Thanks for the offer owenfinn, I'll let you know if I end up going to Yokohama.

after a bit of searching i get the impression that the prices of bikes (at least brand name bikes) in Japan are not as good as I expected.
They're pretty similar to what I can get in Australia (and theyre expensive here compared to the US, lucky yanks ;-)

The reason I'm looking for a new folder to use there is not for touring but my Partner's parents (where i'll be staying) live about 20 minutes walk from the train station.

Last few trips we did, We just used their mamachari, but since they only have 2 of them, if they both went early in the morning we had to walk :-(
It's its a boring walk, nothing worth seeing on the way to the station.

I've seen some good comments about Strida clones.. I wonder whether I could get one there.. hmmm.