Prohibited Items

We cannot purchase or export items forbidden by law, dangerous items such as flammable substances and other restricted items.
Please make sure to check the regulations set by each delivery company on your own for your area.
We monitor items. In case we find prohibited items, we may delete the items on our site without prior notice.
Find a list of prohibited items here.

Prohibited Items Banned or Regulated for Export by Japanese Law

Pharmaceuticals and medical devices that require a license for sale in Japan (contact lenses, fashion colored contact lenses, massage apparatuses, and hearing aids)

Adult goods and pornography
Child pornography
Diamonds (including rough and fabricated diamonds)
Counterfeit, altered or fake currency
Postage stamps and fiscal stamps
Official documents
National treasures
Important cultural properties
Important works of art, etc.
Pirated CDs, DVDs, and software
Products with an undeterminable origin
Lottery tickets
Money
Gift certificates
Food and drink tickets

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Canned air
High pressure gas
Gas (gas cylinders and cartridges)
Gas lighters
Portable oxygen inhalers
Liquefied gas
Helium gas
Chlorofluorocarbons
Nitrogen and liquid nitrogen
Portable oxygen concentrators
Oxygen cylinders (aqua-Lung)
Aerosol spray cans (hairspray, fragrance spray, lacquer spray, Air Salonpas, etc.)
High-flow oxygen concentrators
Gas products for camping (portable gas stoves, etc.)
Fire extinguishers

Flammable liquids and substances
Table tennis balls
Fuel (gasoline and oil)
Matches
Oil lighters
Paint
Perfume
Nail polish and nail polish remover
Alcohol
Paint thinner
Lighter fluid
Cooking oil
Flammable items and items containing a flammable warning (e.g. sunscreen, shampoo, and adhesives)
Adhesives (glues or other adhesives included with figures, toys, eyelash sets, etc. may incur a disposal fee)

Organisms (live animals, insects, plants and vegetation)
Items with soil
Bonsai, decorative plants etc.
Livestock feed
Meat products
Pet food
Raw milk and eggs
Items that require refrigeration
Fresh produce
Plant seeds
Insect specimen samples
Taxidermied animals
Beverages with over 70% alcohol (some countries may forbid the import of beverages with a lower degree of alcohol)
Items limited in accordance with CITES regulations: elephant trunks, tortoise shells, animal furs, alligator skin, snakeskin, lizard skin, etc.

Air guns
Model guns
Fake swords
Swords

Batteries
Battery chargers
Lead-acid batteries
Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
Lithium-metal batteries (limited to certain countries)
Lithium-ion batteries (limited to certain countries)
Items with lithium batteries or lithium-ion batteries (limited to certain countries)
Magnets
Electric generators and engines

Pyrotechnic articles (fireworks, firecrackers, ammunition, explosives, etc.)
Items that have fuel or oil inside, or that might be able to contain it (including both used and new items)
Air conditioners
Airbags (for vehicles)
Steering wheels containing airbags
Items that have containers, cans, gasoline tanks, or carburetors for containing oil or fuel (includes both new and used items)
Seatbelt pretensioners
Vehicles (cars, motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and some bicycles where the tire cannot be deflated, etc.)

Harmful drugs
Psychotropic drugs
Inhalers for illegal drugs
Anesthetics and other related drugs
Poisonous, toxic and/or hazardous substances
Pesticides
Tobacco/Cigarettes
Insect repellent
Agricultural chemicals
Organic solvents

Corrosive substances
Mercury (batteries, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, barometers containing mercury, etc.)
Chloroform
Bleach
Peroxides and oxidizing agents
Charcoal
Dry ice
Asbestos
Uranium
Plutonium
Thorium
Nuclear waste
Radioactive substances
Sodium hydroxide
Barium carbonate
Formalin and formaldehyde
Printer Toner Cartridges
Ink and printer ink cartridges (documents for clearance may be required when shipping, and we may not be able to provide certain documents to ship ink abroad)