TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US11.1% cheaper in the US
Is Apple Mac Studio (Custom), Apple M5 Max chip, 18-core CPU/32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, 1TB SSD, Silver cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$311.23 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$311.23 (11.1%): Japan ¥473,800 ≈ US$3,110.23, the US US$2,799.00.
01 · Verdict
11.1% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥473,800incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$3,110.23JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$2,799.00excl. tax · official list price · Listed
- cheaper in US
- US$311.2311.1% · 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 USexcl. tax; 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 2026-09-18. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanprice incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) | ¥473,800 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USofficial list price | US$2,799.00 | Apple US official ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$3,110.23 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$311.23 | 11.1%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 ¥473,800, Taiwan NT$95,400; 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$3,156.88, above the US by US$357.88.
- Break-even rate 0.0059 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
- Bic Camera ↗price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- Apple US official ↗official list price · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-18
- 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: Apple [custom-configured model] Mac Studio, Apple M5 Max chip model [2026 summer model/no monitor/SSD 1TB/memory 36GB/18-core CPU and 32-core GPU], silver, CTOMHL64J/A●Z1U400DY/Taiwan product page: M5 Max chip, 18-core CPU/32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 1TB SSD, silver, no monitorThe Japan listing is the Apple [Custom Model] Mac Studio with the Apple M5 Max chip [2026 Summer model / no monitor / SSD 1TB / RAM 36GB / 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU], Silver, CTOMHL64J/A ● Z1U400DY. Selecting "M5 Max chip / 18-core CPU 32-core GPU / 36GB RAM / 1TB storage" on Apple Taiwan's official Mac Studio purchase page (the deep-link https://www.apple.com/tw/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio/... read NT$95,400) matches the chip, CPU/GPU core counts, RAM, storage, and Silver color, a single price for this custom configuration. (Retailer: Apple Taiwan official online store) Apple Taiwan's official site is currently a Mac Studio pre-order page (on sale September 22); the list price is the officially announced pre-order price; the Taiwan price of NT$95,400 is about 1.07 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥430,727 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$89,419), a normal cross-market retail price difference. US price 2026-09-18: apple-store apple-mac-studio-m5-max-18cpu-32gpu-36gb-1tb US $2,799.
- 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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