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> Even the airports have a takkyu-bin counter. Disembark, breeze through immigration, and head straight there. Send your bags off. Last time I used takkyu-bin

> Even the airports have a takkyu-bin counter. Disembark, breeze through immigration, and head straight there. Send your bags off. Last time I used takkyu-bin at Haneda airport there was a massive line at the Yamato transport desk. I think we spent 20+ minutes waiting. We had to use it because we had way too much luggage to schlep on a shinkansen, but if I only had a single suitcase - even a large one - I would probably just bring it with me. The direction, or sending between hotels, has always been fine though.

blamazon 3y ago
It also usually takes two or three days for a bag sent from a hotel to reach the airport in particular compared to overnight for other such location pairs in the same urban area. On some Shinkansen trains there are extra luggage seats available that have more storage space for luggage that can be prebooked - I've used these before from and to the airport, with luggage delivery between hotels.