{
  "name": "Japanese TCG Lottery Tracker",
  "description": "Whether an overseas buyer can enter each Japanese retailer’s lottery sale (抽選販売) for trading cards, decided from the retailer’s own published terms, with the Japanese source text quoted.",
  "publisher": "Tokyo Card Report Editorial",
  "page": "https://tokyocardreport.com/lotteries/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "licenseNote": "The compilation and the verdicts are CC BY 4.0: reuse freely, including commercially, if you credit Tokyo Card Report and link to the page. The quoted Japanese terms belong to the retailers that published them; each quote carries its source URL.",
  "attribution": "Data: Tokyo Card Report — https://tokyocardreport.com/lotteries/",
  "verifiedOn": "2026-07-26",
  "updated": "2026-10-20",
  "count": 7,
  "fields": {
    "verdict": "no = overseas entry is closed | limited = possible under conditions | unknown = terms could not be read",
    "summary": "One-sentence answer for an overseas buyer",
    "facts[].quote": "Verbatim Japanese from the retailer’s own page",
    "facts[].en": "Our English rendering of that quote",
    "facts[].source": "URL the quote was read from"
  },
  "note": "These are the standing rules, not individual campaign dates. Individual lottery schedules change weekly and are deliberately not included. Always confirm on the retailer’s own page before planning around it.",
  "records": [
    {
      "name": "Pokémon Center Online",
      "nameJa": "ポケモンセンターオンライン",
      "verdict": "no",
      "summary": "You cannot even register an account from outside Japan.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "Account registration",
          "quote": "会員登録の申請を行うことができる方は、日本国在住の個人に限られるものとします。",
          "en": "Only individuals resident in Japan may apply to register.",
          "source": "https://www.pokemoncenter-online.com/terms.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "Shipping",
          "quote": "本サービスによる商品の配送は、日本国内に限ります。",
          "en": "Delivery is limited to within Japan.",
          "source": "https://www.pokemoncenter-online.com/terms.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "My Number verification (from Aug 2026)",
          "quote": "同抽選では、当選数の大半を「本人確認済みの方の当選分」としてご用意しております。本人確認がお済みでない方も抽選にはご応募いただけますが、本人確認を完了いただくことで、当選しやすくなる仕組みとなっております。",
          "en": "Most winning slots are reserved for identity-verified accounts. Unverified accounts can still enter, but verified ones are more likely to win.",
          "source": "https://www.pokemoncenter-online.com/news/?id=20260608"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Amazon.co.jp (invite-only)",
      "nameJa": "Amazon.co.jp 招待制販売",
      "verdict": "maybe",
      "summary": "The only route with no published residency rule — and Amazon does ship abroad.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "How it works",
          "quote": "Amazon.co.jp上の一部の人気商品は招待制販売を採用しています。招待を受けたい場合は、商品詳細ページからリクエストできます。",
          "en": "Some popular items use invite-only sales. Request an invite from the product page.",
          "source": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GDT99L5DWB3XCGW6"
        },
        {
          "label": "No guarantee",
          "quote": "招待のリクエストによって、お客様が該当商品を必ず購入できるということが保証されるわけではありません。",
          "en": "Requesting an invite does not guarantee you can buy the item.",
          "source": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GDT99L5DWB3XCGW6"
        },
        {
          "label": "International shipping exists",
          "quote": "海外配送には、「関税後払い配送」および「AmazonGlobal海外配送」の2種類の配送オプションがあります。",
          "en": "Two international shipping options exist: duty-later delivery and AmazonGlobal.",
          "source": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202003240"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Suruga-ya",
      "nameJa": "駿河屋",
      "verdict": "unknown",
      "summary": "Needs a Suruga-ya account and an X account. Overseas status never stated either way.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "Entry method",
          "quote": "応募にはマイページ登録が必要となります。",
          "en": "A Suruga-ya My Page account is required to enter. Entry also runs through following and reposting on X.",
          "source": "https://www.suruga-ya.jp/blog/?q=pokeka_chusen260217.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "The store does ship abroad (generally)",
          "quote": "海外発送も行なっております。一部商品を海外にも発送することが出来ます。",
          "en": "We do ship overseas. Some items can be shipped internationally.",
          "source": "https://www.suruga-ya.jp/man/customer_guide/index.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AmiAmi",
      "nameJa": "あみあみ",
      "verdict": "no",
      "summary": "Ships worldwide — but not from the site that runs the lotteries.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "The lottery site refuses overseas orders",
          "quote": "当サイト(https://www.amiami.jp)では、日本国外からのご注文はできず、日本国外への発送はお受けしておりません。",
          "en": "This site does not accept orders from outside Japan and does not ship internationally.",
          "source": "https://www.amiami.jp/top/page/t/faq.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "Priority goes to existing domestic customers",
          "quote": "通販本店 amiami.jpにて、過去１年の間に商品受け取り済みの購入履歴があり、あみあみメールマガジンの購読設定（無料）をしている方を優先いたします。",
          "en": "Priority goes to accounts with a completed purchase on amiami.jp in the past year plus a newsletter subscription.",
          "source": "https://www.amiami.jp/top/page/t/attention.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Rakuten Books",
      "nameJa": "楽天ブックス",
      "verdict": "no",
      "summary": "Requires a 12-month domestic purchase history, and locks your address at entry.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "Purchase history is mandatory",
          "quote": "抽選参加には…楽天ブックスでのご注文ならびに発送の履歴がある、楽天会員でのエントリーが必須となります。ご注文履歴がない楽天会員でのエントリーの場合、抽選の対象外となります。",
          "en": "Entry requires a Rakuten account with an order-and-delivery history at Rakuten Books in the past 12 months. Accounts without one are excluded.",
          "source": "https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/game/card/entry/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Address is locked at entry",
          "quote": "当選後に注文する際は、抽選エントリー時（抽選受付期間終了時）の会員登録の住所（本人連絡先）をそのまま送付先として指定してください。",
          "en": "If you win, you must ship to the exact registered address you had at entry time.",
          "source": "https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/game/card/entry/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Domestic delivery only",
          "quote": "海外からご注文いただくことは可能ですが、楽天ブックスでは商品の配送は日本国内に限らせていただいております。",
          "en": "You can order from overseas, but Rakuten Books delivers within Japan only.",
          "source": "https://books.faq.rakuten.net/s/article/000015964"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yodobashi",
      "nameJa": "ヨドバシカメラ",
      "verdict": "no",
      "summary": "No overseas delivery, full stop.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "No international delivery",
          "quote": "いいえ。海外へのお届けはできません。日本国内のお届けに限ります。",
          "en": "No. We cannot deliver overseas. Delivery is limited to within Japan.",
          "source": "https://www.yodobashi.com/ec/support/faq/detail/1213342326434/index.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yellow Submarine",
      "nameJa": "イエローサブマリン",
      "verdict": "no",
      "summary": "Online shop is domestic only; the documented lottery is an in-store one.",
      "facts": [
        {
          "label": "No international shipping",
          "quote": "配達地域 日本全国(一部離島を除く) ※日本国外への発送は承っておりません。",
          "en": "Delivery area: all of Japan (some remote islands excluded). We do not ship outside Japan.",
          "source": "https://shop.yellowsubmarine.co.jp/guide"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}