Japan Camera GradesFujiya Camera: Eight Grades, Six Months, No Exports
The finest cosmetic scale of the four shops we compared — run from Nakano, Tokyo, and closed to overseas orders.
Last verified: 2026-10-29. Sources at the bottom.
Fujiya Camera (フジヤカメラ) is a Nakano institution: several storefronts within a few minutes of each other, a used trade with the most granular grading of the four shops, and a junk hall. It is also one of the three shops that will not ship abroad.
The basics
| Item | What Fujiya publishes |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakano, Tokyo (multiple storefronts on and around Nakano 5-chōme) |
| Grade scale | 8 levels: 未使用・未開封 / A / AB+ / AB / AB− / B / 現状品 / コレクション |
| Used warranty | 6 months |
| Overseas shipping | Not offered — and forwarding services are explicitly declined |
| Licence | Secondhand dealer, Tokyo Public Safety Commission No.304399601272 |
| Registered trademark | No.5211024 |
Why the 8-grade scale matters
Fujiya splits the middle of the used range into three bands — AB+, AB and AB− — where Kitamura uses a single AB and Map Camera uses no letters at all. For a buyer who cares about cosmetics (and a reseller's customer always does), that is the most useful granularity available:
- A sits just below unused — light signs of use, no obvious marks.
- AB+ adds slight marks or paint loss.
- AB is the standard used grade with marks and paint loss.
- AB− has clearly visible marks from normal use.
- B is heavily used.
Two grades sit below that and fall outside the warranty: 現状品 (partially faulty, inconvenient to use) and コレクション (barely functional, for parts or display).
The junk hall
Fujiya runs a separate junk floor. Combined with 現状品 and コレクション as named grades, this is the shop where the word "junk" is least ambiguous: the grade tells you which kind of junk you are buying. If you are buying to repair, that structure is more useful than a single junk shelf. See the junk guide for what to check on the item itself.
Warranty: 6 months, with two exclusions
The used warranty runs six months and covers repair up to the purchase price, once, on presentation of the warranty card. It does not extend to the two lowest grades, and accessories sold through the 用品館 (tripods, binoculars and similar) are excluded even when new-ish.
For an overseas buyer this is academic unless you are physically in Japan — see the next section.
The closed door
Fujiya's guidance is the most explicit of the four shops. It states that overseas shipping is not offered, and that shipments abroad via forwarding-service operators are also declined:
> 転送サービス業者を経由した海外への出荷もお断りいたしております。
That closes the proxy route by name. If you are outside Japan and want something from Fujiya, the realistic options are: buy in person, or have a contact in Japan buy and ship to you as a private individual — which is a different risk profile from a shop sale, and the warranty sits with the person, not you.
Who this suits
- In Japan, or visiting: the best cosmetic grading of the four, plus a junk hall with named grades.
- Reselling into Japan: the AB+/AB/AB− split lets you price cosmetics precisely.
- Overseas: not a direct route. Use the routes article and treat Fujiya as a market signal — their grades are what Japanese buyers are comparing against.
Three questions worth sending them
1. AB+とABの違いを、この商品について具体的に教えていただけますか（傷の位置・程度）。
2. 中古保証6ヶ月の対象ですか。対象外の場合、その理由は何ですか。
3. 付属品の欠品と、元箱の有無を教えてください。
Sources
- Fujiya Camera「中古商品のランク表記について」 https://www.fujiya-camera.co.jp/shop/guide/pg/1c-cg-udRk/
- Fujiya Camera「中古商品の保証について」 https://www.fujiya-camera.co.jp/shop/guide/pg/1c-cg-udGt/
- Fujiya Camera「ご利用案内 / よくあるご質問」 https://www.fujiya-camera.co.jp/shop/guide/pg/1c-cg-faq/ (no overseas shipping; forwarding declined)
- Fujiya Camera 店舗情報（所在地・古物商許可番号） https://www.fujiya-camera.co.jp/
Policies as published on 2026-10-29. Confirm before purchase.
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