Rice Cookers - Which One and Where to Buy in Tokyo?
Jun 26, 2017, 10:52 pm
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for 220V, you are basically looking at the duty free section of BIC / Yodobashi, etc.
The products offered are all geared towards mainland Chinese tourists.
The only stainless steel inner pot cookers I can see on Japanese language sites are from China/Taiwan.
The products offered are all geared towards mainland Chinese tourists.
The only stainless steel inner pot cookers I can see on Japanese language sites are from China/Taiwan.
Jul 4, 2017, 12:17 am
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However, unless one buys a huge transformer, what alternatives are there?
Personally, I am completely happy with the "low end" Zojirushi NS-LLH05 we purchased in Tokyo. The tax refund and the Yodobashi points made the 15k price even better, and it was close to being half the price of a comparable machine bought in or sent to the UK.
If I wanted to do more with it, I'd look for a machine in the 15,000 to 20,000 range which I could buy a replacement pot for (expecting to pay around 6,000yen). Perhaps even buy two pots.
If I wanted a high end model - or a clay pot - I'd buy a transformer and get the Japanese model. Something I intend to do eventually. Don't see how one can get a value equivalent otherwise.
