Japan's tax-free system does not cover duty at home. Personal allowances for the US, UK, EU, Canada and Australia, with official sources, and how to declare a luxury purchase.
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A watch-only route through Ginza: the Grand Seiko flagships and Wako, the Swatch Group's Hayek Center, the main pre-owned dealers, and how to plan two hours.
Where Tokyo's vintage bag specialists cluster, how buying vintage differs from buying recent pre-owned, and what to check on a bag that is decades old.
How to judge a pre-owned Louis Vuitton bag in Tokyo: what date codes and microchips do and do not prove, how canvas and vachetta age, and what to ask the seller.
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