GUIDE to Traveling with Luggage in Japan: Bullet Train, Bus or Airplane

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00:00 Traveling with luggage in Japan
00:24 Is it easy to travel Japan with suitcases?
01:12 Suitcases on Shinkansen and Limited Express Trains
03:23 Oversized luggage on bullet trains
05:36 How to measure your luggage size
06:46 Luggage on Airport trains
07:00 Luggage on local trains
07:46 Navigating train stations with luggage
08:35 Taking luggage on buses
10:00 Taking luggage on domestic flights in Japan
10:19 Carry-on baggage allowance
11:16 Low cost carrier check-in bag fees
12:06 Luggage in taxis
12:57 Subscribe for luggage forwarding and storing

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[GiantEagle]

Consider a video on luggage and hotel rooms. My first time in Osaka, I made the mistake of booking a Business hotel next to the train station. I had a large suitcase. The room was so small and narrow that I had to open the suitcase outside my room in the hallway

[cameralabs]

Excellent information, well-researched, clearly presented and obviously with a lot of travel experience, thanks!

[edeleedr]

Super useful! Thank you! Traveling to Japan for
The first time.

[yve_w]

this is most informational video I found on this topic. thank you!

[barbarah.]

Your Videos are a relief for someone like me with high travel anxiety. ❤

[PCKodachi]

The video is so clear, concise, and viewer digest. ❤ Thank you so much 🎉

[darrylk]

We got lucky on Peach. They didn't weigh the bags. My 22" roll aboard is 30 lbs. My backpack is over 10 lbs. Whew! We were fully prepared to pay to check it, but wanted to keep it with us. Got lucky!

[Chocito_]

Exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you so much! Keep up the great work. ありがとう。

[nateshf]

My wife and I bring only one medium size, mostly empty North Face base camp bag as carry-on and wear one set of athletic outfit and buy what we need when we get there. (We bring a few more items when we do road trips in the States.)

[vinyalonde]

On my trip in the Fall of 2023 (November, December, for four weeks), I took a rolling duffle case that is just a bit too big for airplane carry on. On the plane, I took a small day bag and a very small camera bag. If for some reason I lost the duffle case, I had a change of clothes and all my electronics with me.

It was easy to travel with this luggage while in Japan because I used Yamato transport to get my large case to my hotel (except from the airport on arrival - I treated myself to a cab). Yamato transport is a life saver. I wish that this service was available in Europe.

Overall, I have found Japan to be a relatively easy place to travel. The only snag I encountered was in getting from my hotel in Takayama to Tokyo. The hotel did not offer a forwarding service although it was available from a local convenience store. It was a fairly new hotel and it had not sorted out all the kinks yet and perhaps Takayama has a smaller volume of tourists. It certainly seemed that way when I was there in December of 2023.

[c.t.]

Super informative video! Thank you so much!

[Sergei-udop]

So much helpful information presented in a very organised way! Thank you!

[FeHopeCyndiW]

Thanks for these helpful videos! I am headed there to race in September (an Ironman triathlon). I like to travel light on vacation, but it is hard to travel light with all the triathlon gear! I was in Japan during the summers long ago (1992 and 1993) and loved it there. Looking forward to returning!

[Dakotarunner]

The luggage delivery services are cheap, fast, and reliable. So much easier.

[mikechun]

Wait, did you just say, “travel full-time”? Wow 👏

[roybateman]

Thank you for this comprehensive information!

[raymyray]

Needed this, thank you for the info 👌

[RyuSaga]

Back in 2019 before they had the oversized luggage rule, we had put our luggage at the back behind the seats. Some European tourists came into the shinkansen at a few stops after us.. removed our suitcases and put theirs in.. and left our suitcases out in the hallway where the doors to the train was.. I was coming back from the bathroom and noticed my suitcase in front of the train doors...
I was furious... I almost did the same thing to them but I didn't want to block the door for the other passengers.. I tried to put my suitcase back and even arranged theirs so it fit..
They also missed their stop And panicked like chicken with their heads cut off trying to drag their suit cases out of the shinkansen..

[BROOKS]

We were travelling on the Shinkansen from Hiroshima to Kyoto in a green carriage and I just shoved my oversized suit case in the reserve area as we were like the only people in that carriage. A pissed off conductor came along and told me to move it 15 minutes into the trip. We knew nothing about the reserved bag area as we bought our tickets online from overseas before our trip and had them delivered to our hotel in Hiroshima. The company that sends bags ahead for you won’t deliver it until the next day so it’s sort of useless

[lawd.]

Thank you for the guide! very useful and helpful!

Would you recommend someone to fly in Japan with just a backpack and a small carry on suitcase? Then buy a check in luggage at the market. We want to travel light as possible.