Japan luggage storage: plan your next stops over a map and phone, with extra luggage stored and small bags beside you.

Find the Right Japan Luggage Storage Guide for Your Trip

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Find the guide that fits the next part of your trip

Find the guide that helps with your next travel decision. Silk Crane lets you send luggage from your hotel front desk or a convenience store into monthly or annual storage, explore with a smaller bag and arrange later delivery. Shipping is charged separately.

Choose your Hokkaido autumn festival trip

City food markets, coastal harvests, folk song or an evening beneath lit maples: choose an autumn occasion and give its region time. Explore Hokkaido autumn festivals by region for approximate seasons, official visitor links and ideas for travelling with less luggage.

More places to explore: Rausu and Shiretoko.

Choose your Hokkaido summer festival trip

Street dancing, lantern floats, balloons or a harbor evening: choose a festival and leave time to enjoy its region. Explore Hokkaido summer festivals by region for approximate seasons, official visitor links and ideas for traveling with less luggage.

More places to explore: Kutchan and Niseko, Shiraoi, Furubira.

Choose your Hokkaido spring festival trip

Cherry blossoms, Sapporo’s lilacs, yellow canola fields, tulips or a coastal seafood festival: choose one spring outing or connect a few with time to enjoy the region. Explore Hokkaido spring festivals by region for seasonal timing, official visitor links and ideas for traveling with less luggage.

Choose your Hokkaido winter festival route

Snow sculptures in Sapporo, Otaru’s candlelit canal, hot-spring evenings or a quieter northern town: choose the winter trip you want, then travel with less luggage. Explore Hokkaido winter festivals by region for seasonal timing, route ideas and all our regional festival stories.

One trip, three different luggage needs

Japan luggage storage: plan your next stops over a map and phone, with extra luggage stored and small bags beside you.
Plan the stops you want to enjoy, with your extra luggage stored until you need it.

Picture a holiday with Tokyo shopping, quieter days in Kyoto and a flight home from Narita. Sign up for Silk Crane, follow the supplied sending instructions and send the packed suitcase from your hotel front desk or a convenience store. Keep essentials for the next stays and shipping time in your smaller bag.

Use the shopping guide for new purchases, the delivery guide to choose your final hotel or airport collection, and the Narita guide for the terminal details. Arrange later delivery so the large suitcase returns when it becomes useful again.

Send before checkout or while you are out

Picture setting aside the suitcase you will not need for the next part of the trip. Send it from your hotel front desk before checkout, or from a convenience store while you are out. Sign up for Silk Crane, use the supplied sending instructions and keep your essentials during shipping. Arrange delivery to your later hotel in Japan.

A hotel-front-desk handoff

Tokyo at the start of a Japan trip: send the spare suitcase from the hotel before traveling on.
Send the spare case before the middle of the trip, then receive it where your Tokyo return works best.

An ordinary suitcase at 7-Eleven

Tokyo Station: send an ordinary suitcase from 7-Eleven and walk through Marunouchi with a small bag.
Send your suitcase from a convenience store and walk through Marunouchi with a small bag.

Start with the travel problem you want to solve

Between hotels, beyond the lockers

For awkward check-in gaps or a suitcase you will not need for a while, start with storage when hotels and lockers do not fit the trip.

Several cities, one smaller bag

Use the multi-stop Japan story to picture sending belongings out of the sightseeing part of the journey.

Skis, golf clubs or a bicycle case

Browse the sports gear and larger-item guides for the equipment you want to leave out of part of the trip.

Shopping along the way

Our shopping purchases guide explains sending new finds to storage so you can keep exploring with less to carry.

Find the practical details before you send

Sending from your hotel

The Yamato waybill guide explains the shipping form. For the overall arrival-to-storage journey, see sending luggage after arriving in Japan.

Receiving bags later

Choose a destination with the hotel, resort and airport delivery guide, then use the delivery timing guide to plan ahead.

Plans and the full cost

Compare luggage and sports-gear plan costs. Monthly and annual options are on the main booking page; shipping is charged separately.

