Setting up your shopping experience...
Setting up your shopping experience...
The short answer: because your item is the real thing, shipped directly from Japan.
Every item marked “Direct from Japan” is handcrafted by artisans and shipped straight from their workshop to your door. There is no middleman, no mass-production warehouse, no shortcuts. You receive exactly what the artisan made.
When products cross an international border, the destination country charges a fee called an import duty. This is a standard government charge — not something we add for profit.
How it's calculated:
We show you an estimated duty in your cart, and the exact amount at checkout. The total you see before clicking “Pay” is the total you pay. Nothing more at delivery.
Mass-produced imitations sit in local warehouses and ship duty-free. Authentic Japanese craftsmanship crosses an ocean to reach you — and that journey comes with a small government fee. Think of it as the cost of getting the real thing.