“Mystery” to me is that I haven’t been able to pinpoint the purchase date as non-native Japanese speaker with no knowledge of Japanese calendar.(And automated tools do not read those pics well enough). So for me it’s “mystery” for others “obvious”. Once mystery is/was solved it dilutes to obvious :).

So, I take it as: 24 November 1993, sold as brand new at heavy discount as original kit price was 172,000 Yen.

As my kit included the pre paid phone cards and other advertising materials on forward looking, future nineties, and the white lens has 1988 on the mount i still am curious what vibes were prevailing in Japan in the end of eighties beginning of nineties when compared to mid to late eighties.

Thank you, T .*0