{"id":59113,"date":"2020-04-24T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/?p=59113"},"modified":"2020-04-24T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:12:00","slug":"customs-and-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/travel\/customs-and-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering and Leaving Japan: Customs and Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Customs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourists should be aware of the Japan customs procedures when entering or departing Japan. Upon your arrival to Japan, you need to hand in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/kaisei\/youshiki\/form_C\/C5360-B.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customs Declaration form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for both your accompanied and unaccompanied baggage at the Customs Clearance. You may obtain the Customs Declaration forms on the plane, cruises or at the Customs office. Familiarize with Japan customs as you may be required to go through further <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/english\/summary\/passenger.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">procedures of passenger clearance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restrictions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be aware of the restriction placed on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/english\/c-answer_e\/keitaibetsuso\/7104_e.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">duty-free allowances<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/english\/exp-imp\/index.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exports and imports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meti.go.jp\/policy\/external_economy\/trade_control\/02_exandim\/06_washington\/download\/zouge_kouhou.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trade in ivory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is strictly prohibited by both CITES and Japanese Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2019, meat and animal products will be under inspection upon arrival. Therefore, if you are bringing meat or animal products into Japan, be prepared for the time-consuming inspection. For more details, you may refer to the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maff.go.jp\/aqs\/english\/product\/import.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regional Customs at Major Airports<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As there has been increasing number of international flights or ships at multiple airports, you may now find <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/english\/exp-imp\/index.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regional customs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set up in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Nagasaki, Hakodate and Okinawa. If you need more information on customs operations and the import and export-prohibited articles, feel free to visit any branch close to you. You may also find out more at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/english\/index.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official page of the Japan Customs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan Customs Tourists should be aware of the Japan customs procedures when entering or departing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3881,"featured_media":59189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9881],"class_list":["post-59113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-customs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3881"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59190,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59113\/revisions\/59190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.likejapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}