Originally Posted by
JDiver
You may find duty free prices to not be so much better for wines than your local wine purveyor, in which case you could properly pack a bag with wine and check it through to your destination, as
mjm recommends. Of course, check Indonesia's customs and duty requirements before you plan anything - unfortunately rendering most of this discussion moot, as you are allowed
one litre of liquor or alcohol coming into Indonesia (the world's largest mostly Muslim country).
One person on TripAdvisor in
this thread posts:
How comfortable are you with bribery and the
possibility of confiscation?
(BTW, Japan's customs limit for bringing wine into Japan is 3 bottles of alcoholic beverages of 750 ml each.)
As this is more related to transiting Japan with wine, we've spun it off into its own thread from the connections thread.
JDiver
Senior Moderator
Slight correction to this:
Japan allows 3 bottles of wine "duty free" and it is 150yen per bottle after that. You are allowed to bring in as much as you like so long as it is deemed for personal consumption. The rule of thumb is up to 10-12 cases is for own consumption. I usually bring 3 cases a few times a year, go to the "Goods to Declare" line and it is a very smooth and well organized transaction.