Update!
(15 August) The database should now be fixed, so there are no more stray funny characters... but there may still be glitches. I just discovered that all of the Peanuts puzzles had disappeared, because "artist=peanuts" was not matching "Peanuts"; so there is more to do in sorting out case-insensitive matching.
Database problem!
Apologies! A recent database upgrade has left lots of Japanese text corrupted, and also some variant characters, such as the e-acute in "Pokémon," not showing correctly. I am working to correct this but may take some days...
申し訳ありません 現在、データーベースの問題でほとんどのパズルの詳細などの日本語が文字化けになっています。修復するまで何日かかかるかも知れません。ご了承ください。
Jigsaw puzzles from Japan
Special Orders
On this page: Request form - Guides to online catalogs: Appleone - Artbox/Ensky - Beverly - Cuties - Epoch - Tenyo - Yanoman - Apollo - Miscellaneous
Looking for other puzzles? We can now order any currently available puzzles, and this page is here to help you find them in the manufacturers' online catalogs. Note: by default, the external links on this page open in the same window.
Request form
Please use the following form, giving as much information as you can: ideally a manufacturer name and catalog number, or a link to the web page where you found a puzzle. Once we have identified a particular puzzle you want, it should not normally take more than two or three weeks to obtain, often less.
- Ask about any puzzles at all - but please note that they do tend to go out of production after a few years, so if it's something you saw in Hong Kong ten years ago, I'm afraid there is usually no chance of finding it now.
- We have no control at all over the manufacturers' websites, which may change at any time, and sometimes break our links into them. Please let me know if something isn't working.
- See the Japanese puzzle manufacturers page for more general info - historical notes and so on.
Appleone
- More about Appleone
The Appleone website is here: www.appleone.co.jp. Check for updates: Latest puzzles (by month).
You can start from the top level puzzle index, but it is probably easier to start from one of the following links. Each leads to a page for a topic or artist, with a selector for piece count at the top. (For example, '1000ピース' means "1000 pieces".) There are up to twenty puzzles on each page, and you can step through the pages with the navigation at the bottom (e.g. '1 2 3 >>').
The small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles in each category. (These are not updated in real time, and may be inaccurate.)
Mini-puzzles
Scandinavian series (5) - Plune designs (5) - The Beatles (5)
Illustration
Shu Mizoguchi (16) - Iwasaki Chihiro (3) - Fujishiro Seiji (57) - Tanikawa Hiroyuki (15) - Hideki Yoshioka (6) - Mito Nishikura (2) - Marine art (4)
Fine art
Angelo Bonito (4) - Andres Orpinas country cottages (3) - Image world (2) - Klaus Strubel (2) - Sam Park (7) - Susan Rios (1) - Steve Read (1) - Darrell Bush (2) - Chuck Pinson (1) - David MacLean (1) - Dominic Davison (15) - Nicky Boehme (6) - Randy Van Beek (2) - Richard Burns (1) - Robert Finale (1) - Classic paintings (2)
Photographs
Mt. Fuji (4) - Rest of Japan (18) - World scenery (15) - Pets (5)
Music
The Beatles (2)
Japanese art
Ozuma Kaname (4) - Kazumi (6) - Taki Keisetsu (12) (Buddhist figures with warm words) - Auspicious pictures (5)
Flowers
Flowers (15) (photographs)
Special items
Plastic mini-art with easel (8) - Clock puzzles (3)
Puzzle features
The Appleone website was redesigned in 2018, and the icons previously used to indicate special effects have disappeared. There are currently only text descriptions; here is a list of the main ones:
- 光るパズル : Glow-in-the-dark
- シルキークロス（絹目） : Silky cloth finish
- カレイド印刷 : Super vivid colour printing
- ダイヤモンドスクリーン印刷（FM） : Diamond screen super-high quality printing
- 高彩度インク : Extra vivid inks
- 裏面4分割ガイド : Quartered guide on reverse
(Updated July 2024)
Artbox/Ensky
- More about Ensky
The Ensky (Artbox) website is here: https://www.ensky.co.jp. There are now two index pages. The first, "Puzzle topics", has a list of all the characters appearing, unfortunately not in any obvious order (they are arranged in Japanese phonetic a-i-u-e-o order). The second, "Puzzle types", lists the different sizes of puzzles, and variations such as the "crystal" translucent puzzles. The following links lead to the first page of products for each character, with page navigation at the top and bottom if there is more than one page. Click the thumbnail for details.
The small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles in each category. (These may be missing or out of date; the Artbox catalog is updated frequently, and categories often come and go.)