Flying through a major airport?

Use the guide for your airport and match the pickup counter to your carrier and terminal. Airport delivery is separate from airline check-in.

Haneda

Start with Haneda arrivals and luggage delivery.

Narita

Find the terminal details in the Narita luggage delivery video guide.

New Chitose

For a Hokkaido trip, open the New Chitose luggage video guide.

Choose what travels with you

Keep the belongings you need for the next part of the trip and let the larger bags stay in storage. Sign up online, send from nearby and choose where you want delivery later. You can keep suitcases, ski and snowboard gear, golf equipment and bicycle cases in storage; use the item-specific guide for its packing and shipping details.

Explore monthly and annual storage

Questions before you go

Should I start with the guide index or a storage plan?

Use the guide index if you are still working out the trip. If you already know what you want to store, the main booking page shows the current items and plans.

Can I use these guides for monthly or annual storage?

Yes. The collection covers both, along with sending, packing, delivery and costs.

Are there videos as well as written guides?

Yes. The airport guides include videos, and you can browse Silk Crane’s YouTube channel for more service introductions.

Keep the useful guide close

Open the complete storage guide index whenever the next question comes up. Choose the story that matches your next stop, then get back to planning the parts of Japan you want to enjoy.

Where are you staying in Tokyo?

Start with the Tokyo luggage storage comparison: coin lockers and Silk Crane, then choose the area that fits your trip. Each guide shows how to send luggage from your hotel or a convenience store, enjoy the next stop with less to carry, and arrange delivery later.

Tokyo Station and Marunouchi luggage storage · Bus Terminal Tokyo Yaesu luggage storage · Ginza luggage storage · Shibuya luggage storage · Asakusa luggage storage

Ueno luggage storage · Ikebukuro shopping and luggage storage · Shinagawa luggage storage · Hamamatsucho Station luggage storage · Roppongi luggage storage

Flying home? Haneda Airport luggage storage · Narita Airport luggage storage

Find your Kyoto or Osaka starting point

Keep the larger bags out of your next journey. Start with the neighborhood or station that fits your stay, then choose later hotel or airport delivery.

Kyoto Station luggage storage · Gion / Higashiyama luggage storage · Kawaramachi / Nishiki Market luggage storage

Kyoto temple and castle visits

Choose the visitor guide for the place you want to explore; use the station guide above for arrival and collection.

Osaka Station / Umeda luggage storage · Namba / Shinsaibashi luggage storage · Shin-Osaka luggage storage

Flying from KIX? Kansai Airport luggage storage.

More Hokkaido, less luggage between stops

Plan a lighter city stay, a countryside journey or the airport leg of your trip.

Sapporo Station luggage guide. Odori / Susukino luggage guide. New Chitose Airport luggage guide. Niseko / Hirafu luggage guide. Furano / Asahikawa luggage guide.

Otaru canal walks, shopping and lighter onward travel

Finishing a Niseko ski trip or planning a longer Hokkaido route? Explore the canal and Sakaimachi without the extra suitcase. Otaru luggage storage and shopping guide.

New gear or a different route?

Kanda ski shopping and storage · Fukuoka and Kyushu with a smaller bag · Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go and Takayama

Yokohama stations, waterfront walks and a cruise ahead

Explore Minato Mirai and Chinatown with less to carry, or plan a longer journey before receiving your bags at a Yokohama hotel. Yokohama luggage storage guide.

Yokohama Station lockers and luggage storage

Find a locker for a few hours or plan storage for a longer journey. Our Yokohama Station guide explains the choices.

Yokohama Chinatown with less to carry

Plan a meal, shopping and the journey onward with our Yokohama Chinatown luggage storage guide.

Nagoya: city days, station lockers and excursions

Choose the guide that matches your next stop, from an onward train to Osu shopping or a park day in Nagakute.

Hiroshima luggage guides

Choose the city guide for the wider stay, the station guide for collection, or a separate guide for Peace Memorial Park and Miyajima.

