how do i import laptop from japan?
Japan - 5 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Switch the settings to English Get rid of the boxes and claim it’s your own personal laptop You can also call the airport and ask them Oh import , so you’re in the USA and you want them to import it back to the USA? It’s possible just pay shipping and handling..
Answer 2 :
First, you can just switch the settings to English. The question is why you would want to import a computer from Japan. You want a Japanese keyboard and OS? If so, you just have to deal with the high cost of shipping.
Answer 3 :
you'll need to find a company that is willing to export the computer to you.
Answer 4 :
Just save time, money and stress and buy a cheaper laptop from your end. Unless you understand the Japanese characters, the laptop will be pointless to you. Why do you want to go through all this hassle?
Answer 5 :
Well, it will be your average laptop with Japanese letters on some keys of the keyboards along with ordinary alphabets, and annoyingly, the positions of some letters are different, like @. In Canada sometimes laptops have these strange symbols to be French friendly, and that's kind of like it. There is this line of thought that Japan is technologically advanced and thus laptops sold over there are different from the ones sold in, say, North America. But in fact they are the same as far as the architecture and the CPU and the memory size and stuff like these are concerned. They have your ordinary Intel or AMD CPUs. The differences would the keyboard, the language of the softwares, and the fact that Japanese consumer computers have this huge set of user softwares already installed, like Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and whatnot, which you may find overkill and useless. So how do you buy a Japanese laptop? Well, as always, I refer you to Amazon Japan. They sell laptops, of course, and they ship internationally as well
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
charging my laptop in japan
charging my laptop in japan?
i want to bring my macbook and canon battery charger to japan... but i heard that there are only 2-prong outlets in Japan... do I need a converter from 3-prong to 2-prong? what do you suggest? :/
Japan - 5 Answers
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Answer 1 :
buy a universal adaptor which comes with surge protector ,it will be useful for you when you travel alot
Answer 2 :
you can buy a converter at almost any travel store. i went to Europe (greece, turkey, rome) last summer and i went to a travel store cuz i needed stuff to charge my MacBook Pro and iPhone. they have just about any prong configuration you'll need. don't worry
Answer 3 :
You can get international voltage converters at places like Walmart or Best Buy. Radio Shack might have them as well.
Answer 4 :
Is your laptop N.American or is European or some other country? If it is a N. American laptop and has three pins, all you need is a simple 3pin to 2 pin adapter. By "pin" I mean the two flat ones. As shown here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2225.html You do not need to purchase any type of voltage converters or transformers! If you got a European model or some other model that does not use the two flat type pins then you'll need a voltage converter/transformer to step down from 220v to Japan 100v.
Answer 5 :
Carl mentioned a voltage converter, Even though you don't NEED one, they don't hurt either. And the right one will also act as a surge protector as well
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i want to bring my macbook and canon battery charger to japan... but i heard that there are only 2-prong outlets in Japan... do I need a converter from 3-prong to 2-prong? what do you suggest? :/
Japan - 5 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
buy a universal adaptor which comes with surge protector ,it will be useful for you when you travel alot
Answer 2 :
you can buy a converter at almost any travel store. i went to Europe (greece, turkey, rome) last summer and i went to a travel store cuz i needed stuff to charge my MacBook Pro and iPhone. they have just about any prong configuration you'll need. don't worry
Answer 3 :
You can get international voltage converters at places like Walmart or Best Buy. Radio Shack might have them as well.
Answer 4 :
Is your laptop N.American or is European or some other country? If it is a N. American laptop and has three pins, all you need is a simple 3pin to 2 pin adapter. By "pin" I mean the two flat ones. As shown here: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2225.html You do not need to purchase any type of voltage converters or transformers! If you got a European model or some other model that does not use the two flat type pins then you'll need a voltage converter/transformer to step down from 220v to Japan 100v.
