Rakuten Product Scraper — Prices, Points, Specs & Stock in JSON 🚀

🎉 Turn any Rakuten Ichiba search into a clean dataset — 25 fields per product, with tax-included JPY prices, Rakuten points, ratings, stock and full spec sheets.

Built for e-commerce sellers, pricing analysts and Japan-market researchers who need reliable 楽天 (Rakuten) data without writing a single line of code.

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📋 Overview

Rakuten Ichiba is Japan's #1 online marketplace — and this Rakuten product scraper turns it into structured data on demand. Type a keyword (Japanese or English), pick a category, or target a single shop, and get back a clean spreadsheet of every product: price, points, reviews, availability and more.

Why thousands of professionals choose us:

• ✅ No account, no API key, no code: Paste keywords, hit Start, download JSON/CSV/Excel. That's the whole workflow.
• ⚡ Two modes, one dataset: Fast Overview pulls ~45 products per page; Detail enriches each one with the full spec table, long description and complete image gallery.
• 🎯 25 structured fields per product: item code, title, JPY price, Rakuten points, free-shipping flag, shop, genre, rating, review count, images and live stock — decision-ready every time.
• 💰 Pay-per-result pricing: You're charged only for products you actually extract. Start free — no credit card needed.
• 💎 Native Rakuten filters: Sort, price band, genre id and shop code mirror the exact controls real shoppers use, so your data matches what buyers see.
• ✨ NEW: Authoritative tax-included price scraped straight from each product page in Detail mode — the number your customers actually pay.

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Keyword search (JP + ASCII): Search コーヒー, coffee, ワイヤレスイヤホン or any term — exactly like the Rakuten Ichiba search bar.
• 🧭 Genre & category browsing: Scope a keyword to a Rakuten category, or sweep an entire genre with no keyword at all.
• 🏬 Single-shop targeting: Restrict results to one Rakuten storefront by shop code for competitor or supplier monitoring.
• 🔃 Native sort orders: Standard relevance, price low→high, price high→low, newest arrivals or most reviewed.
• 💵 Price-band filtering: Set min/max price in JPY to capture only the segment you care about.
• 🎁 Rakuten points capture: Every record includes the loyalty points a purchase earns — critical for true landed-cost analysis in Japan.
• 🚚 Free-shipping flag: Instantly see which listings ship free.
• 🔬 Detail enrichment: Full specifications table, long product description and the complete image gallery per product.
• 📸 Full image galleries: Every product image URL, ready for feeds and catalogs.
• 📊 Clean JSON / CSV / Excel export: One search in, one tidy dataset out — no reshaping required.

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🎬 Quick Start

Add one or more keywords, choose Overview or Detail, set how many results you want, and run. Results stream into the Apify dataset as clean rows you can export or pull via API. Most first runs finish in under a minute.

curl -X POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sian.agency~rakuten-product-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"keywords": ["コーヒー"], "scrapeMode": "overview", "maxResults": 25}'

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🚀 Getting Started (3 Simple Steps)

Step 1: Add your keywords

Enter one or more search terms — Japanese (プロテイン) or English (coffee), one per line. No account or API key required.

Step 2: Choose your depth

Pick Overview for fast, wide catalog sweeps, or Detail to enrich every product with its full spec sheet, description and image gallery.

Step 3: Run and export

Hit Start, then download your results as JSON, CSV or Excel — or pull them straight from the dataset API.

That's it! In under a minute, you'll have:

• A clean table of Rakuten Ichiba products with prices, points and stock
• Ratings, review counts and shop details for every listing
• Export-ready data for pricing sheets, feeds or dashboards

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📥 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
keywords	array	No*	Free-text Rakuten Ichiba searches (Japanese or ASCII), one per line
scrapeMode	string	No	overview (fast) or detail (adds specs, description & full gallery)
sort	string	No	standard, price_asc, price_desc, newest or reviews
minPrice	integer	No	Only return products at or above this price (JPY)
maxPrice	integer	No	Only return products at or below this price (JPY)
genreId	string	No	Rakuten category id — scope a keyword, or sweep a whole genre (advanced)
shopCode	string	No	Restrict results to a single Rakuten shop (advanced)
maxResults	integer	No	Max products across all keywords (FREE: 25, PAID: unlimited)

* Provide at least one keyword or a genreId so there's something to scrape.