Puzzle topics
Uma Musume Pretty Derby (16) - Spy × Family (11) - My Hero Academia (13) - Kamen Rider (6) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (36) - Rurouni Kenshin (1) - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (5) - Mashle: Magic and Muscles (2) - Doraemon (4) - Ultraman (3) - Panda! Go, Panda! (1) - Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (1) - Pokémon (52) - Kirby's Dream Land (21) - Sailor Moon (7) ("Crystal" means the anime series; not all translucent puzzles) - Rohan at the Louvre (1) - The Dangers in My Heart (1) - Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (2) - Kiki's Delivery Service (58) (Miyazaki animation) - Shin Japan Heroes Universe (1) - Spirited away (28) (Miyazaki animation) - Laputa, castle in the sky (14) (Miyazaki animation) - Princess Mononoke (11) (Miyazaki animation) - The Macmillan Alice (2) - Oshi no ko (3) - Ponyo on the cliff by the sea (5) (Miyazaki animation) - When Marnie Was There (2) (Studio Ghibli animation) - The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (1) - Chihiro (2) - Howl's moving castle (12) (Miyazaki animation) - Tales from Earthsea (1) - Young shark goes out (1) - The wind rises (2) (Miyazaki animation) - Bread roll crocodile (1) - UniteUp! (1) - Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (2) - My Neighbor Totoro (105) (Miyazaki animation) - The Borrower Arrietty (2) (Miyazaki animation) - Porco Rosso (16) (Miyazaki animation) - Whisper of the Heart (14) (Miyazaki animation ) - Nausicaä (6) - Schleich dinosaurs (2) - Earwig and the Witch (2) - Studio Ghibli (303) (Shows all of the Miyazaki animations) - Spy Classroom (1) - Lycoris recoil (3) - Opanchu Usagi (2) - Kuroko's Basketball (1) - Pui Pui Molcar (5) (Children's anime) - The Quintessential Quintuplets (12) - Future Boy Conan (1) - The Cat Returns (1) - Golden Kamuy (3) - Splatoon (8) - Jujutsu Kaisen (Sorcery fight) (6) - Sumikko-gurashi (50) ("Living in the corner") - One Piece (70) (TV animation) - Hatsune Miku (6) (Vocaloid character) - Minecraft (14) - Cardcaptor Sakura (5) - BT21 (6) - Mofusand (9) - Hi-Drivers (1) (Jun23: ) - Dandadan (3) - Wind Breaker (2) - Dr. Stone (2) - Pretty Cure (2) - Fantastic Beasts (2) - Chainsaw Man (1) - Dragon Quest (4) - Rilakkuma (4) (relaxing bear ) - Blue Lock (9) - Attack on Titan (3) - Super Mario (4) - Detective Conan (3) - Monster Hunter series (3) - Girls und Panzer (1) - My Neighbors the Yamadas (1) - Tokyo Revengers (8) - Ghiblies (2) - Sword Art Online (2) - The Red Turtle (2) - Gintama series (1) - Naruto Shippuden (2) ("Hurricane Chronicles") - Dragon Ball (20) - Kamen Rider series (1) - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (1) - Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (3) - Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō (2) (the mystery sweetshop) - PAW Patrol (4) - The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2) (Studio Ghibli) - SSSS.Dynazenon (1) - SSSS.Gridman (1) - Sanrio characters (2) - Haikyū!! (3) - Digimon adventure (1) - Shaun the Sheep (1) - Crayon Shin-chan (2) - Bleach (manga) (1) - Grave of the Fireflies (2) (Studio Ghibli animation) - From up on Poppy Hill (2) (Miyazaki animation) - Only Yesterday (1)
Puzzle types
Under 100 pieces (16) - 100-199 pieces (214) - 200-299 pieces (104) - 300-499 pieces (276) - 500-999 pieces (95) - 1000 pcs and over (193) - Large pieces (50) - Compact puzzles (29) - Tiny puzzles (64) - Mini-puzzles (76) - Art board puzzles (31) - Decoration puzzles (14) - Crystal (111) - Art ball puzzles (2) - Frames (39) - Miscellaneous puzzles (2)
(Updated August 2023)
Beverly
- More about Beverly
The Beverly website is fairly easy to navigate, with lots of thumbnails: Puzzle index. Check for updates: Latest puzzles.
