A traveler leaves a ski bag and a suitcase at a hotel front desk in Japan and keeps only a small backpack for the city days.

Store Skis and a Suitcase Together in Japan

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Bring both your skis and your suitcase to Japan without carrying them everywhere.

Silk Crane, a luggage storage service for travelers in Japan, stores your ski bag and your suitcase after you send them from your hotel front desk, and delivers them to a later hotel.

A traveler leaves a ski bag and a suitcase at a hotel front desk in Japan and keeps only a small backpack for the city days.
Leave the ski bag and the suitcase at the front desk and carry only a daypack.

Your ski and suitcase trip, one step at a time

  1. Step 1 of 6

    Land in Tokyo with a ski bag and a suitcase

    Picture landing in Tokyo with a ski bag and a suitcase. You need the suitcase in Tokyo and the skis later in Hakuba, so you send the skis ahead and keep the suitcase.

    After you check in, your hotel front desk is where you hand over the ski bag.

  2. Step 2 of 6

    Send the ski bag from where you are

    You can send the ski bag from your hotel front desk. Skis and snowboards go from your hotel front desk or a Yamato counter.

    1. Choose your storage on the main storage page. Silk Crane then gives you the address and the sending steps.
    2. Pack and label each bag. The Yamato ski and snowboard cover guide shows the cover for skis, and the waybill instructions show the label for each bag.

    Not sure your hotel can send it? Contact Silk Crane.

  3. Step 3 of 6

    The city days: carry only the suitcase

    You take only the suitcase around Tokyo and Kyoto, with your everyday essentials in your day bag. Silk Crane delivers the ski bag to your ski hotel in Hakuba.

  4. Step 4 of 6

    At your ski hotel: ski with your own gear

    In Hakuba you ski with your own gear, and your suitcase is with you. Then comes the last ski day.

  5. Step 5 of 6

    After the last ski day: send both bags

    From your hotel front desk, you send the ski bag and the suitcase; a suitcase can also go from a 7-Eleven. Silk Crane keeps both for a short stay or a longer one, so you travel on with only what the next stop needs.

  6. Step 6 of 6

    The flight home: pick up at your airport

    For the flight home, Silk Crane delivers both bags to a Yamato pickup counter confirmed for your departure airport and terminal. A later hotel in Japan works the same way if your trip continues.

More for ski trips

For ski gear alone, the ski and snowboard storage page is a closer fit. Next, read the guide to travel after the slopes, the Hakuba storage guide and the Niseko guide for repeat visitors.

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