| # | Service | Pay the proxy | Pay on delivery | Total | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥0 | ¥19,250 ≈ A$175 |
Prepaid |
| 2 | Doorzo | ¥17,700 | ¥1,670 | ¥19,370 ≈ A$176 |
On delivery |
| 3 | Buyee | ¥17,900 | ¥1,670 | ¥19,570 ≈ A$178 |
On delivery |
| 4 | FROM JAPAN | ¥19,690 | ¥0 | ¥19,690 ≈ A$179 |
Prepaid |
| 5 | ZenMarket | ¥20,530 | ¥0 | ¥20,530 ≈ A$187 |
Prepaid |
Local-currency figures are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 2026-10-01 (1 A$ = ¥109.8). Your card or the proxy will use its own rate on the day.
EMS charges by weight band, not by the gram, so this same ¥6,700 postage applies to anything up to 2000g: two boxed figures packed together all land in the same band. Going one gram over moves you to the next band.
Where this sits in the EMS weight bands
At 2000g you are billed at the 2000g band, so you are paying for exactly the weight you have. Going over 2000g moves you to the 2500g band and adds ¥1,050. A single extra gram can cost that much.
This is why consolidating matters in one direction and hurts in the other: putting four small purchases in one box usually keeps you inside a single band and saves three lots of postage, but pushing one gram over a boundary costs the full step.
One box or several?
Buying more than one? Sent separately, 2 parcels like this cost ¥13,400 in EMS to Australia. Put in one box, they cost ¥10,900, a saving of ¥2,500 (19%). That is the case for collecting purchases at the warehouse and asking for them to be consolidated.
| Parcels | Sent separately | In one box | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 of these | ¥13,400 | ¥10,900 (4 kg) | ¥2,500 |
The same weight at different prices
The postage is fixed by weight, so it weighs heavily on a cheap item and hardly at all on an expensive one. At this weight to Australia, everything on top of a ¥3,000 item adds 285% to its price; on a ¥100,000 item it adds 18%. Neokyo is cheapest at every price on this list.
| Item price | Cheapest | Import tax | Total | On top of the item |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¥3,000 | Neokyo | ¥300 | ¥11,550 | 285% |
| ¥10,000 | Neokyo | ¥1,000 | ¥19,250 | 93% |
| ¥30,000 | Neokyo | ¥3,000 | ¥41,250 | 38% |
| ¥100,000 | Neokyo | ¥10,000 | ¥118,250 | 18% |
Each service, line by line
The postage is identical for all five at this weight. These are the lines that are not:
| Service | Service fee | Packing | Payment / deposit fee | Postage inside Japan | International postage | Import tax | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neokyo | ¥350 | ¥500 | — | ¥700 | ¥6,700 | ¥1,000 | ¥19,250 |
| Doorzo | ¥300 | — | — | ¥700 | ¥6,700 | ¥1,670 | ¥19,370 |
| Buyee | ¥500 | — | — | ¥700 | ¥6,700 | ¥1,670 | ¥19,570 |
| FROM JAPAN | ¥500 | — | — | ¥700 | ¥6,700 | ¥1,790 | ¥19,690 |
| ZenMarket | ¥800 | — | ¥660 | ¥700 | ¥6,700 | ¥1,670 | ¥20,530 |
Cheaper than EMS?
Everything above is priced by EMS. Sent by surface (sea) parcel instead of EMS, the same order comes to ¥15,610 through Buyee, ¥3,640 less. The trade-off is time: EMS is Japan Post's fastest service and surface parcels its slowest.
| Method | Postage | Cheapest service that lists it | Total | vs EMS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMS | ¥6,700 | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | — |
| Airmail small packet | ¥3,930 | Buyee | ¥16,523 | −¥2,727 |
| Airmail parcel | ¥6,000 | Neokyo | ¥18,550 | −¥700 |
| Surface (sea) parcel | ¥3,100 | Buyee | ¥15,610 | −¥3,640 |
Japan Post's published rates. A service is only counted where its own site lists the method; the shipping methods guide shows which do. SAL (economy air) is not shown because Japan Post has suspended it.
What can go in this box to Australia
plastic model kit (kit only) can go through any of the five. spray paint / topcoat is refused by at least one service on this route, so the cheapest total above is only the answer if the cheapest service will take it.
| If the parcel is | Services that will ship it | Refused by |
|---|---|---|
| Game console / handheld | 0 of 5 | — |
| Figure with LED / sound | 0 of 5 | — |
| Plastic model kit (kit only) | 5 of 5 | — |
| Spray paint / topcoat | 0 of 5 | FROM JAPAN, Buyee, ZenMarket, Neokyo and Doorzo |
Cheapest service by marketplace at this weight
Neokyo is cheapest at this weight whichever marketplace the item comes from. The last column is how far ahead it is of the next cheapest service; where the lead is a few hundred yen, what each includes may matter more than the price.
| Buying from | Cheapest | Total | Lead over next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo! Auctions | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| Mercari Japan | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| Rakuten Rakuma | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| Amazon.co.jp | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| Rakuten Ichiba | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| ZenMarket recommended stores | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
| Other Japanese shops | Neokyo | ¥19,250 | ¥120 |
How much of the bill is the weight?
On this order the postage alone is ¥6,700, against a ¥10,000 item and ¥2,550 of everything else: service fee, packing, domestic postage inside Japan, payment fees and tax. Weight is the one input you can still change after you have chosen what to buy, by having the box packed tighter or by leaving the outer packaging behind.
The five services differ on how they treat weight. One charges for packing by weight on top of postage; the others fold packing into the service fee. That is why the ranking at 2000g is not automatically the ranking at a different weight. The table above is worked out for this weight specifically.