Don ' t forget about shipping . That will also be something like $ 70 and then bindings and boots . Since your a beginner I think look at the outlets first . Evo always has sales so don ' t stress . I think you can get decent prices for most of the gear in Japan if you don ' t look for the bigger brands . However with evo . See if you can get bindings , bootshard to figure out online , board and clothes with delivery and see how much it costs . That way you have a known amount that would cost if bought from overseas . Then simply take that figure and covert to yen . That ' s your max for gear in an outlet store . In terms of brands I don ' t know what Japan stocks but I think it ' s mostly ski stuff as snowboarding isn ' t as big in Japan as in western worldit ' s changingAlso I think jacket you can get away with 10 k easy . Just layer . Rarely is the jacket the bit that gets super wet . If your gonna be learning an on your butt quite a bit I would say aiming higher for pants is good but if you can ' t stretch budget don ' t stress . 10 k in dry snow is fine . Your clothes don ' t get nearly as wet as long as your not sitting on snow and even then it ' s barely anything . I use 10 k for everything in Australia since I was a scrub and never had issues with being too wet other then boots and gloves and Australia is stupidly wet and icy snow .