3 Things to Do When You Arrive in Japan (2026 Update)

Number three: the arrival forms. Skip the paper cards — register on Visit Japan Web before your flight, and one QR code clears both immigration and customs. Number two: the train ticket. On an iPhone you don't need a plastic card: open Wallet, add a Suica, top it up with Apple Pay and tap through the gates. Number one: the receipt from your first shopping trip. Ten percent of almost everything is tax tourists aren't meant to keep paying. Until now stores took it off at the till; from November 20