Originally Posted by
oldfolky
There’s a basket at customs to toss your tax free stamped receipts into. I forgot in my last trip and there seem to no consequences from not tossing your receipts in there. I’ve never had my good checked, and in fact I posted some as gifts before leaving Japan last time. The system is very lax.
this isn't the case anymore, it's all done electronically now, no more stapled receipts in your passport.