# prepare original data for the database:

$utf8_string = decode( "euc-jp", $euc_string );

# store that to the database, then some time later,
# fetch it back, and convert back to euc-jp:

from_to( $db_octets, "utf8", "euc-jp" );

# now, $db_octets should be readable in an euc-jp display.

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$utf8_string = decode( "utf8", $db_octets );

binmode STDOUT, ":encoding(euc-jp)";

print $utf8_string;