What is the duration of the promotion?

From January 25th (Wed) 10:00 AM until February 24th (Fri) 9:59 AM, 2012.(JST)

The winners will be announced on March 1st, 2012 (Thu).

All dates and times written in the Promotion Details are according to Japan Standard Time.

What are the benefits of this promotion?

After screening all participants, 10 participants will receive JPY 5,000 worth of Rakuten Super Points.

Bonus Rakuten Super Points? What are they?

With each product you buy from Rakuten, you are getting 1% back in Rakuten Super Points.

- You can use Rakuten Super Points as a discount for your next purchase. Each 1 point is equal to 1 Japanese Yen.

- The winners will receive the Limited Time Super Points around March 25th , 2012. These Super Points can only be used until April 25th . After this date, the points will expire.

- Please make sure to spend Rakuten Super Points within the mentioned time limit.

- Please note that the maximum amount of Rakuten Super Points that you can spend in a month is 100,000.

- Concerning the Limited Time Super Points please check here.

Who can participate?

Participant must:

- be a registered member of Rakuten

- must have purchased an item fulfilling conditions (1) or (2) between January 1st 2011 and February 24th 2012

- enter the Promotion (3)

We will select the most original 10 Star Bloggers and give each of them 5,000 Rakuten Super Points.

- (1) choose [ international ] as shipping address

- (2) purchase at Rakuten Ichiba or Rakuten Books, using forwarding services of the "tenso.com" or proxy services like "post.malltail.com".
 - Details about "Tenso.com" are here.
 - Details about "post.malltail.com" are here

- (3) You must write an Order Number and URL of your blog entry / facebook post about an item fulfilling conditions (1) and (2) above. (You can write your blog entry in any language.)

- This Promotion is application-based. You must click "Enter now" button to join the Promotion.

- When entering you need "the Order Number" of the item you bought, as well as the URL of your blog / facebook post.

- Here are the details about the Order Number

- You can apply with as many blog entries as you wish.

- You must be Registered Member of Rakuten to apply for the Promotion. You may register to Rakuten membership from here.

- Only purchases made between January 1st 2011 and February 24th 2012, (Japan local time) will be counted.

- The purchased time in "Purchase Details" of "Purchase History", and the time shown in the e-mail titled [ Purchase Confirmation E-mail ] is in Japan Standard Time.

- We will send the Rakuten International Shipping News to the all participants, using the e-mail address registered with Rakuten

How to set "international shipping"?

Your purchase will be taken into account as long as you choose "Rakuten International Shipping Services" in the "Shipping Method" and input a delivery address outside of Japan. Whereas the address in your Membership Registration can be in or outside of Japan.

To check whether the shipment is set on "International", you may:

- Check "Purchase Details" from "Purchase History". If the Shipping destination is set on "international", then the purchase will be taken into account.

- Check Shipping Information from STEP 4 of the purchase page, if you are using Shopping Cart in Japanese.

- If you are using Shopping Cart in English, you must choose "Rakuten International Shipping Services" in "2. Shipping options" of STEP 3 of the checkout and make sure to have a delivery address which is outside of Japan, written in English.

- Also check from Purchase Confirmation E-mail (e-mail sent to you automatically upon completion of your order)

- If the delivery address is in Japan, the purchase will not be taken into account, even if you chose "Rakuten International Shipping Services" in "Shipping options".

- If you would like to change your shipping address AFTER you made your order, please contact the shop directly.

About "tenso.com"

Purchase at Rakuten Books will be eligible only by entering your "TENSO ADDRESS" in the address column when proceeding through the checkout. When using your "TENSO ADDRESS", products purchased at shops other than Rakuten Books and in Rakuten Ichiba Japan will be ineligible for this promotion.

- To receive a "TENSO ADDRESS", membership registration is necessary at "tenso.com".

- To check your "TENSO ADDRESS" please go to tenso.com's My Page.

- Any questions regarding "TENSO ADDRESS" shall be made to tenso.com.

Reminder to enter your proper "TENSO ADDRESS" Please carefully enter without mistake the

1. 1) Postal Code
2. 2) Prefecture
3. 3) Address
4. 4) The unique number starting with "TS" attached at the end of the "TENSO ADDRESS".

If any part of the above (1)-(4) is not fulfilled, your order will be deemed ineligible.

About "post.malltail.com" (only shipping to South Korea)

Purchase at Rakuten Books will be eligible only by entering your "Malltail JP ADDRESS"(JP주소) in the address column when proceeding through the checkout. When using your "Malltail JP ADDRESS"(JP주소), products purchased at shops other than Rakuten Books and in Rakuten Ichiba Japan will be ineligible for this promotion.

- To receive a "Malltail Tokyo ADDRESS"(JP주소), membership registration is necessary at "post.malltail.com".

- To check your "Malltail JP ADDRESS"(JP주소) please go to post.malltail.com's Page. (only shipping to South Korea)

- Any questions regarding "Malltail JP ADDRESS" shall be made to post.malltail.com