Import price check · snapshot September 27, 2026
Tenaly Original: Amazon.com vs. Amazon.co.jp landed cost
The single biggest gap we found: the exact same Amazon listing (identical ASIN) costs less than half as much on Amazon.co.jp as it does on Amazon.com.
Worth importingTenaly Original is a mid-range 5-ply all-wood attacking blade from Nittaku. What makes this comparison unusually clean is that Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp are selling the literal same catalog listing -- identical Amazon product ID (ASIN B001C5E170) on both sites -- so there's no guessing about whether the two sides match.
That identical listing is $113.59 on Amazon.com. On Amazon.co.jp, the same ASIN is $37.43, plus $20.94 quoted shipping to a US address, for a landed cost of $58.37.
| Source | Item price | Shipping to US | Landed total | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.comNE-6782, 5-ply all-wood blade | $113.59 | — | $113.59 | Visit ↗ |
| Amazon.co.jpIdentical Amazon ASIN (B001C5E170) as the Amazon.com listing · only 1 left in stock at capture time | $37.43 | $20.94 | $58.37 | Visit ↗ |
Landed from Japan is $55.22 cheaper (about 49%) than Amazon.com, captured September 27, 2026.
What this means for you
That's a $55.22 gap -- about 49% cheaper landed from Japan, the largest percentage difference of anything in this batch, on the cleanest possible comparison since both listings share one ASIN. If you were only going to try importing one item from this guide, this is the one with the best-documented case for it.
The catch: Amazon.co.jp showed only 1 unit left in stock when we checked. This specific listing could sell out or get repriced at any time -- treat the $37.43 as a snapshot, not a standing offer, and recheck before you order.
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.