About us

Welcome to ScaleMates Japan! We are based in Chiba, Japan. As you can see on the website, we are an online model store.

I am Ryo, I’ve been modeling since elementary school, and I’m guessing some of you started even earlier than me. For today, I think it’s like Charles Dickens said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.

On the one hand, more and more new technologies are used in model design and molding, and new manufacturers and products are emerging. However, on the other hand, supply chain problems caused by international tensions, the closure of many model stores due to soaring real estate prices, and the ever-increasing number of scalpers, all of this has made it more and more expensive for hobbyists to acquire model kits, and many products are even more difficult to find!

What we are committed to is providing you with products at the proper price. For new products, we will make sure that you receive the product at the first time, instead of waiting for months. For existing products, we will do our best to restock, or seeking second hand products for you, and if we can’t get them, we will let you know, rather than displaying a bunch of fake “back order” on the page for you to wait in vain.

I hope you will create more and more excellent model works! And having more and more unopened kits piling up in your rooms and garages : p