Hi all,

I am traveling to Japan for an international student exchange program for piano this weekend / next week. I will be stopping in Tokyo, Atami, Hakone, Izu, Mt. Fuji (Kawaguchiko), and Kakegawa. Any lamps I should look out for in my travels?
Specifically, what regions of Japan are 50Hz, and which are 60Hz? Also, are there any specific lighting stores I should stop at in any of these places?

Finally, if you want me to look out for specific lamps, reply here or PM me. If I can fit what you're asking me to buy into suitcase, I will bring it home with me. Else, I will try and ship it from Japan to your address through their postal system.

Nice!

I went to Japan years ago back in 2017. Of those cities you listed, I only went to Tokyo. There's a district in Tokyo called Akihabara that had a lot of electronics retailers that was fun to walk though. Most of them even had lighting stuff such as lamps and fixtures. There was also a smaller lighting shop somewhere in Akihabara that was fairly small but had a lot of cool stuff like HID and other lighting parts.

Some retailers of interest:
Tokyu Hands/Hands - Arts and crafts and DIY like a Michael's crafts mixed in with a Home Depot. Had a decent selection of incandescent, LED, fluorescent.
Bic Camera - Electronics and video games similar to Best Buy, had some lamps if I remember correctly. Incandescent, LED and fluorescent. 
Yodobashi Camera - Electronics and video games similar to Best Buy, had a more wider lamp selection they had incandescent, LED, fluorescent and MV.
Shimachu Home's - Think of it as their Home Depot but with more housewares. Had the larger selection of lamps, incandescent, LED, fluorescent, MV, HPS, MH. Also had fluorescent fixtures like the common "Reverse Fuji" style.

Tokyo is in the 50Hz part of the country, The western part of the country is 60Hz and I bought most of my 60Hz stuff from the same stores in Osaka.

Some lamps of interest, although I suppose bans might have made some unavailable:
- small T5s like F4T5, F6T5, F8T5, etc.
- circlines in uncommon colour temperatures such as 5000K
- 40w and 100w MV lamps made for the Japanese domestic market.

Thanks Joe! 

Thats super cool! I hear things are wEiRd over there, I have seen many pictures on here of strange Japanese lighting things. Take some pictures for us!