Harvest Moon / 牧場物語
SFC/SNESUS price ≈ 37.9x the Japanese price
Japan vs US prices for Harvest Moon from the YenVault database. The headline comparison — complete in box (cib) — is ¥3,960 in Japan against $999.95 in the US.
Japan vs US, at a glance
Bars are scaled to the first figure recorded for each row, with yen converted at ¥150 = $1 (the rate used across this database), so the two markets can be compared on one scale. Labels show the recorded figures exactly as published in the table below.
Prices, loose and complete kept separate
| Condition | Japan price (source · date) | US price (source · date) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | ¥1,650（ブックオフ公式オンラインストア ※箱説なし※、出品、2026-11-09確認） | $369.97（PriceCharting、成約ベース、2026-11-09取得） | 約+¥53,850・33.6倍 |
| Complete in box (CIB) | ¥3,960（ブックオフ公式オンラインストア通常商品、出品、2026-11-09確認。別スナップショットでは ¥4,950） | $999.95（PriceCharting、成約ベース、2026-11-09取得） | 約+¥146,030・37.9倍（倍率最大級） |
Source notes are reproduced exactly as recorded in the database (in Japanese) so no detail is lost in translation. Prices are dated snapshots, not live quotes.
How to read these numbers
- Loose and CIB are never mixed. On many titles most of the gap lives in the box and manual.
- Sold vs. asking asymmetry. US prices come from PriceCharting, built from sold listings. Japanese prices are mostly shop and marketplace listings (asking prices), except where a sold median is noted — so every ratio is a guide, not gospel.
- Conversion is ¥150 = $1 throughout, the same rate used across the database.
- No US release? For Japan-only titles the US column shows the US import price of the Japanese version, labelled as such — that gap is mostly the import margin.
- Snapshot date: this database was generated 2026-11-13. Verify current listings before buying.
How to buy Harvest Moon from Japan
Copies in Japan are sold through domestic marketplaces and used-game shops that generally do not ship overseas, so most overseas collectors buy through a proxy (buying) service or a forwarding service. Our step-by-step guide covers how proxy services work, what the fees look like on a real example, and how to work out the total cost before you commit:How to Buy Retro Games from Japan. The wider picture is inthe price-gap guide, and every tracked title is on the price database page.
What to watch out for
- Loose: 米国版は末期・低生産で異常に高い。日本版は供給が多く激安という構造。セーブ電池の状態で実用価値が変わる
- Complete in box (CIB): 米国CIB成約は月数件レベルで薄く、価格の振れが大きい。PAL版（loose $26.79）と混同しない