TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US48.0% cheaper in Japan
Is WAKEMAKE Spatula Wide Foundation Brush cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$12.00 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$12.00 (48.0%): Japan ¥1,980 ≈ US$13.00, the US US$25.00.
01 · Verdict
48.0% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥1,980incl. tax · LOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price · In stock
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$13.00JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$25.00tax basis not stated · Listed price on K Beauty Outlet USA (shipping calculated at checkout; whether tax is included in the listed price is not stated) · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$12.0048.0% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapanLOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price | ¥1,980 | LOFT NEXT COSME ↗ | incl. taxIn stock |
| USListed price on K Beauty Outlet USA (shipping calculated at checkout; whether tax is included in the listed price is not stated) | US$25.00 | K Beauty Outlet USA ↗ | tax basis not statedIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$13.00 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$12.00 | 48.0%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 ¥1,980 and Taiwan NT$339 are list-price snapshots checked on the same date; shipping, tax refunds, and card fees are excluded. U.S. checked price: US$25.00 (K Beauty Outlet USA; shipping calculated at checkout, whether the listed price includes tax is unclear), checked 2026-09-24.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$13.19, still below the US by US$11.81.
- Break-even rate 0.0126 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
- LOFT NEXT COSME ↗LOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price · incl. tax · In stock · checked 2026-09-23
- US price
- K Beauty Outlet USA ↗Listed price on K Beauty Outlet USA (shipping calculated at checkout; whether tax is included in the listed price is not stated) · 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: WAKEMAKE Spatula Wide Foundation Brush/Taiwan product page: flat/single-edge foundation brushThe JP model "Spatula Wide Foundation Brush" = a spade-shaped, wide, flat foundation brush; the Taiwan momo listing for the same brand WAKEMAKE, product name "Flat-Top Foundation Brush (Flat Foundation Brush)," is a brush of the same flat, wide-head shape, likewise sold as a single unit, with no volume/piece-count difference, so it is determined to be the same product (different retailer, localized naming). The product page's title and price of NT$339 were confirmed directly via curl. Root re-verification: momo product page re-check: WAKEMAKE Flat-Top Foundation Brush, NT$339.
- 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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