Duty-free allowances when entering Japan

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Per adult, duty-free

3 bottlesalcohol · ~760ml each
200cigarettes
2 ozperfume · ~56ml
¥200,000other goods, in total

Leaving Japan? Tax-free shopping is a different system → Tax-free shopping

How the ¥200,000 is counted

✓ Under ¥10,000 eachduty-free · not counted
✕ One item over ¥200,000no allowance for it
+ Over the limitduty/tax on the excess
Tobacco, children, business goods
ItemAllowance
Cigarettes200
Heat-not-burn tobacco10 packages, etc.
Cigars50
Other tobacco250 g
  • More than one kind of tobacco: the total allowance is equivalent to 250 grams
  • Prices are the overseas market value. Personal effects and unaccompanied baggage are counted together
  • Commodities and commercial samples are not duty-free (not for personal use)
  • The Japanese version of the Customs page also states that people under 20 get no allowance for alcohol and tobacco, and children under 6 get no allowance except for items clearly for the child's own use (such as toys): Japan Customs (Japanese)
  • Whether you can take items on the plane is a separate rule → Bringing alcohol home
Source
Source

Source: Japan Customs: "Procedures of Passenger Clearance" (Duty-free/Tax-free Allowance, English version) (retrieved 2026-09-28)

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