CardRush (カードラッシュ) is a family of ten specialist stores run by 株式会社RUSH from Akihabara — one per game, and none of them ship overseas. This page is the whole journey: every store linked directly, how to read a listing, the proxy flow through Remambo step by step, and the manners that make the whole thing go gently. We have no affiliation with either company and earn nothing from any link here — this is a map drawn out of respect for a good shop.
CardRush is not one store but a family — one storefront per game, each with its own stock, its own condition guide and its own search. The company behind them, 株式会社RUSH, runs four physical shops (three around Sotokanda in Akihabara, one in Ikebukuro; one of the Akihabara shops was marked temporarily closed at our check) and lists its registered office inside the same Akihabara building as one of them. The flagship store — plain cardrush.jp— is the Yu-Gi-Oh shop; it cross-links all nine sisters, and the sister stores we opened do the same. Their own storefront titles claim 日本最大級 (“among Japan's largest”) for some stores and 日本最安級 (“among Japan's cheapest”) for others — their words, not ours.
All ten (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live)— nine answered our checks directly; the Pokémon store's front door refuses scripted visitors, so open it in a normal browser:
| Game | Store | Our price guide |
|---|---|---|
| Yu-Gi-Oh! 遊戯王 | cardrush.jpthe flagship — the store the others grew from | reference prices → |
| One Piece Card Game ワンピースカード | cardrush-op.jp | reference prices → |
| Pokémon TCG ポケカ | cardrush-pokemon.jpsits behind a strict bot-wall — open it in a normal browser | reference prices → |
| Dragon Ball Super Fusion World ドラゴンボール | cardrush-db.jp | reference prices → |
| Digimon Card Game デジカ | cardrush-digimon.jp | reference prices → |
| Cardfight!! Vanguard ヴァンガード | cardrush-vanguard.jp | reference prices → |
| Battle Spirits Saga バトスピ | cardrush-bs.jp | reference prices → |
| Magic: The Gathering MTG | cardrush-mtg.jp | reference prices → |
| Duel Masters デュエマ | cardrush-dm.jp | — |
| Shadowverse EVOLVE シャドバ | cardrush-sv.jp | — |
Why we link out instead of scraping
CardRush's robots.txt declares its boundary for automated readers (the Pokémon store's file spells out ai-train=no as an express reservation of rights). We honour it: automated acquisition is hard-blocked on our side, legacy captures stay withheld, and the reference prices on our card pages are derived, rights-labelled guides that never republish theirs. The way to repay a shop you admire is to send it people, not crawlers.
Everything is in Japanese and priced in yen (税込 — tax included). Four words carry most of what you need.
状態 — the condition rank, per store
On the One Piece store the scale is 〔状態A〕 / 〔状態A-〕 / 〔状態B〕 / 〔状態C〕, written inside the product name itself — and by the shop's own stated rule, a listing with no condition mark is 状態A. 状態A still allows small white specks and light surface wear — it is the shop's honest near-top grade, not a promise of gem mint. The scale is not uniform across the family: the Yu-Gi-Oh flagship runs 状態S down to 状態D, and the MTG store uses Western-style grades such as [EX+]. The One Piece store and the flagship publish their own condition guides — we read both — so read the guide of the store you're buying from, not a general one.
未開封 — unopened
Sealed listings we read carry 未開封 in the name rather than a rank, and high-value ones spell it out again in the description (【こちらは未開封商品です。】 — “this is an unopened item”).
在庫なし — out of stock
Listings stay visible after they sell. If you see 在庫なし, the card is gone — hand the proxy a link to a listing that still shows an add-to-cart button.
傷アリ特価 — the damaged-card bargain corner
The One Piece store runs a marked-down corner for visibly worn cards, sorted by colour — 傷アリ特価(色別). For a played deck or a binder filler, the discounts are real; for display pieces, stay in the ranked listings. As one snapshot of how sharply rank prices a card: the same shelf listed a 状態B foil promo at ¥180 while sealed chase listings sat in the hundreds of thousands of yen (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live).
From a card page here: on One Piece, Pokémon, Dragon Ball, Digimon, Vanguard and Battle Spirits cards, the Search CardRush (Japan) link opens the right store pre-filtered to that card's number — copy the product URL of the exact listing you want, and you're ready for the next section.
