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Living in Japan. Any opinions on amplifiers?

Living here I figured I would be in audio heaven but it seems like Japan falls in love with certain brands and ignores others. Since I need to buy something here 100V I’m wondering if any of you have an idea of underrated/overlooked value products currently in production. I know this sounds like a lame question and that I should do research but my Japanese still sucks and I thought there might be a few of you who are familiar with what is available here now. I have looked at vintage Luxman and there are a lot available but I thought a current production amp would be more practical and utilized modern technology Ie streaming etc. 
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soonewewen
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If you are open to pre-owned equipment, hifido.co.jp might have some interesting amps. I have bought some vintage speaker parts from them for shipping overseas and the service has always been  good.ed.
speakermaster
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Luxman and accuphase are good japanese choices as well as old vintage pieces from kenwood, pioneer, yamaha, and sansui.
schwantner
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Go to Yodobashi if you are into the mid level to semi high end. They have KEF, FOCAL LEVEL, McIntosh, Yamaha, Stax, high end cable, etc. They carry a  lot. Sure there are some they don't and probably won't spend over 20K on speakers, but they have a good selection. And if is a trip just buying high quality gear and grabbing a good bottle of Scotch at the same time. 
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audioman58
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Luxman is a excellent brand almost 100 years in Audio.
very well respected world wide.
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vdotman
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What audioman58 said....
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