Hi guys,
thanks a lot for all your help. It has been very useful! I finally got myself one through an acquaintance in Tokyo, who used to work in Niigata!!! I also found it at Miyakoya Shouten in Niigata, next to Ojiya station.
http://www.echigo.ne.jp/~miyakoya/
Arigato and KAMPAI cause thats what will be next for me now!
Dewalt