Just to finish the pickle thread, I just arrived back in Tokyo with 2 glasses
of Strub's. They were well padded and in my checked baggage. Carry on would not have worked, the geniuses at the checkpoint confiscated the most dangerous of dangerous items one can try to take onto an aircraft, a jar of NUTELLA. I was hopelessly overweight and grabbed the jar by mistake to put it in my carry on. I didn't even think. Thank heaven it wasn't the Maple Syrup or the Acacia Honey. So thanks to them we arrived safely!!!