TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US62.7% cheaper in Japan
Is Shiseido Medicated Hand Cream (Red Can) 100g cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$5.51 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$5.51 (62.7%): Japan ¥499 ≈ US$3.28, the US US$8.79.
01 · Verdict
62.7% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥499tax basis not stated · cross-border online store displayed price (JPY; price for Taiwan delivery address, tax basis not stated) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$3.28JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$8.79tax basis not stated · Listed price on Weee!’s direct product page; price and availability may vary by delivery area · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$5.5162.7% · 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.
Japantax basis not stated、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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japancross-border online store displayed price (JPY; price for Taiwan delivery address, tax basis not stated) | ¥499 | Don Quijote Cross-Border Store ↗ | tax basis not statedListed |
| USListed price on Weee!’s direct product page; price and availability may vary by delivery area | US$8.79 | Weee! US ↗ | tax basis not statedIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$3.28 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$5.51 | 62.7%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 ¥499, Taiwan NT$199; 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$3.32, still below the US by US$5.47.
- Break-even rate 0.0176 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
- Don Quijote Cross-Border Store ↗cross-border online store displayed price (JPY; price for Taiwan delivery address, tax basis not stated) · tax basis not stated · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- Weee! US ↗Listed price on Weee!’s direct product page; price and availability may vary by delivery area · 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
- Japan ranking listing: 100g/bottle; JAN 4550516493644; source category: body care; Taiwan product page: 100g; list price NT$259, promo price NT$199The JP entry's JAN is 4550516493644; a Google search verified this JAN corresponds to the official Japanese product name "More Deep Medicated Hand Cream" (FiNE TODAY Shiseido, urea/xylitol/vitamin E formula, 100g). This momo page's Chinese translation, "Urea Deep Hand Cream 100g," with "urea" and "deep," corresponds exactly to "More" "Deep" and the urea formula, confirming this is the Chinese marketing name for the same product, not a mistranslation of a different "red tin" hand cream. The momo page currently shows sold out, which complies with the "record stock status as-is" rule. Root re-verification: momo product page re-check: SHISEIDO Urea Deep Hand Cream 100g, promotional price NT$199, currently sold out. The same product (same JAN) had a separate entry created on multiple rankings; donki-skincare-1537846185416 was merged into this entry (formerly tw-fill-donki-skincare-1537846185416).
- 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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