CUSTOM REGULATIONS

Since July 1, 2007, when a tourist enter Japan territories, he/she is required to present the “Customs Declaration” form of your hand carried baggage and your unaccompanied luggage at the Customs Clearance area. These forms are obtainable on the ship, plane or at their office (Customs office).

Toiletry articles, clothes and any other private things that are for personal usage, together with those specialized gears that will be bring into play for the period of your stay in Japan, are all free of charge of taxes / duties, if they are deemed reasonable. Those unaccompanied luggage and private things that are intended for personal usage are free of taxes if fall within the specified allowance.

The list below can be imported tax free if within the amount designated:

Duty-free guide
Item	Quantity	Notes
Alcoholic beverage	3 bottles	About 760 ml/bottle
Cigarette	400g	When a visitor has more than one kind of tobacco product then the total allowance is 500g.
Cigar	100g
Others (e.g. loose tobacco)	500g
Perfume	2oz	1oz is equivalent to about 28 cc. (excluding eau de toilette & eau de cologne)
Other items	200,000yen	The sum of overseas market cost of all items other than the above stuff must be under 200,000 yen. An item whose overseas market cost is under 10,000 yen is free of tax/duty and is exclusive in the adding up of the total overseas market value of the articles. There is no free allowance for items that have a value of more than 200,000yen each/each set.

Immigration

For terrorist prevention program, all travelers wanting to go into the country should subject themselves to facial and fingerprinting procedures. And then an examination for landing will be conducted by the immigration control officer. Any person who won’t abide with the procedures will not be allowed to get into the country except:

a) individual below 16 years old,
b) individual having special permanent resident,
c) individuals who perform activities that is under the status of Official or Diplomat,
d) individuals who were invited by the chief of any administrative organization,
e) individuals who are approved by the Ministry of Justice as either c) or d)

Permission for Landing at Port of Call

Shore passes are arranged to foreign commuters aboard on ship or plane that are going to another destination that are passing through Japan. These passes would allow a foreigner a temporary entry into the country for a period less than 3 days (72 hours) either for resting or shopping.

Permission for Landing in Transit

A pass for sight seeing.

Authorization is approved to foreign commuter that arrives on the country’s port who desires to explore the country and would rejoin on the same ship at a different harbor in Japan. The validity of this permit is up to 15 days.

A pass for departure at a neighboring port.

A permit is granted to foreign commuters that are going off to another country that are just passing through Japan, who have an intention to enter the country from their first port then to the other port for departure. The validity of this type of permit is 3 days.