I started collecting Hello! Project and Morning Musume original stuff just about a year ago and have been buying some of it through YesAsia.com. I must say that original Japanese stuff are very expensive compared to those original Korean and Chinese stuffs. And just only recently that yes asia has released a Chinese/HK version of Morning Musume and Hello! Project stuff... probably because an official Hello! Project Chinese site was recently set up, not to mention that Morning Musume recently had 2 new members from China.

At first I was hesitant to buy the chinese version thinking that it might lack something that's in the japanese version. But later on, I found out that it's exactly the same as the japanese version, content wise. And to top it off, it's cheaper than the japanese version! Also, one can't help to think whether it's authentic or just imitation... but knowing YesAsia, they probably won't sell imitations and upon opening the product, it says that it is actually authorized by their japanese counterparts. So it got me into thinking that from now on, if I am to buy their videos, singles or albums, I'd probably buy the chinese version instead.

Photobooks, on the other hand, has no chinese version, so I have no choice but to buy the japanese one.