CardRush's help page is plain about the boundary: 海外への直接の発送は承っておりません — “we do not accept direct shipment overseas.” The bridge is a proxy-purchase service. This walkthrough uses Remambo (run by Ringo, LLC of Toyama, established 2015; the site is in English), because its flat fee suits single-store card orders. Other names you may hear — Buyee, ZenMarket, FromJapan — we have not walked or verified, so we describe only Remambo.
The shape of every proxy order: they buy in Japan with a Japanese address, hold the parcel at their warehouse, then ship it to you. You pay twice — once to buy, once to ship out of Japan.
Make an account
Signup is by email — the password is emailed to you, and you confirm you hold no other Remambo accounts. Note their support runs through account messaging, not phone or email.
Copy the CardRush product URL
The link to the exact listing — rank label, price and 在庫 status visible. One listing, one URL.
Paste it into the Add Item URL form
Remambo's order form (“Step 1 of 3”) takes any Japanese store URL. Add each card separately — items from the same store are automatically combined into one order. The form then asks for the item's details; we haven't pushed a live order through the later steps, so follow its prompts.
Pay the first charge
At purchase you pay: the item price, Remambo's service fee — ¥500 per order, and for shops an order is any number of items bought together from the same store at once (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live) — plus domestic shipping to their warehouse and a payment transaction fee (rates not published; PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, bank wire and Wise are accepted). A whole CardRush cart under one ¥500 fee is what makes multi-card orders worthwhile.
Let it land, then consolidate
Storage is free for up to 60 days, and consolidating several orders into one box is free too — but a consolidation, once applied for, cannot be changed, added to or cancelled. Parcels left past the 60 days may be disposed of without refund, so don't let a slow last order strand a full box.
Choose a carrier and pay the second charge
International shipping plus any optional services (next section). After it leaves Japan, whatever your border charges — VAT, duty, the courier's handling fee — is yours to pay; Remambo says plainly that customs is the customer's responsibility, and that consolidation can increase customs charges. The UK maths is worked through in the buying guide.
Remambo's published methods (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live), fastest first. For cards, the deciding line is compensation — a few grams of cardboard can be worth more than the default cover.
| Method | Time | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| FedEx / DHL / UPS | 4–10 days | Couriers; FedEx also takes parcels over Japan Post's size and weight limits. |
| EMS | 5–10 days | Tracked; default compensation ¥20,000, extendable by paid cover to ¥2,000,000 — the sane choice for a valuable card. |
| AVIA airmail | 10–15 days | Tracked, with comparable compensation tiers. |
| ePacket / small packet | 7–21 days | Up to 2 kg, tracked — no compensation at all. Never put an expensive card on it. |
| Surface (sea) | 1–4 months | The slow boat — fine for bulk commons, an eternity for anything you're excited about. |
Optional services worth knowing (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live)
First, the honest surprise: in the shop flow above you mostly never speak to the shop. Remambo buys in its own name, your order comments go to Remambo (nothing published says they reach the shop), and if something goes wrong you write to Remambo, not to CardRush. The one case where their FAQ points you at a seller directly is a question before bidding on an auction — and their FAQ points that way only for buyers who can communicate in Japanese.
So the manners live in three places: how you write to Remambo's people, how you write Japanese when you do write it, and how you carry yourself if you ever stand in the shops themselves.
Writing to Remambo's people
Their support pages say it plainly: messages are answered by humans, they ask for one conversation per issue, and a business day to reply. The same pages list what ends a support relationship — abuse toward staff, chargeback threats, legal threats, repeatedly re-asking an answered question. None of that should be news to a collector; the useful reading is the positive: one clear thread, patience measured in business days, and the person on the other end treated as a person. The site itself runs in English (plus Russian, Spanish and Simplified Chinese) — the interface never asks you for Japanese.
