Planning
Tokyo Storage Prices
What storing a bag in Tokyo really costs, per bag and per day, next to lockers and baggage rooms.
Guides To Luggage Storage Across Tokyo
These guides cover the decisions a traveller with a suitcase actually faces in Tokyo: which lockers take which sizes and for how many days, where the JR East baggage rooms are, and when forwarding makes more sense than a locker.
Core
Planning
Coin Locker Sizes
Published internal dimensions of Tokyo coin lockers, tier by tier, and which suitcase fits each one.
Planning
Duration Limits
Every published luggage duration limit in Tokyo, from 3-day lockers to 30-day baggage rooms.
Planning
Is It Safe
What Tokyo locker terms and staffed storage guarantees really cover, in plain language.
Planning
Long-Term Storage
Lockers cap at 3 or 4 days, baggage rooms at 30, airports at 2 weeks. The full comparison.
24 Hour Storage
Where overnight bag storage in Tokyo genuinely exists, and what it costs.
Planning
Oversized Bags
Where a large suitcase, ski bag or snowboard actually fits in Tokyo, with real prices and size limits.
How Storage Works
The full mechanics of a Tokyo bag drop: lockers, baggage rooms and booked points.
Planning
Why Lockers Are Full
Why the big coin lockers vanish first at Shinjuku and Tokyo Station, and what to do about it.
Planning
Free Storage in Tokyo
Museum lockers and hotel holds are the only true free options in Tokyo; stations and airports all charge.
Suica and Lockers
Which Tokyo locker banks open for Suica, how the door works, and what to do if the card is gone.
Store for a Few Hours
Real prices, sizes and day rules for short-term bag storage across Tokyo.
Tokyo Locker Map
Find every coin locker bank and attended storage point in Tokyo, station by station.
Adjacent
Planning
Forwarding vs Storage
Real fares and cut-off times for takuhaibin forwarding, set against same-day storage prices.
Nikko Without a Bag
Where the bag stays while you take the train to Nikko: storage near the departure stations, locker rules, and forwarding.
Planning
Haneda With Luggage
Monorail luggage racks, terminal storage prices, locker rates and delivery cut-offs, all from Haneda's own pages.
Last Day in Tokyo
Checkout to night flight: every storage option, priced and timed.
Luggage on the Shinkansen
Size limits, free reservations, the 1,000 yen penalty, and when storing or forwarding the case beats carrying it.
Narita to Tokyo With Luggage
Carry, store or forward a suitcase on the Narita to Tokyo run, with real prices at every step.
Tokyo to Kyoto Shipping
Published takuhaibin fares, carrier size caps and hand-over cut-offs for getting a suitcase from Tokyo to Kyoto without hauling it.
Shinkansen Baggage Rules
The 160 cm threshold, the free seat reservation, the ¥1,000 penalty and the lines where none of it applies.
Suitcases on the Metro
No size limit on the Metro, but rush hour and locker scarcity are the real constraints.
Takkyubin Explained
How Japan's luggage forwarding service works, with real carrier prices and airport cut-off times.
Tokyo Hotel Check-In Times
Tokyo hotels open their doors late. Find out where to store your luggage before you can get into your room.
Background
First Time in Tokyo
The surprises that catch first-time visitors, and the storage moves that solve each one.
One-Day Tokyo Walk
Walk the best of Tokyo in a day, bag-free.
Short-Stay Areas
Which Tokyo neighbourhoods make a one or two night stay easy with a suitcase in tow.
Tokyo With Kids
Venue bag limits, stroller rules and real storage prices for families in Tokyo.