Estimate cost to ship from Japan
estimate_landed_costEstimate the total cost of buying an item in Japan and having it forwarded abroad. Example: {price_jpy: 4500, sku_id: "ichiban-kuji-kh-2018-a", dest_country: "US"}. Returns routes[] (forwarding service × shipping method, with fees and total_jpy, cheapest first) and cheapest. Rough figures only: fee and shipping tables currently cover US, GB, DE and FR (other countries return no routes), come from third-party comparison guides (mid-2026) and exclude duties. Not a quote; we are not affiliated with any forwarding service.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {
"price_jpy": "<price_jpy>",
"dest_country": "<dest_country>"
},
"name": "estimate_landed_cost"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxy | No | Only show one forwarding service, e.g. "buyee". Optional. | |
| sku_id | No | Catalog sku_id, used to look up the weight. Optional. | |
| weight_g | No | Package weight in grams, when there is no sku_id or the catalog has no weight. | |
| price_jpy | Yes | Item price in Japanese yen (required). | |
| dest_country | Yes | Destination country as an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, e.g. "US", "GB", "AU". |