Buying from Japanese Apple Store?

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Buying from Japanese Apple Store?

Probably you will find this question stupid because I am quite sure that the answer is no, but maybe there is a 0.1% of possibility that I am wrong .

I would like to buy a MacBook Pro (still, I am waiting for the 2016 release, if it will happen), but I would also get it with a Japanese keyboard. I know that I may use the qwerty one, that is the thing I do now, but I am interested to learn also the kana input.

Now, if I order the MBP on my country's store, the available keyboards are Italian, English and English USA. So I it seems that I cannot get the Japanese one.

I made a quick research and I found that it can me bought only on the JP Store. However I am not going to japan, I would but I cannot now.

May I buy it online?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.0.x), Also Win7

Posted on Jul 17, 2016 10:02 PM

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Answer 1

Esquared

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Jul 18, 2016 12:11 AM in response to enneemme

I don't think any of the regular online methods will work. Get in touch with Apple: https://www.apple.com/contact/

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Tom Gewecke

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Jul 18, 2016 3:06 AM in response to enneemme

enneemme wrote:

I made a quick research and I found that it can me bought only on the JP Store.

Such machines are definitely available in the US online store.

Apple stores do not sell outside their own country. Try contacting a retail store in your country and see if they can make a special order for you.

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enneemme Author

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Jul 18, 2016 8:04 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hello,

Thank you for your answer.

They are sold on the US store, so I probably read a wrong information.

Do you think that is possible to order such a machine from a regular Apple Store in my country? (Italy)

On the web only English and Italian languages are available, so I am a bit doubtful.

I do not think that the story will change with the new 2016 release.

Oh and an another information. Since I am a student, I can buy the education version, right?

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Tom Gewecke

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Jul 18, 2016 8:17 AM in response to enneemme

enneemme wrote:

Do you think that is possible to order such a machine from a regular Apple Store in my country? (Italy)

The only way to find that out is for you to contact stores directly yourself. Same for the education issue. Nobody in these forums represents Apple or any store.

Apple retail stores in Italy can be found via

http://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/

To see the correct info in any Apple online store about the keyboards available, just pretend you are buying one on the webpage. Here is the info for Italy:

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enneemme Author

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Jul 18, 2016 10:07 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Okay then, I will call Apple.

Thank you for your help

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kaz-k

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Jul 18, 2016 10:55 PM in response to enneemme

You can input Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji even by US keyboard with Kotoeri which you can set by System Preferences >Languages&Region, add Japanese in the list of preferred languages.

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enneemme Author

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Jul 18, 2016 11:39 PM in response to kaz-k

Hello,

Thank you for your answer.

Yes I know, I am using it all the time, but I thought that would be interesting to learn also the kana layout. At least I can just drop a silicon cover and set the input as a Japanese keyboard.

Still, I will call Apple to make things clear.

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