Is this for carving the turkey?

Steve these are an acquired taste and it does depend what you want to use one for. IMHO Japanese saws are very specific for the job, you can't just buy one and expect it to do everything. Because they cut, "on the pull" the blades can be very thin.

I have a Dozuki-Me tenon saw, it has the finest of blades and will cut a paper thin cut. If you want to do some very fine work like hand cutting dovetails this is the saw to get.

Otherwise the Hassunme crosscut is a good option, I've even used mine to trim the bottom off doors in situ.

Like Wolf said I wouldn't like to be without them. The only down-side is I think they are not as robust as a European push saw.

Keith