http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/01/dvd-and-other-media-rental-in-japan/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/01/dvd-and-other-media-rental-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-208322 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:40:13 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1934#comment-208322 I live an hour south of Tokyo on the coast next to Kamakura. When I send DVD’s back to discas, I generally get the next set of discs two days later. So, for example, Monday I send the discs. Tuesday they receive *and* send out the next shipment. Wednesday I have the next set. That is about as fast as I can imagine. It may take an extra day sometimes . . . I used to use posren, but I quit them several years ago. I don’t remember why. I think they eliminated some English / romaji searching ability. Tsutaya discas will let you search for actors and actresses and directors, I guess, by their names in romaji, but movie names have to be searched for in kana. Rakuten, dmm, and yahoo japan are all offering rental servies all about the same price point. This site has a little more info: http://www.rental-dvd.net

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/01/dvd-and-other-media-rental-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-162129 Fri, 01 May 2009 23:53:06 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1934#comment-162129 My wife and I do not live in some rural fringe area but when we tried DISCAS, the Tsutaya rent-by-mail service, and it was horribly slow. Returning discs took a solid week, as did receiving new ones. I can only imagine service would be slower to those living outside major metro areas.

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