December 8, 2017

My collection: Pictures of Jurina Matsui

A year ago, I posted in this post the general aspect of my collection (well, 80% of it), pictures excluded. This time, I've decided to post all the pictures that I possess.

I have eight photoalbums in total: seven photoalbums can fit in 360 pictures, and the last one can fit in 240 pictures. Four albums are dedicated to Jurina's pictures (the blue ones), three albums are dedicated to Rena's pictures (the pink ones), and the last white one is dedicated to other AKB/SKE pictures, but still including Rena and/or Jurina (two shots, three shots, group shots etc).


80% are pictures that I bought on Yahoo Auction
10% are pictures that I bought on the SKE official shop

In both cases, I had to use an intermediary as Japanese sellers don't ship internationally but only to a Japanese address. I tested different intermediaries since 2014: Noppin (formerly called Crescent Shop) and Goody-Japan at first, but my choice finally stopped on From Japan, as it's the intermediary that suits me the most for various reasons: cheapest fees, easy mail contact (you can contact the support in both English and French), and different shipping methods. The interface is also, in my opinion, the best and most practical from all the intermediaries I tested.

The last 10% are pictures that I bought on Ebay shops, or that I bought directly from other fans around the world. The proportion of pictures that I got for free in albums or through exchanges is less than 1%.

I've decided to show my collection in two parts.
In this first part, I will post my pictures of Jurina Matsui.