A polite Japanese message to a shop or seller has a documented shape — the Japan Businessmail Association teaches a seven-part form for a business mail (addressee, greeting, naming yourself, the matter, details, closing salutation, signature) and warns that dropping even one part can read as careless. Compressed by us for a short message, it comes down to five phrases worth knowing by sight:
| お世話になっております | the standard opening where any dealings exist — a greeting that acknowledges the relationship |
| 初めてご連絡いたします | “this is my first message to you” — the first-contact opening our model messages use (初めまして reads a shade casual in writing, say the same sources) |
| お手数ですが | “sorry for the trouble, but” — the cushion placed before a request |
| 〜いただけますでしょうか | “might I ask you to” — the documented request form: a softened question, with a cushion placed in front |
| よろしくお願いいたします | the standard closing — part thanks, part “I place this in your hands” |
Three model messages, composed for this guide on that documented pattern and checked for grammar and register — swap in your name and the card:
First contact — asking about condition
初めてご連絡いたします。海外在住の○○と申します。出品中の『（カード名）』の状態（傷やスレの有無）を教えていただけますでしょうか。お手数ですが、よろしくお願いいたします。
“This is my first message to you. I am ○○, living overseas. Could you tell me the condition of the listed (card name) — whether it has scratches or scuffs? Sorry for the trouble, and thank you in advance.”
To a shop you've bought from before — is it still in stock
お世話になっております。『（商品名）』はまだ在庫がございますか。よろしくお願いいたします。
“Hello — is (item name) still in stock? Thank you in advance.” For a true first contact, open with 初めてご連絡いたします and add your name.
After a purchase — the thank-you
この度はお取引いただきありがとうございました。カードは無事に届き、状態にも大変満足しております。またご縁がありましたら、よろしくお願いいたします。
“Thank you for this transaction. The card arrived safely and I am very happy with its condition. If there is another occasion, I look forward to dealing with you again.” Nobody owes this message; that is what it says.
Two phrases to skip
The same etiquette sources caution against 取り急ぎ(“in haste” — reads careless unless you follow up) and ご返信は不要です(“no reply needed” — meant kindly, lands confusingly). And the documented pattern has no slot for pressure: a request is a cushioned question or it is outside the form.
Machine translation, honestly
Remambo itself recommends machine translation on the auction side — for reading auction listings and writing to auction sellers. Our own habit when we feed a translator: short sentences, one idea per sentence, no idioms — flourish is where machine translation falls over. A short plain message that arrives polite beats an eloquent one that arrives strange. Don't haggle by machine either: an established Japan reference puts it simply — bargaining is neither common nor appreciated in most stores.
The four Tokyo shops keep long hours (weekdays 13:00–21:00, weekends and holidays 11:00–21:00 (checked 1 Aug 2026 — verify live)). From the etiquette guides, the reference books, and the shop's own pages:
At the buyback counter (their published rules)
Why we wrote this section: none of the above is a test you can fail. It is a register of care: the shops above grade every card's condition into its listing name, and the thank-you after arrival exists as a message worth sending. Care, answered with care. Get the phrases wrong and nobody will mind; carry the intent and everything else is forgiven.
Buyer Protection does not cover booster boxes
Remambo's own page states it: “Buyer protection does not cover TCG (trading card game) displays (booster boxes).” It also never covers the international leg — damage or loss in transit is the carrier compensation's job, which is why the shipping table above matters.
The returns terms are narrow
On the One Piece store's published terms — each store publishes its own, so check the one you buy from — seven days from arrival, and only for wrong items or goods in clearly bad condition (their examples: complete bends, a card torn in two); condition-based returns of graded products are excluded, and that shop refuses cancellations it judges to be motivated by market price movement. Through a proxy, any claim also runs through the proxy — CardRush routes forwarding-service support through the agent. Read the rank definitions before you buy, not after.
Never pick cash-on-delivery
CardRush states it cancels 代金引換 (COD) orders it detects as bound for overseas-forwarding addresses — so never ask a proxy to pay a shop cash-on-delivery.
Small print that bites
Our position, plainly: we have no affiliation, referral arrangement or commission with CardRush, Remambo or any shop or proxy named here, and no money moves in any direction when you click. The reference prices on our card pages are our own derived guide and never republish CardRush's. If a figure on this page disagrees with the live site in front of you, the live site is right — and we'd like to know.
The wider map — every route to a card, with the UK import maths — lives in the buying guide. And how a card is made before any shop shelves it: 一枚のできるまで.