TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US36.5% cheaper in Japan
Is Renewal Miracle Face Wash cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$45.57 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$45.57 (36.5%): Japan ¥12,100 ≈ US$79.43, the US US$125.00.
01 · Verdict
36.5% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥12,100incl. tax · @cosme H1 2026 New Release Award by price tier, ranking list price · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$79.43JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$125.00tax basis not stated · Amazon.com listing; POLA B.A Wash 100g ASIN B01M15KIZP (Alice JAPAN marketplace offer) · Listed
- cheaper in Japan
- US$45.5736.5% · 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 2026-09-23. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan@cosme H1 2026 New Release Award by price tier, ranking list price | ¥12,100 | @cosme 2026 H1 New Product Awards by Price ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USAmazon.com listing; POLA B.A Wash 100g ASIN B01M15KIZP (Alice JAPAN marketplace offer) | US$125.00 | Amazon.com ↗ | tax basis not statedListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$79.43 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$45.57 | 36.5%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 ¥12,100, Taiwan NT$2,649; both are same-day price snapshots taken when checked, excluding shipping, tax refunds, and card fees.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$80.62, still below the US by US$44.38.
- Break-even rate 0.0103 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
- Only paired when capacity, pack count, and main-unit/refill status match; differences in color, retailer, or stock do not affect the same-product determination.
- The Taiwan price is a retail-channel list price (which may be an authorized import, a parallel import, or a cross-border storefront), 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
- @cosme 2026 H1 New Product Awards by Price ↗@cosme H1 2026 New Release Award by price tier, ranking list price · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- Amazon.com ↗Amazon.com listing; POLA B.A Wash 100g ASIN B01M15KIZP (Alice JAPAN marketplace offer) · tax basis not stated · Listed · checked 2026-09-23
- 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
- Japan ranking listing: B.A Wash (official product page capacity/tax-included price: 100g, 12,100 yen)/Taiwan product page: 100gPChome's page-internal product title (prodDetail JSON) is "[POLA] B.A Face Wash N 100g (Genuine Authorized-Distributor Stock)," the same POLA B.A-series face wash as the Japan version's "B.A Wash," with the same 100g spec; "Rebirth Miracle" is merely the Taiwan distributor's marketing translation. Root re-verification: PChome product API re-check: [POLA] B.A Face Wash N 100g (Genuine Authorized-Distributor Stock), NT$2,649; the volume matches the Japan official page's 100g.
- 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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