Hiroshima shopping outings

  • THE OUTLETS HIROSHIMA: a separate western Hiroshima shopping day, with local holding and packed-purchase storage decisions.

Sendai luggage guides

Connect a Sendai stay with the station storage decision and a separate Matsushima excursion.

Explore Takamatsu and Naoshima with a smaller bag

Send extra luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane and arrange delivery to a later stop. Monthly and annual storage lets you enjoy the gardens, waterfront and island art with less to carry; shipping is charged separately.

Station connections and collection

Plan the stay and island route

Gardens, waterfront and summit visits

Naoshima art districts

Naha luggage guides

Plan the Naha transport connection and explore its visitor districts with less luggage.

Fukuoka luggage guides

Choose a city, station or sightseeing guide for this part of Japan.

Kobe luggage guides

Choose a city, station or sightseeing guide for this part of Japan.

Explore Hakodate with less luggage

Choose a city overview, a station locker plan or a separate guide for the Morning Market and Kanemori waterfront.

Kumamoto: station, castle and garden

Choose the Kumamoto guide that fits your stop: station lockers, castle access or a separate Suizenji garden visit.

Kitakyushu: Kokura trains and Mojiko harbor days

Send the extra suitcase from your hotel with Silk Crane, then choose the guide for your Kitakyushu stay, Kokura train connection or Mojiko outing.

Travel lighter around Niigata

Send the spare suitcase from your hotel and explore Niigata with a smaller bag. Start with the Niigata city luggage guide, find local holding options in the Niigata Station locker guide, or plan a day among shops and old lanes with our Furumachi luggage guide.

More places to explore with a lighter bag

Send spare belongings from your hotel to Silk Crane and keep the bag you need for the coming days. These guides help you plan the city stay, station journey and sightseeing separately.

Plan lighter stops from Nara to Nagasaki

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane and enjoy the next part of Japan with a smaller bag. These guides separate the city stay, station storage and sightseeing visit, including local holding for belongings you need again that day.

Travel lighter through Okayama, Shikoku and Kagoshima

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane and enjoy the next stops with a smaller bag. Choose the city overview, station guide or sightseeing story for your visit, including local holding for belongings you need again that day.

Enjoy northern Tohoku with a smaller bag

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane and make room for the next city, park or temple visit. Choose a city overview, a station guide or a sightseeing story, with local holding advice for belongings you need again that day.

Nagano, Karuizawa, Hokuriku and northern Kyushu

Send the spare suitcase from your hotel to Silk Crane and keep a smaller bag for these city stays, station journeys and sightseeing visits. Choose a guide for the local luggage arrangements and the next part of your trip.

Nagano

Karuizawa

Toyama

Fukui

Oita

Beppu

Fukushima, Aizu and Yufuin luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Fukushima

Koriyama

Aizu-Wakamatsu

Yufuin

Tottori, Matsue and Izumo luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Tottori

Matsue

Izumo

Wakayama, Koyasan and Shirahama luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Wakayama

Koyasan

Shirahama

Miyazaki, Saga and Karatsu luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Miyazaki

Saga

Tosu outlet shopping in Saga

Karatsu

Kamakura and Enoshima luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Kamakura

Enoshima and Fujisawa

Hakone and Odawara luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Hakone

Odawara

Nikko luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Nikko

Takasaki, Maebashi and Ikaho luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

City guides

Station guides

Visitor guides

Mito and Hitachinaka luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

City stay

Station arrivals

Gardens and visitor areas

Onomichi, Imabari and Shimanami luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

City stays

Station arrivals

Temple walks and cycling

Sagamihara, station and lake-area luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

City guide

Station guides

Visitor guides

Asahikawa, Furano and Biei luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

City and town guides

Station guides

Visitor guides

Kawaguchiko and Fujiyoshida luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Town and city

Stations

Lake and pagoda outings

Otaru station, canal and shopping guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Station arrivals and lockers

Canal and shopping outings

Niseko station and resort-area guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Station arrivals and lockers

Resort-area stays

Narita, Maihama and Makuhari luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Narita town and temple approach

Maihama and Tokyo Disney Resort

Makuhari station and event visit

Kyoto: Arashiyama and Fushimi Inari luggage guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Arashiyama arrival stations

Arashiyama and Sagano visit

Fushimi Inari arrival stations

Fushimi Inari shrine visit

Osaka stations, USJ, castle and Dotonbori guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Stations

Places to enjoy

Yokohama stations and waterfront guides

Choose the city or town for the wider stay, the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for a lighter outing.