Example (keyword search):

{
  "keywords": ["コーヒー"],
  "scrapeMode": "overview",
  "sort": "reviews",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Bulk keywords + filters:

{
  "keywords": ["coffee", "ワイヤレスイヤホン", "プロテイン"],
  "scrapeMode": "detail",
  "minPrice": 1000,
  "maxPrice": 10000,
  "sort": "price_asc",
  "maxResults": 500
}

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📤 Output

Results are saved to the Apify dataset with 25 structured fields including:

Field	Type	Description
productTitle	string	Full product name as shown on Rakuten Ichiba
price	integer	Current tax-included price in Japanese yen (JPY)
currency	string	ISO currency code (JPY)
points	integer	Rakuten points earned on purchase
free_shipping	boolean	Whether postage is free
review_average	number	Average customer rating (0–5)
review_count	integer	Total number of reviews
availability	boolean	Whether the product is in stock
shop_name	string	Rakuten shop selling the item
shop_url	string	Link to the shop's storefront
genre_id	string	Rakuten genre (category) id
item_code	string	Canonical Rakuten product key
url	string	Direct link to the product page
thumbnail	string	Primary product image URL
images	array	Full image gallery (complete in Detail mode)
specs	object	Full key-value specifications table (Detail mode)
description	string	Long product description (Detail mode)

Plus item_id, catchcopy, shop_code, tag_ids, image_count, item_caption, source and run metadata.

Example:

{
  "thumbnail": "https://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/ajitokurashi/cabinet/coffee/drip-01.jpg",
  "item_code": "ajitokurashi:10000123",
  "item_id": 10000123,
  "productTitle": "ドリップコーヒー 100杯分 深煎りブレンド 自家焙煎",
  "url": "https://item.rakuten.co.jp/ajitokurashi/drip-100/",
  "source": "overview",
  "catchcopy": "送料無料 まとめ買いでお得",
  "price": 1980,
  "currency": "JPY",
  "points": 19,
  "free_shipping": true,
  "shop_name": "味と暮らし 楽天市場店",
  "shop_code": "ajitokurashi",
  "shop_url": "https://www.rakuten.co.jp/ajitokurashi/",
  "genre_id": "303017",
  "tag_ids": [1000317, 1002679],
  "review_average": 4.52,
  "review_count": 1843,
  "availability": true,
  "images": ["https://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/ajitokurashi/cabinet/coffee/drip-01.jpg"],
  "image_count": 1,
  "item_caption": "深煎りの香り高いドリップコーヒー",
  "description": null,
  "specs": {},
  "metadata": {
    "scrapeMode": "overview",
    "searches": ["コーヒー"],
    "sort": "standard",
    "userTier": "PAID",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-14T09:12:44Z"
  }
}

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💼 Use Cases & Examples

1. Price & Rakuten-points monitoring

Sellers and pricing analysts tracking how their catalog stacks up on Japan's biggest marketplace.

Input: Your product keywords or genre id, on a daily schedule Output: JPY prices, Rakuten points and free-shipping flags per listing Use: Spot undercuts, protect margin and factor loyalty points into true landed cost.

2. Competitor pricing intelligence

Brands and agencies benchmarking rivals across Rakuten Ichiba shops.

Input: Competitor keywords or a specific shopCode Output: Live prices, points, ratings and stock for every matching product Use: Build a Rakuten price scraper feed that shows exactly where you sit versus the market.

3. Catalog & assortment research

Category managers mapping what sells in a Japanese product category.

Input: A Rakuten genreId swept with no keyword Output: The full assortment — titles, prices, shops and review signals Use: Find whitespace, size the category and prioritize new SKUs.

4. In-stock & availability checks

Operations teams monitoring whether key products are purchasable right now.

Input: Exact product keywords or shop code, run frequently Output: A boolean availability flag plus price on every record Use: Trigger restock alerts and catch out-of-stock competitors.

