let me know if you have any request; for example which items you want me to sell.

And I am going to sell something on eBay again soon (since this Jan, I have sold nothing
on eBay.  There is nothing on my eBay store now. :D )

Of course I will not quit i-TM4U.

 From 19th May, i-TM4U system will change in 2 things

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1. Commission 10% won't be changed but calculation will be changed.

   We have calculated commission for each item price, then we
   sum up all the cost.

   We will sum up all item's price, then we calculate commission.

Example 
(Now)   
    Request item A: 7,000YEN + Commission 700 YEN = 7,700YEN
    Request  item B:  1,000 YEN + Commission 100 YEN = 1,100 YEN
   TOTAL = 8,800 YEN

(From 19th)
    Request item A 7,000 YEN + Request item B 1,000YEN = 8,000YEN
    Commission = 800 YEN
    TOTAL = 8,800 YEN

Result is almost same but we are going to take this way because we have to
accept request and send customers invoice as many as we can, and as soon as
we can. 

2.  Request item's total is Under 5,000YEN =4,999YEN(49,99USD), commission is all
    500YEN (5USD) 

    More than 5,000 YEN, the commission is same 10 % of item's price

(Example)

  Now:  Your request item price : 3,000YEN   commission is 300 YEN
 After 19th ;  Your request item price : 3,00 YEN commission is 500 YEN

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We are going to update and write this information on i-TM4U site tomorrow.

I am very sorry I couldn't update i-TM4U site and didn't  explain about New auction membership.

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+ About New Auction Membership +

We are going to start New Auction Membership from 19th.
Condition and detail is as follows;

Member:  10  ( person ) limited
Membership Initial Fee : 350 YEN (3.5 USD) -- (for one year )

Commission: All 2,000YEN (20USD) per one item ,including domestic shipping charge and  other cost (e.x.  Bank Transfer Fee)

Combine shipping:  Not available except the condition on the below

 * If the sellers are same person and both auction ends within 3 days.
 * If you pay 'combine shipping charge'.  It is 500YEN(5USD) per one
   item.

Bidding way : You can't specify way for bidding, for example, to bid   item 15 min before auction ends...Snype bidding...and so on

We recommend this membership for....
  
New auction membership is good for person who want buy   expensive items, 
for example rare figures, Lolita brands  clothing and so on ,
because commission is all 20 USD. 
It includes domestic shipping charge and other cost.
  (Domestic shipping charge of Lolita clothing is about   9-12USD.)

If you want to bid items more than 100USD, I  recommend this membership.

If you want to be member, or if you have any question,
please send us email  by inquiry form on the below.

http://www.i-tm4u.biz/cgi/standard4/form.html

If you want to be member, please write

Your Name
Country
eMail Address
Which items you are interested. 

I am so sorry but I will not  anwer for any question here.
(I will answer you by email.)

I am going to update i-TM4U site and write about this information tomorrow.


Thank you....

　

The best place for me was 'Tsukiji Honganji' and a cafe (CAFE DE SHINRAN)  inside
the temple ground.



Do you think this desgin is a bit different from typical 'Temple'?

I don't know much of Temple style (too bad! I am a Japanese though), but
it is more similar Temples in India.
And I remember one of Mosque I had seen in Turkey....and I felt something
European alike...(maybe it is very different from European cathedral though)

If you go there someday, you would be able to understand my feeling.

The most interesting thing for me was 'Cafe de Shinran'



It is cafe inside the temple ground.
Inside of the cafe is cool and  they serve Natural Foods



But more interesting thing is, that monks are there, chatting with customers.

They had small ivent, for example playing music 'Gagaku' (Japanese traditiona
music = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagaku )





music is as if 'Onmyouji'


monks introdueced various monks wearing (called 'Kesa'..it is not 'this morning  :D )
and showed how to wear  wearings.


We happened to be there when this event started.  It was really lucky for us because
we usually can't  have this opportunity.

This cafe, ivent...are 'effort' by monks of Tsukiji Honganji because recently many
of us (Japanese) are not interested in Buddhism.

We recognize we are Buddhist in funeral only.
But Buddhism was more closer to us in old time, in Edo-era and before Edo era.

I agree this way of approach (cafe & evebt), and it is good for us to learn Buddhism,
and it is not far for us.

 

my husband and I have had 'Trip by bicycle' every GW(golden week) Holidays.
This year was 3rd time for us, and we went to 'Tsukiji(築地) ' area.

Tsukiji is near Ginza and a district of Chūō-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the site of the Tsukiji fish market.

Literally meaning "reclaimed land," it lies near the Sumida River on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the 1700s, during the Edo period.

Tsukiji Fish Market
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/Tsukiji_fish_market.jpg/180px-Tsukiji_fish_market.jpg


We left our house at 8:00am, after having breakfast at humberger shop near our area.

Our house --> break at Tullys' Coffee in Shinjuku ( I like Tullys' better than Starbucks)
--> Nogi Jinjya (shrine) --> TOKYO-Tower pass thorough without stopping -->
Zoujouji (temple) --> Lunch at Sushi restaurant around Tsukiji --> Hama Rikyu (japanese
garden) --> Tsukiji Honganji (big Temple) --> Seiroka Tower --> Dinner, ate
'Monja yaki' in Tsukiji.

