Best country to travel that has the biggest variety on mech keyboards?

[Nikelu]

Japan/Korea/Taiwan I have no idea ,but we were planning a big trip with my family so might as well grab a keyboard if possible . 

[isaske]

If you know where to look for keyboard related stuff, all 3 of those work imo 

[Ludovician]

Australia. There are two, maybe even three stores in this country that sell mechs. Business is so good.

[vmod]

Fair to say Japan wins

[chyros]

I'd have thought Hmericuh xD .

[Fragil1ty]

jp or china, all the way

[jamster]

Tokyo or Seoul, I would guess. Sure as hell not China (which is a complete pain in the ass to find things in).

If anyone has pointers for more esoteric stores (i.e. non-Cherry) in Taipei, that would be most welcome because I'm there in a couple of days.

[Tyrosh22]

You have truly become an addict!

Keep us updated though!

[Touch_It]

Fair to say Japan wins
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if i walked into a store with that many keyboards I wouldn't even know what to do.

[CPTBadAss]

From pictures it seems like Tokyo but I found a lot of great stuff in Hong Kong

[Puddsy]

tokyo is probably the best, but if you go to taiwan you can see ducky's sweet ass office

[KHAANNN]

I think it's a bad idea to seek stuff in travels

It would probably be a better idea if you enjoy the journey with family instead

If you decide on what KB to get, you could also start seeking people that are coming back from US and that can carry them for you, I used to do it
Now with the current state of international commercialism, I just order almost anything directly, which is just great

[tp4tissue]

Amazon.com

[Huxley2500]

Japan, no doubt.

[jamster]

From pictures it seems like Tokyo but I found a lot of great stuff in Hong Kong

This is true. HK has stores that carry Ducky, KUL, Corsair, RF and the Novatouch (Topre is silly expensive here though), Cherry, Leopold, Filco, Poseiden (whatever that is), and of course the preeminent keyboard for male teenagers everywhere, the JiZZ (see https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69193).

The downside is that it's a bit tricky to find these stores, but if you do make it here I can provide directions.

[Karura]

If you also like computer and gaming stuff, Akihabara in Toyko is the place to be.

Hong Kong is also good, but Akihabara is hard to beat. Taiwan is not bad too.

Been there three times myself

[Nikelu]

Thanks for all the replies.When I finally do that trip,I will ask for places and shops to go and not waste time.And I will enjoy the trip ofc but buying a board with 100euros without ship costs and stuff right away would be awesome.Plus I can try different switches finally,besides cherry mx blue and razer switches.(Greece pls )

[CPTBadAss]

From pictures it seems like Tokyo but I found a lot of great stuff in Hong Kong

This is true. HK has stores that carry Ducky, KUL, Corsair, RF and the Novatouch (Topre is silly expensive here though), Cherry, Leopold, Filco, Poseiden (whatever that is), and of course the preeminent keyboard for male teenagers everywhere, the JiZZ (see https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69193).

The downside is that it's a bit tricky to find these stores, but if you do make it here I can provide directions.

Really wish you had offered this last year when I was there . Another time

[jamster]

Really wish you had offered this last year when I was there . Another time

I only started this keyboard stuff three months ago, so couldn't have helped back then

[NoblesseOblige]

Japanese electronic stores are a most glorious things to behold. Many have an aisle dedicated to mechanical keyboards.

[rowdy]

Australia. There are two, maybe even three stores in this country that sell mechs. Business is so good.

Argh!  Argh!  There's a flood of sarcasm!  We're all drowning

Actually there's a few more than 2 or 3 places that sell mechanical keyboards, but most places seem to stock only Razor and Thermaltake kinda boards.

But only 2 or 3 that specialise in mechanical keyboards.

[bowji]

Ive been to Yongsan in Korea looking specifically for mechanical keyboards, and it was a great adventure. A good fraction of the stores Ive came across had cherry keyboards but only two specific shops with topre boards. Majority of the big names(Razer, CM, Ducky, etc) can be found along with some small time Korean companies making mechanical keyboards. The best thing about Yongsan is that they have PC peripherals on display for visitors to try them out but TBH wherever you plan on going if youre looking for variety and price I would stick with online shopping.
Here is picture of one of the shops that carry/display some topre boards.

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[Evo_Spec]

Taiwan's not bad. http://imgur.com/a/PlYGP

Now that i think about it i don't think i shared this info here. Check the link above for addresses and google maps and such.