Band Beyond Desu <the@aiko.com> wrote:
> chuckers <chuckersjp@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:53:29 PM UTC-5, John W. wrote:
>>> This is directed more towards gaigin not living in Japan. My son loves
>>> Aquarius; not Pokari Sweat - Aquarius is high on his list of all time
>>> favorite beverages. I cannot find it in any local Asian stores, Amazon
>>> doesn't have it - all I see online is Pocari Sweat. I assume that Coca
>>> Cola blocks importing it (they own Powerade, and that would be a
>>> competitor to their own brand).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can any one confirm? Have you seen it in any of the Asian stores where you live?
>>> 
>> 
>> Oh, and one more, apparently:
>> 
>> http://en.kenko.com/shop/en-us/list/sr/5/1/0/commodity/0/0/w/Aquarius
>> 
>> They will apparently ship overseas but it won't be cheap and I haven't
>> worked out how payments are handled for it just yet.
> 
> http://www.marukaiestore.com/search.aspx?searchterm=Aquarius
> 
> Marukai's e-store has it too.

And Marukai's a U.S. West Coast concern that ships to all the U.S.
excluding AK & HI (see the FAQ for more details). Basically they're a Japan
import food and general merch store; I've only ever been to the
brick-and-mortar location in Honolulu.