Has anyone here done tax-free shopping in Japan (for personal export) since the new processes came in?
It seems that the shops now transfer records electronically to the tax office and according to this brochure (
https://www.nta.go.jp/publication/pa...nation_eng.pdf) we are supposed to scan our passport and show all goods, which therefore need to be in hand baggage.
Under the old system we could put the goods in our checked baggage and no one really checked anything on departure, just collected the paperwork. Do they now scan everyone’s passports and demand to see the goods? We are departing from HND and carrying a week’s shopping from Tokyu Hands would be pretty impractical. Or can we just stroll through customs without being scanned?