Stations

Waterfront visits

More Tokyo luggage storage guides

Station arrival and collection

Tourist areas and days out

More Nagoya luggage storage guides

Station arrival and collection

Tourist areas and days out

More Kobe luggage storage guides

Station arrival and collection

Tourist areas and days out

More Fukuoka luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

Shopping in Fukuoka city

More Sendai luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Hiroshima luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Sapporo luggage-storage guides

Start with the Sapporo storage comparison: lockers, Bounce and later delivery, then choose a station or sightseeing guide below.

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

Downtown shopping during a Sapporo stay

Plan the outing as well as the bags: Susukino restaurants and dinner planning, Tanukikoji, Odori and Susukino shopping, or Susukino bars, live jazz and evening entertainment. Each guide links back to practical local luggage arrangements.

Sapporo Factory.

Kitahiroshima Station, F Village and Chitose

Kitahiroshima Station and F Village: game-day luggage planning. Chitose Station: city-stop lockers and tourist-information holding. New Chitose Airport: station access, lockers and shipped-bag collection. CTS Airport shopping: Hokkaido brands, gifts and departure planning.

Separate Kitahiroshima outlet outing

Mitsui Outlet Park Sapporo Kitahiroshima. Plan the return journey around your hotel or airport arrangements.

More Saitama luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Hakodate luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Nagasaki luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Naha luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Niigata luggage-storage guides

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Sakai luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Hamamatsu luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

More Kitakyushu luggage-storage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Parks, sightseeing and neighborhood outings

Outlet shopping

Choose your Kawasaki station or visitor guide

Station arrivals and collection

Museums, attractions and evening visits

Choose your Yokohama station or visitor guide

Station arrivals and collection

Museums, gardens and waterfront visits

Plan your Yokosuka visit

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Harbor, island and coastal visits

Plan your Miura visit

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Harbor, island and coastal visits

Choose your Kamakura guide

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Temple, beach and coastal visits

Choose your Fujisawa guide

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Coastal and historic visits

Choose your Chigasaki guide

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Coastal, garden and park visits

Choose your Hiratsuka guide

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Beach, cultural and hilltop visits

Choose your Odawara guide

City overview

Station arrivals and collection

Castle, coast and cultural visits

Choose your Hakone guide

Hakone overview

Station arrivals and collection

Museums, gardens and mountain visits

Choose your Atami guide

Atami overview

Station arrivals and collection

Coast, gardens and cultural visits

Choose your Ito guide

Ito overview

Station arrivals and collection

Coast, hills and visitor attractions

Choose your Higashi-Izu guide

Higashi-Izu overview

Station arrivals and collection

Coast, gardens and inland visits

Choose your Kawazu guide

Plan your Kawazu stay

Station arrivals and collection

River, coast and valley visits

Choose your Shimoda guide

Plan the station arrival, town walks and separate coastal outings with a collection point that fits your route.

Shimoda overview

Station arrivals and collection

Town, hills and coastal visits

More airport and shopping guides

Airport arrivals and collection

Outlet shopping visits

Choose a Tokyo or Kanto shopping visit

Tokyo shopping streets

Chiba outlet visits

Saitama shopping visits

Yokohama marina shopping

Kansai shopping with less to carry

Choose the shopping area for the day ahead. These guides keep local bag collection and sending purchases for later hotel delivery in one practical plan.

