Only the dollar is currently stronger than the yen. So with respect to Japanese tourists, it would seem that the savings aren't that substantial based on the currency exchange alone. But my designer brand infatuated SO ( )--okay, she just wants them, doesn't have them--tells me that our Japanese tourists save almost 20% because American-designer brands are marked up 20% in Japan. That seemed to be the case when she showed me a Coach bag in Kyoto that was nearly 20% of the price of the Ala Moana store. Made sense to me.