First Move
Before your travel day, ask your hotel whether it can send your suitcase to your next accommodation.
Quick steps
- Ask the front desk if delivery is available and when the suitcase will arrive.
- Show your next accommodation’s name, address, and reservation details.
- Keep your passport, valuables, medicine, and overnight essentials with you.
- Keep the receipt or tracking number.
Say or show this
Use these phrases to speak or point when you need help.
Use at the front desk before your travel day.
Nimotsu o tsugi no hoteru ni okuremasu ka?
荷物を次のホテルに送れますか？
Can I send my luggage to my next hotel?
Use when you need to confirm the delivery date.
Itsu todokimasu ka?
いつ届きますか？
When will it arrive?
Show the destination address while saying this.
Kono juusho ni onegaishimasu.
この住所にお願いします。
To this address, please.
If You See or Hear This
Takuhaibin / Takkyubin
宅配便 / 宅急便
It means: Luggage or parcel delivery service.
Your move
Ask whether the service can deliver to your next accommodation.
Denpyou
伝票
It means: Delivery form.
Your move
Add the destination, sender details, and requested arrival date with staff assistance.
Motobarai
元払い
It means: Paid by the sender.
Your move
Pay the delivery fee when sending the suitcase.
Yokujitsu
翌日
It means: The following day.
Your move
Prepare a small overnight bag in case your suitcase arrives tomorrow.
If You’re Stuck
Show staff the next hotel’s reservation page rather than typing the address from memory. Delivery times, accepted items, and available destinations vary. Confirm the arrival date before letting your suitcase begin its independent journey.
Tiny Culture Note
Luggage delivery turns travel into a small act of trust. Your suitcase disappears behind a hotel desk. Later, it reappears in another city as though it has learned teleportation. It has not. Japan’s delivery network is simply doing the difficult part of the trip for you.