TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US46.4% cheaper in Japan
Is Panasonic ES-4L03 Electric Shaver Cleaning Solution, 3-Pack, for Charging Station cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$5.57 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$5.57 (46.4%): Japan ¥980 ≈ US$6.43, the US US$12.00.
01 · Verdict
46.4% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥980incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$6.43JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$12.00tax basis not stated · Japan-based retailer U.S.-dollar offer; shipping is calculated at checkout and taxes/import charges are not stated. · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$5.5746.4% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanprice incl. tax shown on the source page (JPY) | ¥980 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USJapan-based retailer U.S.-dollar offer; shipping is calculated at checkout and taxes/import charges are not stated. | US$12.00 | WAFUU ↗ | tax basis not statedIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$6.43 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$5.57 | 46.4%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 ¥980, Taiwan NT$259; 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$6.53, still below the US by US$5.47.
- Break-even rate 0.0122 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 page (JPY) · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- WAFUU ↗Japan-based retailer U.S.-dollar offer; shipping is calculated at checkout and taxes/import charges are 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: Panasonic cleaning solution for shaver cleaning charger (3-pack), ES-4L03/Taiwan product page: ES-4L03, 3-pack, matches the Japan listing's model ES-4L03 and 3-pack countmomo's product title "[Panasonic] Japan ES-4L03 Electric Shaver Cleaning Solution … 3-pack" is priced at NT$259, stock 55. Another storefront with the same model (i_code 13833994) is priced at NT$450 but is sold_out, so this in-stock storefront was used instead. (Storefront: momo shopping, third-party seller)
- 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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