yes.. i heard about mapcamera from a lot of other forumer also... i hv specially choose my hotel at shinjuku for this purpose... some even tell me about to look for shops that is tax free for visitor...
but i heard from some getting the body there might not be a good idea cos the firmware is in jap... i am not that sure... i juz intend to get my second dslr body there and some fast lens... does the mapcamera sells a lot of accessories... i am also looking for some of those "weird" accessories that probably hard to find in singapore... in generally is the accessories (e.g. tripod, flash, etc) izzit cheap there?
Shijuku would be a nice place to stay..
and is easy to travel around at shinjuku,
Dont worries about Tax. they have tax refund and if you able to proof it.
Is you getting a DSLR, I think most of them FW able to let you select the language.
but if you just want to buy those PNS... may be only have Japanese.
but there is also PNS with english but you need to pay abit more cos of that.
There are many Weird stuffs around in japan..
I like Yodobashi that have many accessories there...
abt the price... I dont think will be cheap due to the exchange rate now.
since YEN is getting stronger....So may be a bit ex for you to buy in japan.
But just look around... may be you can find some cheap and good stuffs..
hope you have fun visiting here.....