Best places to buy components in Japan

[Kamome]

I wanted to upgrade some of my older Kato rolling stock with LED head and taillights and getting rid of any filament bulbs. I have had a look around a few hardware stores like GooDay and Nafco and the range for LEDs and resistors is limited.

 

Can anyone recommend a good place to get components that’s nationwide? I am a good distance away from Tokyo so a trip to Akihabara is out of the question.

[mrp]

Do these guys have a branch in your area?
https://www.marutsu.co.jp/pc/static/shop/index
I remember I used to shop there many years ago and the component selection was pretty good.
 

[Kiha66]

The owner of modeltrainplus has been developing a product line of drop in replacement light boards for this very purpose.  Kato and hobby search even just started selling them in their own stores too.

https://www.modeltrainplus.net/collections/modeltrainplus

[Kamome]

On 9/29/2017 at 10:36 PM, mrp said:

Do these guys have a branch in your area?
https://www.marutsu.co.jp/pc/static/shop/index
I remember I used to shop there many years ago and the component selection was pretty good.
 

Awesome mrp

 

According to their website they have a branch in Hakata. Thanks for the help.

[Kamome]

On 9/30/2017 at 5:08 AM, Kiha66 said:

The owner of modeltrainplus has been developing a product line of drop in replacement light boards for this very purpose.  Kato and hobby search even just started selling them in their own stores too.

https://www.modeltrainplus.net/collections/modeltrainplus

Cheers Kiha66

 

This is an option but was hoping just to do a quick swap out with some resistors and LEDs