Credit cards are now accepted for customs duties payments by passengers in the airports.
Credit cards are now accepted for customs duties payments by passengers in the following airports.
New Chitose Airport
Asahikawa Airport
Hakodate Airport
Iwate Hanamaki Airport
Sendai Airport
Fukushima Airport
Ibaraki International Airport
Narita International Airport
Tokyo International Airport
Niigata Airport
Toyama Kitokito Airport
Komatsu Airport
Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport
Chubu Centrair International Airport
Kansai International Airport
Okayama Momotaro Airport
Hiroshima Airport
Takamatsu Airport
Matsuyama Airport
Fukuoka Airport
Kitakyushu Airport
Kushu Saga International Airport
Aso Kumamoto Airport
Miyazaki Airport
Kagoshima Airport
Naha Airport
You can pay customs duties and taxes by credit card without withdrawing cash from ATMs or bank counters even if you do not have cash. It is also effective in preventing the spread of Covid-19 because it is a non-contact settlement.
Accepted providers
Accepted providers are the following.
How to use
- Read the code on the paper presented by the officer and access the website “Customs Duties Payment by Credit cards” ** using your smartphone.
- After checking the amount of duties and taxes, input your settlement information and click “Execute payment procedure”
- The officer checks the successful completion of your credit card payment on their system.
** You can access the website “Customs Duties Payment by Credit Card” directly by clicking
the following link.
Cautions to take
- A system usage fee is charged in addition to the duties and taxes being paid for. Specifically, 110 yen is added as a fee when the amount of duties and taxes is less than or equal to 10,000 yen. For amounts higher than 10,000 yen, 110 yen is added every time it exceeds 10,000 yen. The system usage fee above is not national income.
- Receipts will not be issued.
- There is a limit to your usable amount. Please ask the officers for details.
- You cannot use it together with payments by cash.
- The communication fee for your smartphone and other devices is your responsibility.