The following links go directly to the puzzles for each topic or artist; these are mostly rather broad categories, and may be spread over many pages. There are 20 puzzles per display page, and the page navigation at the bottom allows you to move through the pages. (Updated May 2024)
Regular jigsaw puzzles
Tiny pieces (73) - Art fantasy (17) (Artists Kazuha Fukami, Takaki) - Youseki (27) (Jizo and others) - Torture puzzles (7) (Absolutely no picture: every piece the same colour!) - Children's puzzles (5) - Educational puzzles (39) (Larger pieces for children) - Art collection (68) - Kincade (21) - kayomi (14) - Where's Wally? (20) - Sanrio characters (40) (Hello Kitty and more) - Pokémon (17) - Anime and characters (125) - Dinosaurs (15) - More curious puzzles (18) (Overlaps with other pages) - Message puzzles (2) - Scenic puzzles: Japan (86) - Scenic puzzles: worldwide (46) - Maps (5) - Flowers and gardens (18) - Pets and other animals (30) - Art classics (9) - Mosaic art (1) - Something different! (22)
3D crystal puzzles
Complete list (83)
(The small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles in each category.)
The availability of puzzles is shown as follows:
- 在庫 ○ : available
- 在庫 × : not currently available
Icons used on the Beverly site for puzzle features
 | Glow-in-the-dark |  | Large pieces |
 | Kaleido ink vivid printing |  | Bargain |
 | Art canvas effect |  | Educational puzzles |
 | Small pieces |  | Educational puzzles |
 | Tiny pieces |  | World heritage site |
(Updated July 2024)
Cuties
Cuties is actively producing puzzles, but has no website. More information here.
Epoch
- More about Epoch
The Epoch catalog is large, and easy to navigate using the links below; the "Genre" links are index pages leading to the topics within them. Since Apollo became a part of the Epoch group in 2011, Apollo and Epoch brands have been progressively integrated, so there is now no practical difference.
The small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles in each category. (These are not updated in real time, and may be inaccurate.)
Puzzle index (not easy to navigate from unless you can read Japanese) - Latest puzzles
Puzzles by genre
Art: Marine art (22) - Kayomi (8) - Haruyo (7) - Western classics (33) - Auspicious painting (5) - Fantasy art (15) - Scenic fantasy (2) - Peter Motz (1) - Horaguchi (6) - teppei (5) - Fish illustrations by Tomonaga Taro (3) - Western country paintings (10) - Fairyland art (20) - Matsuo Hiromi illustrations (2) - Flower illustrations by Redouté (3) - Ukumo Uiti (1) (Manga artist styling his name as "ukumouiti") - Western landscape classics (3) - Kimura Ryoko (1) - Muramatsu (5) - Masayoshi Akiyama (3)
Characters: Disney (57) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (12) - Detective Conan (53) - Peanuts (60) - Minions (22) - Jurassic World (15) - Thomas the Tank Engine (1) - Sylvanian Families (4) - Peter Rabbit (14) - Sumikko Gurashi (7) - Urusei Yatsura (9) - The Super Mario Brothers movie (6) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2) - Delicious in Dungeon (3) - Kirby (1)
Flowers: Flower colour therapy (6)
Scenic: Views of Japan (79) - Temples (4) - Castles (5) - Mt. Fuji (4) - Tokyo tower (2) - Railway journey (3) - Illuminations (8) - Wonders of the World (15) - World heritage (14) - World views (23) - Colourful street views (5) - Famous sayings (2) - Mystic views (10) - Gardens (10)
Living things: Kittens (14) - Cat photos by Iwagō Mitsuaki (1) - Puppies (13) - Rabbits (2) - Pandas (1) - Birds (1) - Weasels (1)
Groups: BTS (30) - Seventeen (3)
Puzzles by piece count
70 pieces (18) - 108 pieces (101) - 216 small pieces (27) - 100 large pieces (19) - 300 pieces (230) - 1053 super small pieces (70) - 500 pieces (134) - 1000 very small pieces (1) - 2000 super small pieces (54) - 1000 pieces (184) - 1500 small pieces (4) - 2016 very small pieces (51) - 3000 small pieces (12)
Icons used on the Epoch site
Puzzle piece icons show the number of pieces, and just a few examples are shown here. There are also many variants on the tatsujin ("Expert") logo, which all refer to the (quite complicated!) system of grading that Epoch has developed.
 | 3000 small pieces |  | Glow-in-the-dark |
 | 2000 tiny pieces |  | Metallic |
 | 1000 pieces |  | High quality printing |
 | 300 pieces |  | High-gloss finish |
 | Expert (tatsujin) |  | Crystal (translucent plastic puzzle) |
(Updated June 2024)
Tenyo
- More about Tenyo
October 2022 The original Tenyo site is still at https://tenyo.jp/, but the jigsaw puzzles have moved to a new site at https://tenyo.store. The jigsaw puzzle index shows some puzzles; you can use the following links to select by pieces or topic. But each page shows a maximum of 24 puzzles, so almost always the list on our website will be more complete (for example, we currently have 128 1000-piece puzzles in stock). There does not appear to be any indication of whether puzzles are currently available or not.
