Entry & arrival

Before you land in Japan, it helps to know which arrival paperwork you can sort out at home and which you can leave until the airport. Visit Japan Web is the online service to look at first, and the question is whether it is required at all.

The Visit Japan Web guide answers that and walks you through filling it in. It explains how to get the immigration and customs QR code ready before arrival, where the shared kiosks stand at the airport, and what to expect if you decide to skip the service and use the paper route instead. Reading it ahead of the flight leaves less to work out in the arrival hall.