TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US49.0% cheaper in Japan
Is fwee Glow Smoothie Lip Balm GC02 Acai Vanilla cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$8.33 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$8.33 (49.0%): Japan ¥1,320 ≈ US$8.67, the US US$17.00.
01 · Verdict
49.0% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥1,320incl. tax · LOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$8.67JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$17.00excl. tax · official list price · Listed
- cheaper in Japan
- US$8.3349.0% · 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 2026-09-18. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapanLOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price | ¥1,320 | LOFT NEXT COSME ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USofficial list price | US$17.00 | fwee USA ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$8.67 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$8.33 | 49.0%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 ¥1,320, Taiwan NT$324; 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$8.80, still below the US by US$8.20.
- Break-even rate 0.0129 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
- LOFT NEXT COSME ↗LOFT NEXT COSME ranking list price · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- fwee USA ↗official list price · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-18
- 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: Fwee Glow Smoothie Lip Balm, GC02 Acai Vanilla/Taiwan product page: shade GC02 ACAI VANILLA (one of 18 shades available)The shade list on fwee's Taiwan official site product page directly lists "GC02 ACAI VANILLA," matching the worklist product name's shade "GC02 Acai Vanilla" exactly — this is the brand's official Taiwan channel (not momo/PChome, but a direct-operated official site, which qualifies under the rule allowing "each brand's Taiwan official site"). root re-check: fwee Taiwan official site product page re-check: Smoothie Tinted Lip Balm NT$324 (18 shades to choose from, Japan listing is GC02). US price 2026-09-18: fwee.us Smoothie Tinted Lip Balm variant GC02 Acai Vanilla SKU 21A09251113 $17.00.
- 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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