Desparately seeking furin

[smrgol]

or more specifically edo-furin.

These are the glass bell shaped Japanese wind chimes that show up quite a bit in animae.

A good friend of mine turns 50 in mid July and he would very much like some of these. Unfortunately, they seem to be hard to get. I've tried a couple of on-line places with no luck yet.

Does anyone know a source for these?

Comments

[plonq.livejournal.com]

There is a place a short walk from here that might carry those. I will wander over there during my lunch break and have a look for you.

[dennisthetiger.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest going to a Japanese District near you. Little Tokyo in LA came to mind, but you'd have to fly out from $where-you-are. Not that this would be a bad thing. =^^=

My wife also notes that there is a kiosk over at The Block (http://www.theblockatorange.com) that might carry them. We'll check into that.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Alas, I'm on the other coast. NY City has a large Chinatown, but I haven't found a Japanese section yet.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I stopped in the store at the mall and asked about them. They don't sell them. I noticed that they had one hanging over the counter, so I asked about it. They don't sell them. Okay, I got the part where you don't sell them, but where did you buy that one?

"That? We don't sell them."

Argh. There was more to the conversation than that, but I was ultimately stymied by the language barrier.

There are a couple of other local places that carry a fair bit of Japanese kitsch that might carry them.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

I've run into that type of language barrier too. Thanks for trying though!

Seeing as I'm in Hawaii...

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

...I'll keep an eye out for them. I know I've seen them around here before, so I should probably be able to find them, especially if I check out Shirokiya.

Re: Seeing as I'm in Hawaii...

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

I appreciate that!

If you find them, e-mail me some details or give me a phone call. I'll probably want more than one depending on prices.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest

http://www.edocraft.com/products/shinohara/products.htm

They have their page in English, and they seem eager to sell to Americans, with handy dollar/yen converters and the like. The 'Komuro Neko' model is especially cute :)

There's also

http://www.edofurin.com/

but that's all Japanese, and there's no guarantee that they'd want to sell overseas.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Thanks,

The first site is one that I have e-mailed twice over the last month without a response.

The second is new to me, and I have just sent an e-mail to find out if they ship overseas.

[murrrmaiyd.livejournal.com]

Wow, those *are* really pretty! I've never seen those before...ok, not helpful, I know, but what can I say! lol!

Mur