17 hours ago, WaskaCrank12 said:

I know it's not a JDM shop in Japan - but Tackle Bros. (Canada) sells lots of JDM items and they have chosen to adopt the Digitaka model

Are their prices similar to the Japan stores?

I hate to assume, but I'm assuming no????

15 minutes ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

Are their prices similar to the Japan stores?

I hate to assume, but I'm assuming no????

I didn’t look at many things, but one example is a Gan Craft Magnum 230sf. On Tacklebros, it’s $115 ish. On digitaka, it’s $51ish. Now, the difference I’ve seen is availability at digitaka/jls. But, when available, it’s usually a great buy. One thing of note is I’ve been looking at a tatula 200. I can get the jdm version (if there even is one) for $195 (digitak + fees) or the us version for $199 (pretty much any us seller).

5 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

Are their prices similar to the Japan stores?

I hate to assume, but I'm assuming no????

@HawkeyeSmallie -- I have not ordered any higher priced items from Tackle Bros (ie, rods/reels/electronics) so I am not sure how they would compare to the Japanese stores for those higher ticket items -- yet my guess would be you would save money ordering a high ticket item from a Digitaka vs. Tackle Bros. (but I have not researched that enough to know for sure)

-- I have ordered lures/baits from them that I have not been able to find (or are always seemingly sold out) at US/Japan shops (ie, Kaesu, Issei, Nikko, ect...) so for me it has been more about access than price -- also they have a killer shop/special color that they have every once in a while (where I live Perch color lures are killer, especially Ghost Perch type color lures) and that is exactly what their shop/special run color is (they have done it in Megabass lures, Teckle lures, ect....) -- I enjoy ordering from The Hook Up Tackle as they have a wide variety of JDM items, yet they sell out fast -- Tackle Bros. has given me an opportunity to have a chance landing some of those lures/baits

I wonder how the SCOTUS decision today effect will effect our purchases from Japan?

Made a Digitaka purchase two weeks ago. The 10% charge everyone commented on was easy to see on the receipt. Still saved $$ compared to purchasing in the USA.

Just squeezing the 99% a little more is all, at least my groceries are costing me more than ever.

I've been on the fence about getting something JDM, I don't really need another reel but before this gets any worse and I need to start fishing to feed my family maybe I should get one more before it's too late

I'm on the fence about buying a rod from JDM Tackle Heaven. Including shipping it would be a little over $170, so I can expect to pay 15% of that, so about $25 in import duties?

Any other info about how the tariff processed would be appreciated.

11 hours ago, Gnarwhal said:

I wonder how the SCOTUS decision today effect will effect our purchases from Japan?

I was wondering myself.

Who knows what will happen.

There's a 10% global tax now.

My bank account is better off WITH the tariffs as it controls my Japanese spending. LOL

4 hours ago, 10,000 lakes Bassin said:

I'm on the fence about buying a rod from JDM Tackle Heaven. Including shipping it would be a little over $170, so I can expect to pay 15% of that, so about $25 in import duties?

Any other info about how the tariff processed would be appreciated.

To my knowledge it winds up being much more than the supposed 15%. I’ve heard of many guys buy ~$200 reels and getting charged $100-$150 in tariff fees. Really putting the screws to us. I tried to ship a package to France in October. A $300 value and they wanted $90 for customs after I paid $34 for shipping.

But I’m curious also. Aside from digitaka, how are guys still buying Jdm??

I've ordered JDM gear in the past, but not recently.

However, I just took a flyer on a really nice stick coming from Japan.

Not quite a week into the shipping process, and so far no surprises.

The seller noted that "This item includes applicable import fees—you won’t pay anything extra after checkout."

So I guess I'm about to find out if this is actually true or

if the other shoe is about to drop on my bank account.

I'll post the results here one way or the other.

A-Jay

My experience is bad, I ordered a reel through JDM and DHL wanted a duty fee/ tariff of $188. I kid you not. This is not what I would call Winning! Last time I order anything internationally

8 minutes ago, frenchy said:

My experience is bad, I ordered a reel through JDM and DHL wanted a duty fee/ tariff of $188. I kid you not. This is not what I would call Winning! Last time I order anything internationally

That sucks. I’ve ordered about 10 reels from Japan and never been charged a duty fee.

9 minutes ago, frenchy said:

My experience is bad, I ordered a reel through JDM

Which shop though....while Digitaka covers 1/2 the tariff and the price you pay them covers your half, some shops don't.

11 minutes ago, frenchy said:

My experience is bad, I ordered a reel through JDM and DHL wanted a duty fee/ tariff of $188. I kid you not. This is not what I would call Winning! Last time I order anything internationally

Did you pay the fee or refuse the package/send it back?

1 hour ago, Kev-mo said:

Did you pay the fee or refuse the package/send it back?

