Ever wonder why sometimes it's tough to buy airsoft guns made by the well-known Japanese manufacturers directly from Japan. It does make sense as it would be more convenient to buy online from Japanese online stores as they will always have first dibs at the new Japanese releases. So why do we always get from other vendors separate from the Japanese airsoft retailers?

Other Far East online airsoft retailers, most notably those based in Hong Kong, have taken care of providing English Language websites to cater to a growing global market of airsoft players. The Japanese websites, even the manufacturers provide their websites in the Japanese Language, making it tough for us to buy from them.

While there are tools to translate, such as those from Google and Babel fish, they're still rough translations, and do not provide the nuances of the language.

So here's one Japanese vendor which launched its English store website to provide us with airsoft products direct from Japan. Echigoya is not a new store, and in fact, it's already a well known airsoft store with four (4) branches around Japan, and has been in business since 1993. Much older than a lot of airsoft shops in Hong Kong.

They claim that they provide Japanese airsoft guns from the various manufacturers in the Land of the Rising Sun at cheaper prices. So we checked out some prices that they have, especially the Tokyo Marui new generation AEGs and compared it to some Hong Kong websites and indeed they are cheaper, saving you at least US$50. Though we don't know about the shipping costs if they will take a chunk of the final checkout price.

But then, they promise that they'll be ahead in providing the latest Japanese airsoft guns. So less time waiting for us. No need to badger the Hong Kong retailers, you can badger Echigoya directly. You can pay via Paypal apart from the usual Credit Cards that you use to buy online, or prefer paying via Paypal.

So there you go, you can now have easier time buying Japanese guns directly from a Japanese retailers. We would love to hear feedback from you regarding your buying experience.