Scraping book stores in Japan — price & assortment monitoring
Book retail scraping in Japan: new releases, bestsellers, formats and prices in one base.
In books and media release speed matters: print runs, pre-orders, exclusives. Scheduled collection across stores in Japan captures new editions and price moves — data for publishers, aggregators and analysts.
This list counts 16 stores; the leaders by domain authority: Steam, PlayStation Store, Nintendo. We collect data from large multi-level catalogs and niche shops alike: everything lands in one structure, so prices and assortment compare directly.
Shelves in this list carry Good Smile Company, Bandai, Kotobukiya, Max Factory, Banpresto, Megahouse and other brands — every product is linked to its brand in the feed, so you can track brand presence and pricing across sellers.
Delivery is tailored to the task: from a one-off Excel/CSV file to a stream of updates via API or into your DBMS. We start with a free data sample — you verify structure and quality before any payment.
Fields we collect: Books & Media
The baseline set for this category — extended to fit your task.
title, author, ISBN, publisher, series
binding, e-book, audio, language
current and old price, pre-order, discount
status, delivery times, print run
annotation, page count, year
rating and number of ratings
Jobs this scraping gets done
Edition prices across stores, matched by ISBN.
New editions and pre-orders by publisher.
Catalog depth by genre and language.
A publisher’s catalog presence across chains.
Stores in this category in Japan
Ranked by domain authority — price scraping and scheduled price monitoring are available for any platform below.
| # | Store | DR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steam |
92 |
| 2 | PlayStation Store |
91 |
| 3 | Nintendo |
90 |
| 4 | DLsite |
83 |
| 5 | HMV |
82 |
| 6 | Kinokuniya |
82 |
| 7 | Tower Records |
82 |
| 8 | animate |
80 |
| 9 | honto |
80 |
| 10 | Melonbooks |
79 |
| 11 | Suruga-ya |
78 |
| 12 | Toranoana |
78 |
| 13 | e-hon |
77 |
| 14 | BookOff Online |
74 |
| 15 | Mandarake |
71 |
| 16 | AmiAmi |
69 |
DR (Domain Rating) — domain authority on a 0–100 scale; it reflects link-profile strength, not sales.
Top platforms: what gets scraped
Quick notes on the leaders of this list — any of them can be plugged into the same field structure.
On Steam we track the catalog and prices — edition, format — one-off or on a schedule. Delivered as a file, via API or straight into your database.
From PlayStation Store we usually extract format, prices, availability. The export arrives in the same structure as the rest of this list, so the data compares directly.
For Nintendo we collect prices, availability — with change history — useful for repricing and assortment control.
For DLsite we set up recurring collection: availability, description, reviews. Cadence ranges from a one-off export to several refreshes a day.
On HMV we track the catalog and prices — description, reviews — one-off or on a schedule. Delivered as a file, via API or straight into your database.
From request to first delivery
Scope the task
We fix the stores, fields, catalog depth and refresh frequency.
Free sample
A data fragment in the agreed structure — before any payment.
Collect & validate
Full collection with completeness and consistency checks.
Deliver & refresh
File, API or database — refreshed on your schedule.
Frequently asked questions
Do you match editions by ISBN?
Are e-books and audiobooks covered?
Can we follow specific publishers?
Other categories: Japan
Store scraping for other categories in the same geography.