Alcohol / Spirits 🇯🇵 Japan
3 bottles (760ml each) duty-free
Can I bring Alcohol / Spirits into Japan?
3 bottles (760ml each) duty-free
3 bottles × 760ml = 2.28L total
Within personal allowance — no separate declaration needed
Full details
Japan allows travelers over 20 to bring 3 bottles of alcohol (each up to 760ml, total 2.28L) duty-free. Quantities above this face customs duty and liquor tax. Japan has no restrictions on alcohol types — spirits, wine, and beer all count toward the 3-bottle limit. Leaving Japan with alcohol / spirits is a separate question — allowed: Spirits for personal use may be exported from Japan freely; destination duty-free allowances govern the arrival side.
Leaving Japan with alcohol / spirits
Spirits for personal consumption are freely exportable from Japan — excise duty is origin-paid on retail purchases and no export formality applies at personal quantities. The binding constraint is the destination's duty-free allowance (typically 1 litre of spirits) above which arrival duty applies, and aviation rules: liquids over 100 ml must travel in checked baggage or as sealed duty-free purchases, and alcohol over 70% ABV is forbidden on aircraft entirely (24-70% ABV is capped at 5 litres per passenger in retail packaging).
Per adult: 3 bottles of alcohol (about 760 ml each); 200 cigarettes, or 50 cigars, or 250 g of other tobacco, or 10 packages of heat-not-burn tobacco (a mix is capped at the equivalent of 250 g); 2 ounces of perfume. Other goods up to a total overseas market value of ¥200,000; any single item under ¥10,000 is free of duty and not counted toward the total. USD equivalent approximate.
No special procedure is required for personal quantities of alcohol / spirits arriving in Japan. Quantities above duty-free allowances must still be declared. Verify current limits with Japan Customs (Ministry of Finance).
3 bottles × 760ml = 2.28L total
Customs Tariff Law, Liquor Tax Law
This page covers destination customs rules in Japan. Whether you can carry alcohol / spirits through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Alcohol / Spirits is classified under Class 3 — Flammable liquids. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.
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Completely prohibited. Zero tolerance under Islamic law.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Non-Muslim adults may import 4 litres of spirits or wine duty-free via most emirates.
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🇲🇾 Malaysia
1 liter duty-free allowance
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
1 liter duty-free; heavily taxed beyond
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🇰🇷 South Korea
1 liter (under USD 400) duty-free
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🇫🇷 France
EU standard allowances from non-EU; unlimited within EU