<<tokyo map>>
 


Nogi Shrine (http://www.nogijinja.or.jp/)




Tokyo Tower-passed through without stopping because too crowded

Zoujouji temple....awww...no photos... sorry


Lunch at Sushi restaurant around Tsukiji fish market


lunch 1,050 YEN (11USD)

We wanted to eat something in fish market, but all of shops (restaurants) are closed
because GW-Holidays.  So we had lunch around fish market.
But this restaurant's Sushi was also nice!


Hama Rikyu (japanese garden)



Deatail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamarikyu_Gardens


we had tea (Maccha) and japanese sweets.. 500YEN(5USD)



Tsukiji Honganji 
http://www.tsukijihongwanji.jp/tsukiji/index_e.html



Detail : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_Hongan-ji


view of Tokyo from Seiroka-Tower

Is here N.Y??  lol no no

After that we went to dinner , had Monja yaki.
We were so concentrate to eat that we forgot to take pictures... lol  :D

What is 'Monja Yaki' ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monjayaki

(to be continued...)

I am going to trip 'Tokyo' by bicylce with my husband.

It will be 3rd time for us to go trip  by bicycle with my husband on Golden-Week Holidays.

1st time, 3 years ago, we went to Asakusa & Ueno.
It was first time for me (and husband) to run by bicycle for long hours.

But from our home (is around Kichijoji) to Asakusa, it took about 3 hours or less.
I was surprised because I was expected that it took more than 4-5 hours.
So I thought Tokyo is Not so big...

2nd time, we went to Hachioji and around Hino and near Takao, kind of hiking.
 It was not bad and not far, but roads were hard for bicycle. (because my bicycle is not montain-bike.)

So this year, we are going to Tsukiji, around Ginza.

We have already made reservation Hotel, (semi double room is under 100USD!!)

Traveling by bicycle is interesting because I can find new things that I can't  see
by car or walk. It is new adventure.

I have been living in Tokyo more than 20 years, but there are many things I haven't
seen, found.

As I wrote here,
I have request  of Onyx Beads from 3 customers.

I had ordered and received it (and already sent it), and it took about 3 weeks
to receive it.

This time, I waited for almost 2 months.
But  finally, I have received them and sent them to customers. (one of them
visited our office to pick it up.)

I imagine and think it was hard for 3 customers to trust i-TM4U and wait for long time.

I was worried if they doubt us because I had told them this item would arrive in 3 weeks.

3 of them are matuer and never complained us. (If I were them, I would complain..)

I appreciate them so much.

Thank you for trusting us and waiting for long time to receive onyx beads.

Last week we have received Gem Cerry & the GazettE-Aoi model ring.

It was customer's request item from USA.

She pre ordered it in mid-Feb,  so it took about 2 months or more.

Although the website says it will take about 70-90days to receive GazettE accessaries
because they are hand made,  I imagine it is hard&difficult for her to trust  us.

Some friends recommend i-TM4U on their websites, journals, and by email (
Thank you very much!!), but I think trusting and believe some one on net is really
difficult thing.

If I were a customer, I would be worried very much.

I have already sent Aoi model ring and she emailed me she has already received it.
(I am very happy to hear that she could receive it without any problem.)

I  really really appreciate her.
She has trusted i-TM4U and been waiting more than for 2 months.

I have had another request by GemCerry*the GazettE,  Ruki's pierce, necklace,
Reita's ring.  (but they haven't arrived yet)

I also appreciate these customers who ordered through us.

Thank you very much

I have one another online friend who heped me a lot.

She is also cute (for me) and good customer of i-TM4U. 
(Everytime her good Japanese writing surprises me )

She is so sweet and  'Yasashii', modest and  taking much considertation for me.
She is from Europe but I sometime feel her modesty is like Japanese.

I have ever once sent her email, and she must have been surprised my email.

Because I have asked her idea of i-TM4U business.

I know I shouldn't have asked such a question to customers though...
However she replied me soon and told her idea, point of view...etc.

It helpe me alot.

I really appreciate her.

I promised her to go Jonny's shop but I couldn't go yet.

I regret it  so much.

But I hope I will go there with her because she is coming and staying in Tokyo
soon.

 
i-TM4U ended 'Auction bidding Service' on 30th April.

Thank you for using our service.

This service may not be excellent for you because I was not professional auction
bidder for you and sometime I have been too busy to have enough time to communicate
with customers.

The reason why i-TM4U quit Auction service is because I want to keep our
'Shopping Service'-Quality. (Shopping Service is not Auction Bidding service)

It may be good for i-TM4U if we have many requests by Auction bidding service.
But  we don't have many staffs yet.
So if we accept many requests (by auction),  we can't have enough time for each 
customer, and it means our service quality is down.

i-TM4U has already have many requests and customers by Auction request, so
it was hard for me to decide to quit auction-bidding service.

I  am going to continue auction service for 2-3 members and one agent.

And I am going to start 'Nes Auction membership' soon.

I will write detail of it here and i-TM4U website later.

From 29th April, to 6th May,  Here in Japan, we take Golden-Week Holidays.

Most of companies are closed, but shops and restaurants...are opened because
this holidays is chance for them to make profit.

I, (i-tm4U) has took holidays from 1st to 6th May, but to tell the truth,
I opened our office from 1st to 3rd (just today) for shipping to customers and
sending email to them.

I believe I have finished it, then I am going to take my own holidays from 4th to 6th.

Please forgive me to take holidays, it may be inconvenient for some of you (=customers)

After holidays, I am goin to work  hard again.!