If any one of you have been looking for any lamps, ballasts, and light fixtures to import from Japan into your home country, I highly recommend using Japanese proxy shopping websites as they can help you ship your items to your doorstep.
These websites are often used by overseas video game enthusiasts, anime enthusiasts, fashion enthusiasts, and many other people who have a strong appreciation for Japanese culture because many of the items that they are looking for will not ship outside of Japan and these proxy shopping websites can help overcome international shipping restrictions and language barriers.
In order to find what you are looking for, you would need to type your search terms into a translator that translates your native language into Japanese and paste your search term into the search box. When you use proxy shopping websites, Mercari Japan and Yahoo Japan Auction will be your best bets to go for as you will see most of the results you are looking for on those sites. Mercari Japan and Yahoo Japan Auction are basically Japan’s versions of eBay as you can find a mix of modern and vintage items on those sites.
Here is a list of translated search terms that you would find helpful:
mercury vapor lamps:
水銀灯
水銀ランプ
metal halide lamps:
メタルハライドランプ
high pressure sodium lamps:
高圧ナトリウムランプ
high and low pressure sodium lamps:
ナトリウムランプ
mercury vapor ballasts:
水銀灯安定器
水銀ランプ安定器
metal halide lamp ballasts:
メタルハライドランプ安定器
high pressure sodium ballasts:
高圧ナトリウムランプ安定器
high and low pressure sodium ballasts:
ナトリウムランプ安定器
ballasts for fluorescent and HID:
安定器
fluorescent lamps and fixtures:
蛍光灯
fluorescent lamp ballasts:
蛍光灯安定器
light fixtures:
照明器具
Here is a list of proxy shopping websites that are popular:
https://buyee.jp/?lang=enhttps://www.fromjapan.co.jp/enhttps://www.jauce.com/https://zenmarket.jp/en/https://www.onemall.jp/https://sendico.com/https://neokyo.com/enhttps://japanrabbit.com/https://www.goody-japan.com/Although the list above is a list of popular Japanese proxy shopping websites, I am aware that there are many others to use.