Tenyo also produces a range of children's puzzles, with large pieces from sturdy thick card, and these are listed on the original website.
Below, the small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles shown in each list. (Note that these may be missing or out of date, and also many lists overlap.)
Traditional cardboard puzzles
108 pieces (22) - 200 pieces (14) - 300 pieces (24) - 500 pieces (24) - 1000 pieces (24) - 2000 pieces (12) - 1000 tiny pieces (20) - 456 small pieces panorama (5) - 2000 small pieces (2)
Opaque white plastic puzzles
266 small pieces (7) - 500 small pieces (12) - 1000 pieces (7) - 1000 small pieces (3)
Crystal translucent puzzles
266 spcs crys (24) - 456 spcs crys (8) - 500 spcs crys (24) - 1000 crys (8)
Special features
Canvas finish (24) - Double-sided (1) - Film art gallery (4) - Glow-in-the-dark (23) - Hologram finish (20) - Gilding style (5) - Photo frame insert (10) - Crystal hologram (8)
Puzzle series
Artist collection (24) - Twinkle shower collection (12) - One Day at Sunset (3) - Moonlight collection (3) - Once upon a time (4) - Light and shade (6) - Dramatic lighting (2)
Characters
Disney All Stars (24) - Mickey and friends (24) - Disney Princesses (24) - Pooh Bear (22) - Other Disney characters (24) - Pixar characters (24) - Star Wars (5) - Marvel series (5) - Harry Potter (12) - Miscellaneous (13)
Frames
Regular 108 pieces - Regular 200 pieces - Regular 300 pieces - Regular 500 pieces - Regular 950 pieces - Regular 1000 pieces - Regular 2000 pieces - Regular tiny 1000 pieces - Regular small 456 pieces - Opaque plastic 266 small pieces - Opaque plastic 500 small pieces - Opaque plastic 1000 pieces - Opaque plastic 1000 small pieces - Crystal translucent small 266 pieces - Crystal translucent small 456 pieces - Crystal translucent small 500 pieces - Crystal translucent 1000 pieces
Note: The Tenyo product codes all include the piece count. E.g. D-1000-245 is a 1000-piece puzzle.
(Updated September 2024)
Yanoman
- More about Yanoman
Yanoman website: https://www.yanoman.co.jp
The Yanoman site lists puzzles by piece count, by puzzle type, and by genre or character. The small numbers in parenthesis show the approximate number of puzzles in each category. (These may be missing or out of date.)
Jigsaw puzzles
Number of pieces: Under 100 (122) - 100-199 (80) - 200-499 (112) - 500-999 (80) - 1000 and above (119)
Puzzles by dimensions: 10x14.7 cm (74) - 16.5x21.5 cm (29) - 25x25 cm (16) - 26x38 cm (110) - 38x53 cm (58) - 50x75 cm (102)
Piece size: Compact pieces (24) - Large pieces (31) - Small pieces (184)
Topics: Scenic (103) - Kagaya Yutaka (28) - Lassen (17) - Disney Studios (122) - Wachifield (25) - Moomins (42) - Detective Conan (8) - Minions (31) - Evangelion (22) - Touken Ranbu (25) - Japanese art (6) - Artwork (58) - Maze detective Pierre (12) - Norman Rockwell (4) - Rika Oshima (3) - Momoko Murata (1) - Floral (10) - Pets (7)
Special puzzles: Space puzzles (3) (Blank puzzles for astronaut training) - Jigsaw puzzle silhouettes (8) - Lampshade puzzles (34) - Canvas finish (21) - Square puzzles (16) - Prism art (75) - Translucent minipuzzle with easel (35) - Mini-easel puzzles (5) - 3D puzzles (11)
Characters: Disney Studios (140) - Twisted Wonderland (21) - Kingdom Hearts (3) - Moomins (44) - Wachifield (29) - Minions (32) - Touken Ranbu (34) - Detective Conan (8) - Evangelion (22) - Moriarty the Patriot (2) - Burn the witch (1)
(Updated July 2024)
Apollo-sha
- More about Apollo
Main puzzle links on the Apollo website now redirect to Epoch, but other Apollo products, including children's puzzles and block puzzles remain on the website here: http://www.apollo-sha.co.jp/
There is a large range of Educational toys: here is a list of the main links - you will need to experiment with clicking the coloured links at the bottom of the second level pages (which are all images, so machine translation services are no help, unfortunately). Please ask if you are looking for specific children's puzzles, for example for learning hiragana or katakana.
Panorama puzzles (three-panel simple puzzles) - Children's puzzles (click the piece counts, from 10 to 63)
(Updated May 2017)
Miscellaneous
Here's a Google search for 'Jigsaw puzzle(s)' in Japanese.
