What to Keep Out of Luggage Sent to Storage in Japan
Reviewed by Max
A quick bag check, then more room for the holiday.
Keep your passport, money, valuables and everyday essentials with you. Leave dangerous goods, food, liquids and flammables out of the bag you send to Silk Crane.
Tell us about lithium-ion batteries before sending. Storage arrangements and carrier shipping rules are separate, so a battery label alone does not make a shipment ready to go.
Send the spare suitcase from your hotel front desk or a convenience store using your Silk Crane instructions. Monthly and annual storage plans are available.
The passport stays with you. The extra clothes go ahead.
Imagine putting a larger suitcase aside before several days in Kyoto. You move the passport wallet and phone into the small bag you will carry and check what remains in the suitcase.
The spare clothing goes into storage while the things you need each day stay close. There is less luggage to move and no need to retrieve a stored bag for an essential item.
After checking the suitcase, sign up and follow the supplied sending instructions from your hotel front desk or a convenience store. Keep the Kyoto essentials through shipping, and arrange delivery to your later hotel so the case is useful again when the rail trip ends.
Check the contents before handover
Keep valuables and daily essentials with you
Do not send cash, passports, jewellery, high-value electronics or other valuables into storage. Dangerous goods, restricted items, food, liquids and flammables must stay out too.
Our small-bag packing guide helps you decide what belongs in your everyday luggage.
Tell us about batteries before sending
Disclose power banks, spare lithium-ion batteries and devices containing lithium-ion batteries. Clearly tag the item as instructed so Silk Crane can identify it for removal and separate storage.
This handling arrangement does not override prohibited-item rules or the carrier’s restrictions. Never send damaged, swollen, wet, recalled or otherwise dangerous batteries.
Check the shipment as well as the storage
The contents must suit both Silk Crane storage and the carrier route. Mention battery-powered items, fragile electronics and any uncertain contents before dispatch.
Yamato’s current prohibited-items guidance explains the carrier side. Air transport restrictions can also affect delivery timing.
Ask while the bag is still with you
Describe the exact item, its condition, any battery and how it is packed. Settle the sending arrangement before handing the package to the carrier.
For a flight or a time-sensitive stay, read about planning delivery time. Shipping is separate; use the shipping estimates for the trip budget.
Questions about luggage contents
What should I leave out of stored luggage?
Do not send dangerous or restricted goods, food, liquids, flammables or valuables such as cash, passports, jewellery and high-value electronics.
What about a power bank or a device with a battery?
Tell Silk Crane before sending and follow the instructions for identifying and tagging the item. Separate storage handling does not replace the carrier’s shipping rules.
Are storage and carrier restrictions the same?
No. Both apply. Describe uncertain contents before dispatch so the item, packing and route can be checked together.
Keep the useful things close
Store the bags you will not need and carry the essentials for the days ahead. Choose luggage storage
Find more ideas in our Japan luggage and sports gear guides.