# How to buy used lenses from Japan

Set lithium to none for a lens. Unspecified assumes a camera body.

Estimates only. Not a quote, not a customs ruling, and not an offer to sell or ship. Confirm fees, prohibitions, and duty with the proxy and with destination customs. Figures can change after the last-verified date.

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Data as of 2026-10-15. Dataset 2026-10-15.3.

## Lens, not body

Map Camera documents two overseas routes: the eBay store, and Buyee. The domestic shipping page is not an export service. A lens does not raise the 100 V question. It can still be expensive enough for Buyee's postal brokerage fee once merchandise is over ¥200,000.

Condition grades on Japanese auction listings are disputed by working photographers on Reddit. Read the listing. This tool will not grade glass for you.

- [Map Camera international guide](https://www.mapcamera.com/html/internationalguide/en_page.html?SmartPhone=ON)
- [Map Camera shipping guide](https://www.mapcamera.com/html/guide/shipping.html)
- [Buyee fees guide](https://buyee.jp/helpcenter/guide/fees/?lang=en)
- [r/AnalogCommunity: debate on Japanese auction cameras](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogCommunity/comments/1qjw06s/do_not_buy_cameras_from_japanese_sellers_at/)

## Worked example

27000 yen, 400 g, United States. Export check: nothing in this dataset blocks export to United States. This is not a customs clearance.

| Proxy | Pay now, known | EMS reference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Buyee | ¥27,650 – ¥29,000 | ¥3,900 |
| ZenMarket | ¥27,500 | ¥3,900 |
| Neokyo | ¥27,850 | ¥3,900 |
| Tenso | ¥27,280 | ¥3,900 |
| FROM JAPAN | ¥27,000 | ¥3,900 |
| White Rabbit Express | ¥27,000 | ¥3,900 |

These partial sums are not a landed total. No cheapest and no fastest proxy. Domestic postage, payment fees, and the proxies' own international rates are missing or ranged, and no transit times are stored. Naming a winner would invent a number.

## Steps

1. **Copy the yen price.** Read the price on the listing yourself. JapanLanded does not fetch the page.
2. **Weigh it, or say you didn't.** Enter grams. If you leave weight blank, the tool uses an unsourced placeholder and labels it.
3. **Read pay-now separately from arrival.** The partial sum is not a landed total. Duty amounts are not calculated.
4. **Check whether it can leave Japan.** Lithium batteries, alcohol, and 100 V gear each have their own note. The result is not a customs clearance.
5. **Order on the proxy's own site.** Outbound links are public pages until affiliate programs are enrolled. We never take payment.

## Questions

### Why did the tool mention a battery when I priced a lens?

The cameras category assumes an installed battery unless you set lithium to none. The sample on this page sets none.

- [Japan Post lithium battery restriction notice](https://www.post.japanpost.jp/service/send/oversea/attention/restriction/restriction02_en.pdf)

HTML: https://japanlanded.com/buy/used-lenses