Osaka shopping

Kyoto and Shiga shopping

Kobe and Hyogo shopping

Keep planning your Nagoya shopping

Nagoya and regional shopping

Hakuba: mountain stays with less to carry

Station and bus connections

Hakuba Station · Happo Bus Terminal · Nagano Station and the Hakuba bus

The stay, equipment and shopping

Hakuba luggage storage · Hakuba ski and snowboard storage · Hakuba shopping

Mountain visits

Happo-One and Happo Pond · Iwatake and Mountain Harbor · Tsugaike Kogen and Nature Park · Goryu and Hakuba47

More Tokyo stations and major visitor destinations

Explore Tokyo with less to carry: send spare luggage to Silk Crane from your hotel front desk or a convenience store and arrange later delivery. In Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya, choose the station guides for today’s bag and onward connections, or the separate visitor guides for shopping, gardens, Meiji Jingu and Shibuya Sky. Ueno, Asakusa and the Skytree area also have separate station and sightseeing guides below.

Haneda and Shinagawa visitor stops

Tokyo station connections

Tokyo sightseeing and days out

Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go and Takayama

Choose a guide for the railway or bus arrival, then a separate guide for the places you want to visit.

Station and bus arrival guides

Places to visit

Hiroshima and Miyajima

Choose your arrival and luggage collection guide, then a separate guide for the places you want to visit.

Station, bus and ferry connections

Places to visit and island stays

Make time for art and the canal streets in Kurashiki

Send spare luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane and arrange later delivery, leaving you a smaller bag for this part of Japan. Monthly and annual storage is available, with shipping charged separately. Choose the guide for your arrival or the visit itself.

Station arrivals and collection

Art and the historic quarter

Enjoy Matsuyama and Dogo with a smaller bag

Send extra luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane, enjoy the temples, baths and cultural visits with less to carry, and arrange delivery to a later hotel. Monthly and annual storage are available; shipping is charged separately.

Station connections

City and visitor outings

Kochi: station and visitor guides

Send extra luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane, explore Kochi with a smaller bag and arrange later delivery. Monthly and annual storage is available; shipping is charged separately. Choose the station guide for arrival and collection, or a visitor guide for the outing.

Station arrivals and collection

City and visitor outings

Tokushima and Naruto luggage guides

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane, enjoy Tokushima and Naruto with a smaller bag and arrange delivery for a later stop. Use the station guide for arrival and collection, then choose the visitor outing that suits your day.

Station arrival and collection

City and visitor outings

Beppu, Yufuin and Oita luggage guides

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane, enjoy Kyushu with a smaller bag and arrange delivery for a later stop. Choose a station guide for arrival and collection, then a visitor guide for the outing itself.

Station arrival and collection

City, town and visitor outings

Kumamoto and Aso luggage guides

Send spare luggage from your hotel with Silk Crane and enjoy Kumamoto and Aso with a smaller bag, arranging delivery for a later stop. Keep station arrival and collection separate from castle, garden and mountain outings. Check the current crater restrictions before an Aso visit.

Station arrival and collection

City and visitor outings

Takachiho: bus arrivals, gorge and shrine visits

Send spare luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane and enjoy Takachiho with a smaller bag. Arrange delivery to a later hotel; shipping is charged separately. Use the arrival guide for a bag needed today, then choose the separate visitor outing.

Bus arrival and collection

Tourist areas

Miyazaki and Nichinan: city, island, coast and castle town

Send spare luggage from your hotel to Silk Crane and enjoy the southern Kyushu stay with a smaller bag. Arrange later hotel delivery; shipping is charged separately. Choose local holding around the bag you need today and where the outing ends.

Station arrivals and collection

City and tourist-area visits

Kirishima luggage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Sightseeing and stays

Kagoshima luggage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Sightseeing and stays

Ibusuki luggage guides

Station arrivals and collection

Sightseeing and stays

Niseko: choose the stop, then the luggage plan

Start with Niseko luggage storage, then use Hirafu shopping and luggage storage or Hirafu Welcome Center connections. Station lockers, resort holding and planned shipped storage answer different parts of the journey.

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