TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US60.9% cheaper in Japan
Is CANMAKE Ultra-Fine Smooth Gel Eyeliner Pencil cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$7.31 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$7.31 (60.9%): Japan ¥715 ≈ US$4.69, the US US$12.00.
01 · Verdict
60.9% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥715incl. tax · reference price incl. tax (source page) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$4.69JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$12.00excl. tax · US retailer list price (Amazon.com; CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 02; catalog lists 9 shades at one price) · Listed
- cheaper in Japan
- US$7.3160.9% · 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 2026-09-19. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanreference price incl. tax (source page) | ¥715 | @cosme ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USUS retailer list price (Amazon.com; CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 02; catalog lists 9 shades at one price) | US$12.00 | Amazon ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$4.69 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$7.31 | 60.9%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 ¥715, Taiwan NT$315; 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$4.76, still below the US by US$7.24.
- Break-even rate 0.0168 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 ↗reference price incl. tax (source page) · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- Amazon ↗US retailer list price (Amazon.com; CANMAKE Creamy Touch Liner 02; catalog lists 9 shades at one price) · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-19
- 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: 715 yen | original brand CANMAKE/Taiwan product page: single gel pen, any of 9 shades same price (Taiwan product page does not list capacity)The Japan listing is CANMAKE's Creamy Touch Liner (gel eyeliner pencil). The Taiwan page: CANMAKE's "Ultra-Fine Smooth Gel Eyeliner Pencil," 9 shades (including the sheer 40th-anniversary Crimson limited color), all the same price, with the item type and pencil type (smooth gel eyeliner) matching; neither the Japanese nor the Chinese source lists a gram weight for item-by-item comparison, so this was determined by item type/formulation. (Retailer: momo's own store / CANMAKE Taiwan distributor channel) Neither the Japan side nor the Taiwan page states a volume/weight; the comparison could only be made by item type (gel eyeliner), not a word-for-word model check.
- 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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