About

Gacha Landed compares one thing: what a Japanese capsule toy actually costs to get into your hands in the United States, bought from a US importer versus bought at Japanese retail and shipped by a proxy service.

It exists because the arithmetic changed. The US de minimis exemption was suspended for all countries on 29 August 2025, and the flat per-item duty option for postal shipments ended on 28 February 2026. Almost everything written about importing from Japan predates both, and assumes a duty-free parcel. That assumption is gone.

It also asks you for every number rather than assuming any. Proxy fees, shipping and duty differ by service, parcel and carrier, so the fields start empty: a figure we invented and left sitting in a box would end up inside a purchase decision.

The tool is run by one developer in Japan. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any manufacturer, importer or proxy service. It does not take a commission on the route it recommends, and the comparison is not influenced by advertising — ads appear on guide pages, never on a comparison result.

What it will not do

It will not guarantee a duty amount, because duty depends on classification, declared value and carrier. It will not tell you the import route wins while duty has been left out of the sum, because duty is charged on that route alone. When it cannot answer, it says so.