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How do I see Rakuten Ichiba the way a visitor in Japan does?
Rakuten Ichiba (rakuten.co.jp) is a marketplace of independent shops, so the same product can have many prices, each with Rakuten points and shipping terms. For price data at scale, start with Rakuten's official Ichiba Item Search API. To see the live public page as a shopper in Japan, use a Japanese residential IP: JapanProxies sells them with country code jp, paid in crypto, no KYC. As of October 2026, 1 GB costs $2.62 and plans from 100 GB cost $0.50/GB; IPs are chosen by country, with optional city targeting (city availability varies).
Rakuten Ichiba at a glance
| Site | rakuten.co.jp |
|---|---|
| Run by | Rakuten Group, Inc. |
| Type | Online marketplace |
| Country | Japan |
| Proxy username | USERNAME-country-jp (add -session-ID-ttl-30 to keep one IP) |
| Targeting | Country, with optional city (-city-NAME); city availability varies |
| JapanProxies price | $2.62 for 1 GB, $6.60 for 10 GB, traffic never expires |
What is Rakuten Ichiba?
Rakuten Ichiba is the marketplace of Rakuten Group, Inc. Unlike a retailer that sells its own stock, it hosts thousands of independent shops. Each shop sets its own price, shipping fee and point rate.
Prices on Rakuten pages often come with point offers and campaign banners. The price a shopper effectively pays depends on these extras, which is why brands and retailers watch the full page and not only the list price.
What changes when you open Rakuten Ichiba from a Japanese IP?
- Point and campaign banners. Rakuten points and time-limited campaigns shown to shoppers in Japan.
- Shipping lines. Shipping fees and delivery messages for addresses in Japan.
- Search order. The order of shops in Rakuten's own search results for a Japanese query.
- Language. The marketplace is built in Japanese for shoppers in Japan.
What does a Japanese IP not change on Rakuten Ichiba?
- Member-only offers. Point rates that depend on a member's status are not part of a public, signed-out check.
- The exact area. City targeting (
-city-tokyo) gets an IP in that city when one is online, and city availability varies; the site may still infer a nearby area from other signals. - Shop decisions. Each shop can change its price at any time. A check shows the page at that moment, nothing more.
What can you legitimately check on Rakuten Ichiba?
- Check how your own Rakuten shop appears in search for your main Japanese keywords.
- Compare the public prices of your products across the Rakuten shops that resell them.
- Watch the public prices of a small set of comparable products.
- Confirm that a campaign or point offer you set is visible to shoppers.
More examples in our guide to public price monitoring.
What do Rakuten Ichiba's rules say about automated access?
For regular price data, use the official route first. Rakuten Web Service offers the Rakuten Ichiba Item Search API and other APIs, free with an application ID and subject to Rakuten's API terms and call limits. It returns item names, prices, shop names and URLs without loading pages.
Rakuten's terms of use apply to every page you open. Use a Japanese residential IP for what the API does not show, the live page with its point and campaign banners, and keep the pace slow.
Our own acceptable use policy applies too: public pages only, no sign-in on someone else's behalf, and respect for each site's decisions about access.
Which proxy settings should I use for Rakuten Ichiba?
- Username:
USERNAME-country-jp-session-check1-ttl-30. - Header:
Accept-Language: ja-JP,ja;q=0.9. - Search pages:
https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/YOUR+QUERY/. - One page every few seconds is enough to follow prices.
Connect to gw.japanproxies.com on port 7777 (HTTP and HTTPS) or 7778 (SOCKS5), with the username and password from your dashboard. Without a session ID, each new connection can leave from a different Japanese IP.
# 1. Confirm the exit is in Japan (the response shows the IP and its country)
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-jp-session-check1-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json
# 2. Fetch the page through the same session, in Japanese
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-jp-session-check1-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 \
-H "Accept-Language: ja-JP,ja;q=0.9" \
-o page.html "https://TARGET_URL"How much does a Japanese residential IP cost?
The same plans cover Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with no country surcharge. Occasional checks of Rakuten Ichiba rarely need more than 5 GB; a page usually weighs a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes with images. Larger plans, down to $0.50/GB, are on the pricing page.
Light
5 GB
$4.95
$0.99/GB
- Occasional rank and ad checks
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
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10 GB
$6.60
$0.66/GB
- Weekly checks for one market
- All four countries
- Traffic never expires
In every plan: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong · Rotating and sticky sessions · HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 · Traffic never expires
Rakuten Ichiba: common questions
Does Rakuten Ichiba have an official API for prices?
Yes. Rakuten Web Service offers the Rakuten Ichiba Item Search API, which returns item names, prices, shop names and URLs. It needs a free application ID and follows Rakuten's API terms and call limits. Use it before you consider loading pages.
Why does the same product have several prices on Rakuten?
Rakuten Ichiba is a marketplace of independent shops. Each shop sets its own price, shipping fee and point rate, so one product can appear many times at different prices.
Do I need a Japanese IP to see Rakuten prices?
Rakuten pages open from abroad, but point banners, shipping lines and some messages are built for shoppers in Japan. A Japanese residential IP shows the page as a shopper in Japan sees it.
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Sources (1)
- Rakuten Web Service — Rakuten Group, Inc. (checked 2026-10-13)
See Rakuten Ichiba as a visitor in Japan does
Japanese residential IPs, paid in crypto, no KYC. Traffic never expires.