TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US10.3% cheaper in Japan
Is Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 Touch Pen Display cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$362.15 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$362.15 (10.3%): Japan ¥478,000 ≈ US$3,137.80, the US US$3,499.95.
01 · Verdict
10.3% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥478,000incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$3,137.80JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$3,499.95excl. tax · US retailer list price (B&H; Cintiq Pro 27 DTH271K0A) · Listed
- cheaper in Japan
- US$362.1510.3% · 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 2026-09-19. 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) | ¥478,000 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USUS retailer list price (B&H; Cintiq Pro 27 DTH271K0A) | US$3,499.95 | B&H ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$3,137.80 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$362.15 | 10.3%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 ¥478,000, Taiwan NT$118,800; 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$3,184.86, still below the US by US$315.09.
- Break-even rate 0.0073 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
- B&H ↗US retailer list price (B&H; Cintiq Pro 27 DTH271K0A) · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-19
- 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: WACOM DTH271K0D, pen display, Cintiq Pro 27, black [27-inch]/Taiwan product page: Cintiq Pro 27, 27-inch touchscreen pen display, black, DTH271K0CThe Japan listing is the WACOM DTH271K0D LCD Pen Tablet, Cintiq Pro 27, Black [27-inch]. The Taiwan page's series (Cintiq Pro 27), size (27-inch), and touch drawing screen all match; model DTH271K0C's core, DTH271K0, matches Japan's DTH271K0D, differing only in the regional part-number suffix (C/D), promotional price NT$118,800. (Retailer: momo (Wacom official direct store)) The Taiwan price of NT$118,800 is about 1.45 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥434,545 ÷ 1.1 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$82,000), a normal cross-market retail price difference.
- 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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