TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US41.6% cheaper in Japan
Is Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones 1st Generation, Deep Plum, Bluetooth Over-Ear Headphones cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$178.70 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$178.70 (41.6%): Japan ¥38,280 ≈ US$251.29, the US US$429.99.
01 · Verdict
41.6% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥38,280incl. tax · Japan chain retailer list price (kakaku.com price comparison; Yamada Web.com, in stock; K's Denki same price, Bic Camera / Kojima / Sofmap ¥43,800) · In stock
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$251.29JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$429.99tax basis not stated · Target US product page price; checkout tax depends on destination · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$178.7041.6% · US list price as denominator
US stickers exclude state and local tax; Japan stickers include tax. The bases differ, so this is not a landed cost.
Japanincl. tax、the UStax basis not stated; where the tax basis differs, only the list prices are compared; a comparison of two named sources’ list prices, before card fees, shipping and tax refunds. Checked 2026-09-24. Before you order, use theJapan source page and the US source pagecurrent prices.
Japan vs US price table
| Market | List price | Source · checked | Tax basis · stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapanJapan chain retailer list price (kakaku.com price comparison; Yamada Web.com, in stock; K's Denki same price, Bic Camera / Kojima / Sofmap ¥43,800) | ¥38,280 | Kakaku.com product page ↗ | incl. taxIn stock |
| USTarget US product page price; checkout tax depends on destination | US$429.99 | Target.com ↗ | tax basis not statedIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$251.29 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$178.70 | 41.6%US list price as denominator | Extra fees not includedCard fee, shipping and tax-free extra |
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Is it worth buying in Japan?
Japan ¥38,280 (chain-store price at Yamada Webcom) and Taiwan NT$9,900 are list-price snapshots checked on the same date; shipping, tax refunds, and card fees are excluded. Kakaku.com also has an online-shop offer at ¥29,522, but that is not a chain-store price, so this site does not use it. U.S. price checked 2026-09-24: Target.com lists it at US$429.99; the page shows that it can be added to cart.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$255.06, still below the US by US$174.93.
- Break-even rate 0.0112 USD/JPY: above it the the US sticker is the cheaper one (this check used 0.0066, cross-converted from the Bank of Taiwan yen and dollar rates).
Before you buy
- Fixed at comparing the 1st-generation QuietComfort Ultra Headphones; do not compare against the 2nd Gen version or the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds.
- Japan price is the listed price at major chain retailers (Yamada / Bic Camera / K's Denki / Kojima), not the lowest price from an unnamed online store on a price-comparison site.
- The Taiwan price is a retail-channel list price, not the brand's official price; price and stock follow the page on the day of verification.
05 · Sources
Each price keeps its source link, price kind, tax basis and check date, and is calculated with the TravPrice comparison method. If a price or model is wrong, check the source page and report it.
- Japan price
- Kakaku.com product page ↗Japan chain retailer list price (kakaku.com price comparison; Yamada Web.com, in stock; K's Denki same price, Bic Camera / Kojima / Sofmap ¥43,800) · incl. tax · In stock · checked 2026-09-15
- US price
- Target.com ↗Target US product page price; checkout tax depends on destination · tax basis not stated · In stock · checked 2026-09-24
- FX
- Bank of Taiwan FX ↗Bank of Taiwan spot selling reference rate; the US dollar is cross-converted · JPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) · 2026-09-10 23:22:00 (Taiwan time)
- Model match
- 1st generation QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (not 2nd generation)The Japan price used is the lowest large-chain listing on kakaku.com's "QuietComfort Ultra Headphones" (J0000042682) page: Yamada Web.com ¥38,280 (in stock), K's Denki at the same price (inquire), Bic Camera.com/Kojima Net/Sofmap ¥43,800 (in stock); the page's "lowest price" of ¥29,522 (an online-only store with no physical location) was not used. Taiwan is PChome 24h's "Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, Deep Plum, Bluetooth Over-Ear Headphones" (DGCT19-A900IM2WC), priced at NT$9,900, likewise the first generation. (Generation note: this listing is the first generation, released in 2023; the second generation, QuietComfort Ultra Headphones 2nd Gen, is priced at ¥59,400 at Japan chains and NT$15,800 at Taiwan's PChome, with a separate entry created, bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-2nd-gen.)
- Official product page
- Brand product page ↗Product images on this site are redrawn illustrations; use the official page for appearance, extras and packaging.
- This page generated
- Generated from the same checked data; it is recalculated when the data updates.
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