The thing that's somewhat frustrating is that all of the usual spots are completely out of rods. I suppose makers in Japan have a different development and product innovation timeline than here in the States. Someone should start a JDM rumors blog on new releases.

Those Yamaga Blanks are very nice looking rods. I've been eyeballing them for quite some time now. If there were any in-stock, I don't know that I wouldn't already have one.