| Items |
Prohibited Item Examples |
| Food-related products |
Alcoholic Beverages |
Sake, whisky, beer, regular alcoholic beverages,
Alcohol for cooking and mirin |
| Goods that require temperature management and which are perishable. |
Pastries and cakes |
| Perishable foods |
Vegetables and fruits |
| Meat products |
Instant noodles containing meat,
Retorted pouch curry with meat and tsukudani (food boiled down in soy sauce in order to preserve it) |
| Unprocessed vegetables |
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| Health foods |
Supplements and vitamins, etc |
Uncooked rice
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(You can send retort pouch rice) |
| Items related to animals and plants |
Cut flowers |
Dressing for New Year including ropes(Shimenawa) |
| Seeds and soil |
Bonsai trees |
| Live animals, fish and insects |
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| Fur or clothes made from fur |
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| Anything prohibited by the Washington Convention |
Ivory, turtle shells and ostriches |
| Dangerous goods and medicine |
Hazardous materials |
Hair mousse, spray, lighter and paints, Adhesives fireworks etc |
| Poisonous goods |
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| Narcotic drugs and prescribed drugs |
Over-the-counter drugs like cold medicine |
| Others |
Cash, checks, stock certificates, valuable securities and credit cards |
| Such items that cannot be insured, such as driver's license or passport |
| Guns and swords (including imitations) |
| Precious metals |
| Art works and antiques |
| Items with a high value which is difficult to determine |
| Cigarettes |
| Pornographic material |
| Traveler's unaccompanied baggage and freights for a mover |
| Electromagnetic instruments that work with radiation |
| Inboard-outboard tools/equipment |
| Personal letters (Depends on Article 5 of the Mail Law) |
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