Going to Japan and buy from Japan

I just came back from Japan after a

month. Audio, culture and great food. I brought back heavy pieces of equipment.  They were in their original double boxes! I went to a dept store a bought a very large hard case piece of luggage. Hard case because I didn’t want airplane handling to puncture thru soft case.  A very bright fiber glass luggage with wheels. A one time use luggage.  I had all paperwork but it wasn’t needed. Hamada to JFK to Naples Fl all good. Go to a Kisa jazz bar too !!!

an awesome trip the family will enjoy and so will you!

japan will welcome you!! Perfect place !

your on the Right Track the audio salons are spectacular, another highlight of your trip

buzz me if you’d like to discuss more 

When I returned I purchased a 400 watt 120v to 100v converter ( toroid xformer

) my equipment was turntable and Cartridge and phono preamp.  There are

many great converters on Amazon 2 day delivery !!

I'm going to Japan this year as well. I will be looking at tonearms, cartridges, and possibly cables but nothing that would require power conversion. I have had bad past experience with European equipment converted to US voltage. On the other hand I did once use a 100V Japanese tube amp with a Variac and it worked well, but that was not an expensive amp, and it was hard to resell.  Accuphase products are expensive even in Japan...way too risky even if it were set up for 120V in Japan, it would still be a gray market import here in the US.

Check eBay seller AC GEAR JAPAN. A few years ago I bought an amp and other gear from them. The shipping is included in the price. They are excellent to deal with. Tomo is one of the head of the store. They can also provide you with the conversion service if preferred that way. Back them, I received the amp 4 days after I placed my order. Everything was so smooth. Yes, today things are a little different than 2 years ago with importing goods and tariff. But something to consider. Good luck. BTW also if you need to repair your unit, they will take care of that. Probably you will have to pay for the shipping. Not sure about that. 

I purchased an Accuphase amp from a jp dealer on EBay. The voltage conversion was done by the dealer. The amp is built like a tank. I paid less for it than my Hegel 390. Had I purchased it state side it would have cost what my Pass 250 cost. If I only get 6 years out of it and it dies, I could care less. Since it’s not my main amp and I rotate 8 different amps I believe it will out live me.