5. Product-spec extraction for feeds

Marketplace and comparison sites that need complete product detail.

Input: Keywords in Detail mode Output: Full specifications table, long description and every image URL Use: Populate product feeds, PDPs and comparison pages with rich Rakuten Ichiba data.

6. Japan market & demand research

Analysts studying pricing, popularity and demand signals in Japan e-commerce.

Input: Broad keywords sorted by reviews or newest Output: Ratings, review counts and price distributions across shops Use: Quantify demand, track trends and inform Japan market-entry decisions.

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🔗 Integration Examples

JavaScript/Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('sian.agency/rakuten-product-scraper').call({
  keywords: ['コーヒー'],
  scrapeMode: 'overview',
  maxResults: 100,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items[0]);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('sian.agency/rakuten-product-scraper').call(
    run_input={'keywords': ['coffee'], 'scrapeMode': 'detail', 'maxResults': 100}
)

for item in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(item)

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sian.agency~rakuten-product-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"keywords": ["コーヒー"], "scrapeMode": "overview", "maxResults": 100}'

Automation Workflows (N8N / Zapier / Make)

1. Trigger: Schedule (e.g. daily price check) or webhook
2. HTTP Request: Call the actor API with your keywords
3. Process: Handle the JSON results — compare prices, flag stock-outs
4. Action: Save to a sheet, push to a dashboard or send an alert

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📊 Performance & Pricing

FREE Tier (Try It Now)

• 25 products per run — full feature access, same data quality
• No credit card required
• Perfect for testing keywords and small projects

PAID Tier (Production Ready)

• Unlimited products per run — scrape entire catalogs and genres in one go
• Faster, uninterrupted runs
• Pay-per-result: you're charged only for products successfully extracted

💰 Best price on the market — transparent pay-per-result pricing with a genuinely free tier, so you only pay for the Rakuten Ichiba data you keep.

🔗 View current pricing

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many products can I scrape? A: FREE tier: up to 25 products per run. PAID tier: unlimited — sweep whole genres or catalogs in a single run.

Q: Do I need a Rakuten account or an API key? A: No. Just enter keywords and run — no account, no API key, no code.

Q: Can I search in Japanese? A: Yes. Keywords work in Japanese (コーヒー, ワイヤレスイヤホン) or English (coffee) — exactly like the Rakuten Ichiba search bar.

Q: What's the difference between Overview and Detail mode? A: Overview is the fast path (~45 products per page) with prices, points, ratings and stock. Detail adds the full specifications table, the long product description, the complete image gallery and the authoritative tax-included price from each product page.

Q: Are prices tax-included and in yen? A: Yes. Prices are in Japanese yen (JPY), and Detail mode captures the authoritative tax-included price shown on the product page.

Q: What output formats are available? A: JSON, CSV and Excel — export directly from the Apify dataset or pull via API.

Q: Can I limit results to one shop or category? A: Yes. Use shopCode to restrict to a single Rakuten shop, or genreId to scope or sweep an entire category.

Q: Is this legal? A: Yes — the actor only extracts publicly available product data. See the legal section below.

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🐛 Troubleshooting

No results returned

• Make sure you provided at least one keyword or a genreId.
• Widen your minPrice/maxPrice band — tight filters can exclude everything.
• Try a broader keyword; very specific phrases may match few or no listings.

Fewer results than expected

• Check maxResults — on the FREE tier it caps at 25 products per run.
• Some keywords simply have a small catalog on Rakuten Ichiba.

Missing specs or description

• Those fields are populated in Detail mode only. Switch scrapeMode to detail.

Shop filter returns nothing

• Verify the shopCode matches the first path segment of an item URL: item.rakuten.co.jp/<shopCode>/....

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⚖️ Is it legal to scrape data?

Our actors are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses, gender, or location. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our actors, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe.

However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

You can also read Apify's blog post on the legality of web scraping.

Trademark disclaimer: Rakuten Product Scraper is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Rakuten. "Rakuten", "Rakuten Ichiba" (楽天市場) and related marks are trademarks of their respective owners. This actor accesses only publicly available data and is intended for lawful, ethical use.

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