Is Duty Free Shopping at Tokyo NRT any good?
Mar 22, 2004, 6:09 am
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Is Duty Free Shopping at Tokyo NRT any good?
Judging from all the office ladies that travel to Hawaii to buy Louis Vuitton bags, I have to think that the answer is no.
Is the designer tie/purse/etc selection at least reasonable?
Just hoping to pick some stuff up for some friends/friends of friends and I don't have much time to do anything here in New York before my flight.
Thanks.
Is the designer tie/purse/etc selection at least reasonable?
Just hoping to pick some stuff up for some friends/friends of friends and I don't have much time to do anything here in New York before my flight.
Thanks.
Mar 22, 2004, 4:27 pm
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One of the worst airports for duty free in terms of price and clothing selection. But all name brands are available (for a high price) and lots of leading edge electronics (for about 30% higher price than US street). I just flew HKG-NRT and was surprised to see several young japanese women on the plane flying CX First class, beladen with designer packages. Curiousity got the best of me, so I asked and they fly to HKG several times a year to go shopping -- even including the cost of F airfare it is much cheaper than buying it in Japan. Does that answer your question? BTW their stock of goods from HKG was quite impressive.
Mar 22, 2004, 4:55 pm
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NRT is horrible. Their duty free sucks.
If anything, it's cheaper to buy bags owrth of clothes in the US than Japan, especally major-label clothing products.
If anything, it's cheaper to buy bags owrth of clothes in the US than Japan, especally major-label clothing products.
Mar 23, 2004, 2:39 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by civicmon:
If anything, it's cheaper to buy bags owrth of clothes in the US than Japan, especally major-label clothing products.</font>
If anything, it's cheaper to buy bags owrth of clothes in the US than Japan, especally major-label clothing products.</font>
Mar 23, 2004, 10:55 pm
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NRT duty free -- forget it!
Uniqlo -- Made in China stuff, but often better quality than in the U.S., and sometimes not badly priced, if you can find a size that fits! Uniqlo used to be hugely "in" with Japanese, now it's not so hot, but still readily available all over Tokyo.
Uniqlo -- Made in China stuff, but often better quality than in the U.S., and sometimes not badly priced, if you can find a size that fits! Uniqlo used to be hugely "in" with Japanese, now it's not so hot, but still readily available all over Tokyo.
Mar 24, 2004, 7:08 am
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Uniqlo follows a kind of a "one style fits all" concept. Thus their name "Uniqlo", short for "unisex clothing".
I don't consider "duty-free" shops anywhere to be inexpensive. As for being duty-free, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood that the old "Duty-Free Shops" name had to be changed to "DFS" as they were not truly duty-free.
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I don't consider "duty-free" shops anywhere to be inexpensive. As for being duty-free, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood that the old "Duty-Free Shops" name had to be changed to "DFS" as they were not truly duty-free.
[This message has been edited by DoubleJ (edited Mar 24, 2004).]
[This message has been edited by DoubleJ (edited Mar 24, 2004).]