My sister lives in Tokyo, and I was thinking about asking her to by this camera and bring home to Christmas. the question is if anyone of you can recommend a shop in Tokyo? And do you have any idea of what the Japanese price is?
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Where to buy Sea & Sea DX-1G in Tokyo?
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Where to buy Sea & Sea DX-1G in Tokyo?
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So no resident Japanese here in the forum.
To reply myself, I found this shop with a web shop that seem decent if anyone is interested (about the same prices as I found in the US):
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oskar,
try d-aquos near akihabara in Kanda...
http://www.d-aquos.com/c_camera/digicame/dx1g.html
I recall they had a pretty good selection of S&S stuff. How's your sis' Japanese reading skills? Here is a map with the shop's location. For reference, the top red station is JR Akihabara Station. Bottom red station is JR Kanda Station. Or take subway (ginza line) to Kanda station (exit #5). The store is on Chuo Dori (street) before you cross that little river and into the Akihabara electronics town. The shop is pretty visible as you walk along the street.
http://www.d-aquos.com/shop/map.html
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So no resident Japanese here in the forum.
To reply myself, I found this shop with a web shop that seem decent if anyone is interested (about the same prices as I found in the US):
We've bought scuba stuff at Aqros' shop in Shibuya, a major shopping area. The store is not too far from the station. Their price on Sea & Sea stuff has been good compared to the U.S.; we bought a S&S strobe and arm set there.
Looks like the price is about $900 US. Also like many Japanese stores, they have a point card system where you earn a percentage of your purchase as credits on a future purchase. You can't use it on the original purchase, but I think at Aqros we were able to use it on an accessory purchase on the same visit. I think the website indicates 5% points on the DX-1G, so net price really is more like $855.
My wife lived in Tokyo until we got married. We still buy some stuff on visits; in particular we've found better fitting masks for Asian faces from Gull and TUSA than the ones in the U.S. Also interesting to check out the styles there - yes, most Japanese divers are women, and wetsuits come in many colors like pearly white, pink, or aqua blue rather than tech-diver black. The TUSA mask I bought there was intended for a small female face - I picked black, but there's a little cartoon dolphin and stars in the corner of the glass
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they do not ship internationally
We've bought scuba stuff at Aqros' shop in Shibuya, a major shopping area. The store is not too far from the station. Their price on Sea & Sea stuff has been good compared to the U.S.; we bought a S&S strobe and arm set there.Looks like the price is about $900 US. Also like many Japanese stores, they have a point card system where you earn a percentage of your purchase as credits on a future purchase. You can't use it on the original purchase, but I think at Aqros we were able to use it on an accessory purchase on the same visit. I think the website indicates 5% points on the DX-1G, so net price really is more like $855.
My wife lived in Tokyo until we got married. We still buy some stuff on visits; in particular we've found better fitting masks for Asian faces from Gull and TUSA than the ones in the U.S. Also interesting to check out the styles there - yes, most Japanese divers are women, and wetsuits come in many colors like pearly white, pink, or aqua blue rather than tech-diver black. The TUSA mask I bought there was intended for a small female face - I picked black, but there's a little cartoon dolphin and stars in the corner of the glass
