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You are required to make either an oral or a written
declaration about your belongings when you enter Japan. Two copies of
a written declaration are required if you have unaccompanied baggage.
Customs declaration forms are available on the plane, the ship, or at
the Customs office.
Personal effects and unaccompanied baggage that are for personal use,
are free of duties and/or taxes within the allowance specified below.
If you have both personal effects and unaccompanied baggage, please
consider them together when referring to the allowance.
Clothes, toiletry articles, and other personal
effects that are for personal use, as well as professional equipment
that will be used during your stay in Japan, are all free of duties
and/or taxes, if they are considered quantitatively appropriate and
are not for sale.
Duty-free guide :
|
Item |
Quantity |
Notes
|
|
Alcoholic beverages
|
3 bottles |
Approximately 760 ml
per bottle |
|
Cigarettes |
400 |
If a visitor brings
in more than one kind of tobacco
product then the total allowance is 500 g. |
|
Cigars |
100 |
|
Others (e.g. loose
tobacco) |
500 g |
|
Perfumes |
2 oz |
1 oz is equivalent
to approx. 28 cc.
(excluding eau de cologne and eau de toilette) |
|
Other items |
200,000 yen |
The total overseas
market value of all articles other
than the above items must be under 200,000 yen. Any
item whose overseas market value is under 10,000 yen
is free of duty and/or tax and is not included in the
calculation of the total overseas market value of all
articles. There is no duty-free allowance for articles
having a market value of more than 200,000 yen
each or each set. |
The quantity of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics,
including both prescription and non-prescription drugs and some food
supplements, including vitamin and mineral supplements, which a
visitor can bring into Japan at one time may be limited. |
Information
provided by Japan National Tourist Organization.
