I was wondering, do the Japanese have the same habit of the US and Canada by not including sales tax on various goods? Let me clarify. In the UK if I were to buy clothes the price tag would include the VAT in the price ie: if it said 9.99 I would pay 9.99. In the US and Canada the price tag would not include the sales, state etc tax. So if it was marked as 9.99 I would go to the checkout and actually pay a dollar more than the price tag says. I know that Japan has been influenced by American more than any other western country since 1945. I just wondered if they did this in their shops? It really threw me first time I went to Canada.