Japanese Stone Lanterns & Basins

Our ISHI DORO line of Japanese garden lanterns, posts and basins in traditional designs are hand-crafted from solid granite stone in the Xiamen province of Eastern China. The stone lanterns are available in many styles from the ornately formal to simply rustic in a variety of sizes and ALL are pre-drilled to accommodate low-voltage lighting! We are pleased to be able to offer these items at VERY reasonable prices and can ship them anywhere in the US.

SPRING 2025 CONTAINER NEWS! (posted 1/2/25)

Our 2nd Fall container campaign was very successful with a record number of orders packed and shipped and a few remaining to move in early January. We have a good variety of standing inventory available but taking orders for our Spring containers if we don't have what you want on-hand currently. Our first Spring container is booked and hopefully due in early to mid April with a 2nd one due late May - early June. We are already taking orders for these cans so send us your wish list and we will work-up pricing for you. TARIFF UNCERTAINTY LOOMS: WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP THREATENING TO INCREASE TARIFFS ON CHINESE IMPORTS FROM THE CURRENT 25% WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING BACK SURCHARGES TO COVER THIS EXTRA IMPORT COST IF THIS EVENT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. THE CONCEPT THAT TARIFFS HURT THE EXPORTING COUNTRY IS BLATANTLY ERRONEIOUS AND WE  HOPE HE WILL LISTEN TO LEVEL-HEADED ADVISORS WHO TELL HIM SUCH. NOT HOLDING OUR BREATHS...

TIPS ON BEATING THE HIGH COST OF SHIPPING: Stone lanterns and basins must ship via pallet freight except for the smallest sizes. This has gotten very expensive in the last year as fuel and labor costs have risen significantly in the trucking industry. We have a few suggestions on HOW TO GET THE BEST FREIGHT VALUE when purchasing these goods:                                              

1. Purchase multiple items if you can - due to common freight carrier pricing structure, it is about the same to pallet ship one item as it is two or three up to around 500 lbs. Costs go up from    there but not radically. Only want one item? Ask a friend if they want to place an order and split the pallet freight to one home the other!                                                                                              

2. Belong to a garden club? Get members together and make a group purchase to share freight costs as long as we ship to one location!                                                                                                 

3. Know a local business owner who has a loading dock or forklift? Ask them if you can have your order shipped there. You can save some real $$$ doing that OR if you have a truck and live near a major metro area, consider going to the freight terminal to pickup your order and avoid residential liftgate charges.

NOTE THAT AN ITEM LISTED AS "STOCK ITEM" WON'T MEAN THAT IT IS ALWAYS IN STOCK, JUST THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE ORDER FOR INVENTORY ON A REGULAR BASIS. "SPECIAL ORDER" USUALLY MEANS THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T ORDER THIS SIZE OR TYPE IN ON A REGULAR BASIS UNLESS REQUESTED BY A CUSTOMER BUT, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE SO CHECK WITH US TO BE SURE. SPECIAL ORDERS ARE USUALLY AVAILABLE WITH A 3-4 MONTH LEAD TIME DEPENDING ON WHEN THE ORDER IS PLACED IN RELATION TO THE TIMING OF OUR CONTAINERS WHICH ARE USUALLY LANDING IN SPRING AND FALL.

PLEASE INQUIRE ON-LINE about availability and shipping costs by clicking "Request a Quote" on the item you are interested in OR "Contact Us" if you need pricing and shipping on one or more items. ON-LINE INQUIRIES ENABLE US TO SERVE YOU BETTER WITH MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPLIES and many times we are outside on equipment and don't hear the phone. Thanks!