Import price check · snapshot September 27, 2026
Acoustic Carbon: Amazon.com vs. Amazon.co.jp landed cost
A carbon-inner attacking blade where the Japan discount almost entirely disappears once shipping is added in -- a useful "barely worth it" example.
Marginal — barely worth itAcoustic Carbon is Nittaku's carbon-inner attacking blade, one tier below the Cybershape and Tenaly comparisons above in how much the Japan price actually saves you. Like Tenaly Original, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp share the identical ASIN (B00HRJUYGM), so this is another clean apples-to-apples check.
That listing is $127.70 on Amazon.com. On Amazon.co.jp it was discounted 28% to $100.55 at capture time, and shipping to a US address was quoted at $20.94 -- a landed cost of $121.49.
| Source | Item price | Shipping to US | Landed total | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.comNC-0385, flare handle | $127.70 | — | $127.70 | Visit ↗ |
| Amazon.co.jpIdentical Amazon ASIN (B00HRJUYGM) · Amazon.co.jp price already reflects a 28% marketplace discount off its ¥-equivalent list price | $100.55 | $20.94 | $121.49 | Visit ↗ |
Landed from Japan is $6.21 cheaper (about 5%) than Amazon.com, captured September 27, 2026.
What this means for you
That's only a $6.21 gap, about 5% cheaper landed -- and that's while Amazon.co.jp happened to be running a 28% discount. At its undiscounted price, this item would likely cost more landed from Japan than buying it on Amazon.com. This is the borderline case in this batch: technically cheaper right now, but not by enough to bank on, and the gap could flip either direction with normal price movement.
If you're deciding whether to import a mid-priced blade like this one, check the live Amazon.co.jp price against this $100.55 reference before assuming the discount still applies.
Methodology
How we checked this: on September 27, 2026, we visited Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp directly and recorded the listed price and, for Amazon.co.jp, the shipping fee quoted to a US address (Bellevue, WA). Where the identical item is listed under the same Amazon product ID (ASIN) on both sites, we note that below -- it's the cleanest possible comparison, since it rules out us accidentally comparing two different products.
"Landed cost" on this page means Amazon.co.jp's item price plus that quoted shipping fee, added together. It is still not a full checkout total: US customs duty was not assessed for this snapshot and can apply on top of what's shown here. Amazon.co.jp displayed its prices already converted to USD for the account we used; we did not perform a separate currency conversion. This is a manual, one-time snapshot, not a live price feed -- always confirm destination, shipping cost, and any duty on Amazon's own checkout page before ordering, and treat every number on this page as a starting point, not today's price.
Why no Butterfly? Every Butterfly product we tried to check showed "this item can't be shipped to your selected delivery location" on Amazon.co.jp -- a brand-wide shipping block, not a one-off. So this round of guides covers STIGA, Nittaku, and Yasaka products instead, which do ship to US addresses.