Japan Airlines has just rolled out “Same-day Delivery Service” to customers arriving at Haneda Airport Terminal 3, providing delivery of your checked baggage from the airport to your hotel (at a fee).
Customers who wish to check their baggage with the JAL Delivery Service should proceed to the “JAL ABC counter” located in the Terminal 3 arrival lobby to utilize this service at a fee of JPY 4,500 per suitcase.
You can access the Japan Airlines website here to check current, detailed instructions for this service.
To utilize this service, the delivery destination is restricted to hotels only. Deliveries to locations other than hotels, such as private residences, are not eligible for this service. That being said the price of 4,500 Yen for one bag isn’t exactly cheap.
The counter for this service is located in the arrivals area of the International Terminal (T3):
4,500 JPY for transporting one bag is steep, especially as the limousine bus goes directly to many of the hotels in the delivery area. Now, there can be some use cases for it, for example, if you arrive and want to go straight to sightseeing or an appointment without first stopping at the hotel to drop off the bag.
The acceptance starts at 4:00 am and ends at 6:00 pm but strangely, bags that were dropped off all day until 4:00 pm have a delivery time of 8:00 pm. Yet all the late drop-offs won’t arrive much later – latest at 10:00 pm. This is a bit of a weird schedule.
I’m not so sure about this price and service. Of course, you could always use Yamato, which is cheaper.
I have used baggage delivery services in Japan before, and they work really well, especially if you carry larger pieces. Just for a carry-on, I’d probably not bother, but I used to live on a rather steep street in Tokyo, and lugging the bags up (or even down to Ebisu station) would have been quite a bit of a challenge.
Conclusion
Japan Airlines now offers a baggage delivery service that offers same-day drop-off and delivery from Haneda Airport Terminal 3. The price is rather steep at 4,500 Yen for one suitcase so I’d definitely compare and maybe select another option such as Yamato which isn’t affiliated with JAL.
ANA seems to have a similar service with Tebura (which is basically Yamato).
I have outlined above when it could make sense to use this service for departures/arrivals at both Tokyo-Haneda or Narita. Generally speaking, it takes a big load off your shoulders (all pun intended) not having to move the bags around, and some people still like to travel with a lot of luggage.
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