what do you mean by expensive? in comparison with west?
my family always has had pure breed animals.
first we had Giant Schnauzer for 10 years, just awesome dog. smart and really powerful. we got lucky and got it like for just 100$ and it even had a mother with all kinds of decorations.
now we have Bernese Mountain bitch. very energetic. this one was 400$.
Persian cat was bought also for some 100$. when it passed away we got Saint Birman cat for 400$. he was huge, like 8kg, but passed away after 5 months from disease. then we got a (can't remember the name but looked a lot like the previous, only the name was different) for 300$.
ou. and i had a Chinchilla for 100$. the single most cute, fluffy and with greatest personality thing you will ever find
so. are the prices in Japan even higher?