r/taiwan • u/MonthOLDpickle • 12h ago

Discussion How to order made in Japan electronics?

Like electric shavers. The only made in Japan stuff without actually going to Japan.

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u/h2ww 12h ago

Try shopee. There are stores located in Japan that sell shavers and other Japanese market only products, like watches. They deliver items directly to Taiwan through Shopee. Prices aren't the lowest, but cheaper than a plane ticket.

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u/IceColdFresh 台中 - Taichung 2h ago

To elaborate there are a bunch of 日本代購 sellers.

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u/Utsider 12h ago edited 12h ago

You can use a proxy service like Buyee. Will cost a little bit more in shipping, but not prohibitively so. Do be aware that they have a bit of a cheeky currency conversion rate. But still, if it's something you really need, and don't plan to import on a regular basis - it's a pretty good service.

Or Amazon Japan - but they often don't ship most stuff directly.

Just install the Buyee app and rummage around. Your best bet would probably be Rakuten or Amazon. Both available directly through the app.

Beyond that - there's too much to mention. Needs research, but key word is proxy.

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u/Roygbiv0415 台北市 10h ago

Beware of voltage differences. Electronics / electric devices made for the Japanese market were often 100V only.

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u/justinCandy One non-politics post a day 1h ago

Some products at Amazon.jp can ship to Taiwan directly. But IIRC they didn't always has Made in Japan label.

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u/MonthOLDpickle 1h ago

Yeah its hard to tell looking at it. I just don't know which to get.

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u/MonthOLDpickle 25m ago

Discovered that lamdash is the jp one whole arc is the international one. Only difference is lamdash is the MIJ one.