I paid it, if not I was taking a chance of accruing more fees, shipping, restocking, and fees from DHL. It was a loss with no reel so I paid it.

1 hour ago, LonnieP said:

That sucks. I’ve ordered about 10 reels from Japan and never been charged a duty fee.

I ordered one about 4 years ago and never a problem

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Which shop though....while Digitaka covers 1/2 the tariff and the price you pay them covers your half, some shops don't.

JDM Tackle heaven

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Which shop though....while Digitaka covers 1/2 the tariff and the price you pay them covers your half, some shops don't.

4 hours ago, LonnieP said:

That sucks. I’ve ordered about 10 reels from Japan and never been charged a duty fee.

The tariffs didn’t kick in til around September so if it was prior to that it was a non-issue. Since then it’s been absurd

12 hours ago, Swimbaitstud said:

The tariffs didn’t kick in til around September so if it was prior to that it was a non-issue. Since then it’s been absurd

I ordered a reel last month and another one a couple weeks ago from Digitaka. Only had to pay a 10 percent tariff. Never had to pay a duty fee

What are those massive tariffs that some of you get? Is it some kind of an additional tariff on aluminum, or something?

14 minutes ago, Micro Module Police said:

Is it some kind of an additional tariff on aluminum, or something?

Nope - general tariff on anything coming out of that country - it was different tariffs for different countries - 10%-50%...but now it's going to 10% across the board. There is also a specific tariff on aluminum and steel coming out of Canada.

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Nope - general tariff on anything coming out of that country - it was different tariffs for different countries - 10%-50%...but now it's going to 10% across the board. There is also a specific tariff on aluminum and steel coming out of Canada.

Any idea what the tariff is on aluminum coming out of Canada?

7 hours ago, LonnieP said:

I ordered a reel last month and another one a couple weeks ago from Digitaka. Only had to pay a 10 percent tariff. Never had to pay a duty fee

Oh yes….in talking about anywhere besides digitaka. I know they split the tariff fee with the customer. But to my knowledge they’re the only business doing this. Even if you go on eBay and search for a product that’s coming from Japan, you’ll see it’s impossible to find shipping to be less than $40 and is usually $70-$90 on a reel that used to be $15-$25. I’m wondering about buying items from other sites.

Here’s an example. $58 to ship one of these reels. This would have only been like $20 to ship last year. However, the other one says free shipping. All that means is that the selling isn’t charging no you shipping. But it doesn’t mean that when it reaches the U.S. customs won’t hold it and send you an invoice to be paid before they release it to the carrier. So you might think you got a deal on a $200 reel and end up paying customs $75 to release it. I’ve not heard of anyone but digitaka doing anything to help customers on this. It’s a pile of horse trash if you ask me…

On 2/21/2026 at 2:57 PM, Swimbaitstud said:

To my knowledge it winds up being much more than the supposed 15%. I’ve heard of many guys buy ~$200 reels and getting charged $100-$150 in tariff fees. Really putting the screws to us. I tried to ship a package to France in October. A $300 value and they wanted $90 for customs after I paid $34 for shipping.

But I’m curious also. Aside from digitaka, how are guys still buying Jdm??

On 2/21/2026 at 4:34 PM, frenchy said:

My experience is bad, I ordered a reel through JDM and DHL wanted a duty fee/ tariff of $188. I kid you not. This is not what I would call Winning! Last time I order anything internationally

This is happening by mistake. You shouldn’t have to pay that much for a reel or rod but lots of mistakes are being made by shippers and customs.

28 minutes ago, woolleyfooley said:

This is happening by mistake. You shouldn’t have to pay that much for a reel or rod but lots of mistakes are being made by shippers and customs.

It’s definitely not. I have talked to dozens of guys getting the same thing. It’s the tariff fees and then all the crap they add on for “handling”, “processing”, “thumb with no lube” fees and just throw it all in. Trust me….i used to order about $1,000 a week in tackle from Japan prior to last September. Since then, I made one order and got taxed out the wazoo. If there is a way around it, I sure haven’t found it yet.

4 hours ago, Micro Module Police said:

Any idea what the tariff is on aluminum coming out of Canada?

After a quick Google search - Aluminum, steel and copper all have a 50% tariff currently.

12 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

After a quick Google search - Aluminum, steel and copper all have a 50% tariff currently.

What the hell??? If this applies to fishing reels, that's ridiculous.

1 hour ago, Swimbaitstud said:

thumb with no lube” fees

Welcome to America

2 minutes ago, Micro Module Police said:

this applies to fishing reels, that's ridiculous.

It's a technicality, there's aluminum in the reel and they're charging on the reels price not on the amount of aluminum in the reel. But I've seen dudes paying an extra hundred bucks or more, its bonkers