Answer 5 :
Carl mentioned a voltage converter, Even though you don't NEED one, they don't hurt either. And the right one will also act as a surge protector as well
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Help please.. If you had to guess, About how much would it cost to ship a Laptop from Ohio to Japan
Help please.. If you had to guess, About how much would it cost to ship a Laptop from Ohio to Japan?
Japan - 4 Answers
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Answer 1 :
I don't know the cost, but I've heard this is a really bad idea (from all sorts of Study Abroad meetings/horror stories.) Sometimes, the laptop can cost more money than the laptop itself because of fees that ensue over shipping, but mostly from the fact that they may charge you money to retrieve the laptop. (This applies to laptops exclusively, from what I understand...) Anyway, I don't know if that helps at all, but if all possible maybe you could just take the laptop with you out of the country.
Answer 2 :
Usually with shipping and handling costs, it's much cheaper to buy the laptop in Japan (Japan has far more advanced and faster technology than the west) Costs could be anywhere from 120 - 300 but these are my own approximations
Answer 3 :
Like $60 or so. I regularly use EMS and SAL service to ship things from Japan, though it really depends on how heavy whatever it is you're trying to ship is, how fast you want it to get there, how much insurance is covered, whether or not its business related (tariff)..
Answer 4 :
90 cents an ounce, airmail...Do the math
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Japan - 4 Answers
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Answer 1 :
I don't know the cost, but I've heard this is a really bad idea (from all sorts of Study Abroad meetings/horror stories.) Sometimes, the laptop can cost more money than the laptop itself because of fees that ensue over shipping, but mostly from the fact that they may charge you money to retrieve the laptop. (This applies to laptops exclusively, from what I understand...) Anyway, I don't know if that helps at all, but if all possible maybe you could just take the laptop with you out of the country.
Answer 2 :
Usually with shipping and handling costs, it's much cheaper to buy the laptop in Japan (Japan has far more advanced and faster technology than the west) Costs could be anywhere from 120 - 300 but these are my own approximations
Answer 3 :
Like $60 or so. I regularly use EMS and SAL service to ship things from Japan, though it really depends on how heavy whatever it is you're trying to ship is, how fast you want it to get there, how much insurance is covered, whether or not its business related (tariff)..
Answer 4 :
90 cents an ounce, airmail...Do the math
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Bringing a laptop to Japan
Bringing a laptop to Japan?
So I'm heading off to Japan tomorrow and I was wondering if I should bring my Macbook Pro. Is there a danger that it could be stolen, and would it be any higher than here in the US? Can I use it with its current power adapter? Will it work with "Japanese Wi-Fi"? Thankkks much, any other comments are appreciated.
Laptops & Notebooks - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
It should work and I highly doubt it'll get stolen.
Answer 2 :
Yes, it will work in Japan, no worries
Answer 3 :
The power adapter for the MBP is self-regulating. So, it will accomodate the 110v/50Hz Japanese current just fine. WiFi is an international standard, and as long as you have the WPA password, you can join a network just like you do in the west. The protocols used here are 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g and 802.11n. Also, there is FAR less chance of thievery in Japan then in the West. I am constantly amazed by the lack of theft here. Enjoy your trip
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So I'm heading off to Japan tomorrow and I was wondering if I should bring my Macbook Pro. Is there a danger that it could be stolen, and would it be any higher than here in the US? Can I use it with its current power adapter? Will it work with "Japanese Wi-Fi"? Thankkks much, any other comments are appreciated.
Laptops & Notebooks - 3 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
It should work and I highly doubt it'll get stolen.
Answer 2 :
Yes, it will work in Japan, no worries
Answer 3 :
The power adapter for the MBP is self-regulating. So, it will accomodate the 110v/50Hz Japanese current just fine. WiFi is an international standard, and as long as you have the WPA password, you can join a network just like you do in the west. The protocols used here are 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g and 802.11n. Also, there is FAR less chance of thievery in Japan then in the West. I am constantly amazed by the lack of theft here. Enjoy your trip
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