TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US22.6% cheaper in Japan
Is ELIXIR New Targeted Anti-Wrinkle Firming Eye & Lip Repair Cream cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$12.66 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$12.66 (22.6%): Japan ¥6,600 ≈ US$43.33, the US US$55.99.
01 · Verdict
22.6% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥6,600incl. tax · source reference price incl. tax (15g) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$43.33JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$55.99tax 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$12.6622.6% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japansource reference price incl. tax (15g) | ¥6,600 | @cosme ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USListed price on Weee!’s direct product page; price and availability may vary by delivery area | US$55.99 | Weee! US ↗ | tax basis not statedIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$43.33 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$12.66 | 22.6%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 ¥6,600, Taiwan NT$1,379; 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$43.98, still below the US by US$12.01.
- Break-even rate 0.0085 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
- @cosme ↗source reference price incl. tax (15g) · incl. tax · 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: 15g, 6,600 yen (per editorial research) | original brand ELIXIR/Taiwan product page: 15gThe Japan listing is ELIXIR's Retinol Power Wrinkle Cream ba, 15g, ¥6,600 (per the editorial team's research). The Taiwan page: ELIXIR's "New Targeted Anti-Wrinkle Firming Eye & Lip Repair Cream," a 15g travel-size spec, a targeted eye-and-lip anti-wrinkle product, with the 15g volume matching the Japanese "ba" version (the eye/lip-targeted version); there is also a 22g full-size version (a different volume, different price) corroborating that ba = the 15g targeted small-volume version. (Retailer: Tokyo Selection (a momo Mall cross-border store))
- 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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