SAZO US

SAZO US is the United States subsidiary of SAZO, a Japan-based proxy-shopping and forwarding service that lets overseas customers buy products from Japanese shops that normally do not ship abroad. Through the sazoshop.com storefront, the U.S. operation targets American shoppers who want Japanese hobbies, fashion, and other goods, including items that are only sold inside Japan. The service positions itself as a way to "buy from Japan, like you live there," handling the purchase on the customer's behalf and consolidating the order into a single all-in price that already includes tariff and shipping costs. According to the company's own site, this means there is no separate invoice at delivery, English-language support is available around the clock, and customers receive a 100% refund if an item turns out to be sold out. The brand therefore sits at the intersection of cross-border e-commerce and personal shopping, rather than being a manufacturer or a conventional retailer with its own inventory. Its parent, SAZO, is the Japanese proxy-shopping business; the U.S. entity exists to serve the American market specifically, with pricing, support, and logistics tuned to U.S. import rules and customer expectations. Because the operation is a subsidiary, it does not have its own public listing, and its ownership sits with the SAZO group. Public information about the U.S. entity is limited mainly to its own website and a Wikidata entry identifying it as a United States subsidiary of SAZO, so details such as founding date, executive team, and headquarters location are not established in the available evidence.

SAZO US is the United States subsidiary of SAZO, a Japan-based proxy-shopping service. The parent business operates in the cross-border shopping space: customers outside Japan use SAZO to order products from Japanese shops that do not normally sell or ship internationally, and SAZO handles the purchase and delivery on their behalf. The U.S. entity, identified in public records as a United States subsidiary of SAZO, serves the American market through the sazoshop.com storefront. Its stated purpose is to make even products that are only available in Japan easy to buy, covering categories such as hobbies and fashion. The U.S. operation emphasizes a simplified landed-cost model: rather than charging shipping and duties separately, it bundles tariff and shipping into a single all-in price, so the customer does not receive a further invoice at delivery. It also advertises 24-hour English-language support and a 100% refund if an ordered item is sold out. Beyond these operational facts, the available evidence does not establish a founding date, headquarters city, executive leadership, or a detailed corporate timeline for the U.S. subsidiary. Its history is therefore best understood as an extension of the SAZO proxy-shopping brand into the United States, adapting the parent service's Japan-to-overseas model to U.S. import conditions and customer expectations.

A Japan-to-U.S. proxy-shopping and forwarding service that lets American customers buy Japanese goods as if they lived in Japan, with bundled all-in pricing and English support.

• Japan proxy shopping

  SAZO purchases items from Japanese shops on behalf of overseas customers, including products only available in Japan.

• Japan-to-U.S. forwarding

  Orders are forwarded from Japan to the customer's U.S. address with tariff and shipping bundled into the price.

• All-in pricing

  A single price covering the item, tariff, and shipping, with no invoice at delivery.

• English customer support

  24-hour English-language support for U.S. customers.

1. 1Buy from Japan to the U.S. - Japan Proxy Shopping | SAZOsazoshop.com
2. 2Buy from Japan, like you live there | SAZOsazoshop.com
3. 3SAZO USwikidata.org