In the past I've always looked for virtual on sticks whenever I went to Japan on vacation. Wasn't too hard to find the Saturn and Dreamcast sticks used in the past. However when the 360 ones came out they were particularly difficult since hori only sold them online in Japan. My last couple of Japan trips came up fruitless until last week when I randomly saw a used one at softmap for sale on my last day there. Given the awesome exchange rate it was only 130 USD or so vs the nearly 300 retail.
Honestly I had given up by that point so it was a lucky find.
Guess i'll be dusting off my 360 and buying VO OT