Start with the official checker
Before entering Japan, check MOFA’s visa-exemption table and passport/nationality conditions, then the Japanese embassy/consulate responsible for your residence for documents, purpose and itinerary. Tell the airline if the itinerary requires reclaim, a domestic leg, an overnight transit or a landside hotel.
Volairport does not decide whether you may enter or transit.
Check my entry requirements Official · external ↗Airside transit or entry?
For HND public-lobby entry, follow the international arrival procedure: relevant quarantine, immigration, checked-bag reclaim and customs. For eligible international transit remain on the prescribed airport transit route; changing terminals follows airport transfer instructions and destination security/transfer facility. Public hotel/landside access requires entry permission; T3 transit hotel has a separate itinerary and boarding-pass restriction.
Your airport route
First check the next operating airline, flight terminal/date, entry eligibility and through-check/baggage arrangement. International to domestic follows immigration, baggage collection and customs, then recheck and domestic security; hand baggage alone does not remove Japan-entry requirements. Separate reservations need separate check-in; do not assume protected connections or automatic baggage transfer. ANA domestic Haneda baggage closes 30 minutes before departure from September 2026; domestic gate guidance is 10 minutes. ANA international check-in/baggage deadline is 60 minutes and gate-arrival guidance 30 minutes. At T3 ANA Domestic Transfer Counter the procedure cutoff is 60 minutes for T2 domestic departures; outside counter hours use T2 Counter 14.
Self-transfer guideOfficial sources & review
Requirements may change; confirm your travel-date rules with the authority.
- Japan MOFA · entry and visas Official · external ↗ · 2026-10-14
- ANA · Haneda transfer conditions Official · external ↗ · 2026-10-14