What shipping options are available?

We offer a variety of shipping options from Japan Post and FedEx. All methods include a tracking number.

Notice: Due to COVID-19, some shipping options are currently unavailable. Please check our shipping status page to see what is available for your country.

EMS

Average Delivery Time

5-7 days

Insurance

Up to 20,000 yen, additional insurance available during shipping checkout.

Tracking

Included

Benefits

Safe and fast, EMS is often the best choice for ensuring your items arrive quickly. This method gets priority over other Japan Post methods.

Limits

USA/Guam

Fedex International Priority

Average Delivery Time

3-5 days

Insurance

Up to USD$100 by default, additional insurance available during shipping checkout. Insured packages may take 1 business day longer to ship even with Express Processing.

Tracking

Included

Benefits

Safe and fast, FedEx can be an excellent option for shipping heavy, small items such as books. FedEx Priority will arrive faster than Economy.

Limits

Length + Circumference: Less than 330 centimeters for larger items please contact us

Fedex International Connect Plus / FedEx International Economy

Average Delivery Time

5-7 days

Insurance

Up to USD$100 by default, additional insurance available during shipping checkout. Insured packages may take 1 business day longer to ship even with Express Processing.

Tracking

Included

Benefits

Safe and fast, FedEx can be an excellent option for shipping heavy, small items such as books.

Limits

Length + Circumference: Less than 330 centimeters for larger items please contact us

DHL

Average Delivery Time

3-6 days

Insurance

For insurance with DHL please contact us before arranging your shipment with the package value.

Tracking

Included

Benefits

Safe and fast, DHL can be an excellent option for shipping heavy, small items such as books.

Limits

Max Size: 120 x 80 x 80cm

Small Packet Airmail

Average Delivery Time

10-14 days

Insurance

Up to 6,000 yen

Tracking

Included (Updates are available until the package leaves Japan. For some countries, the next update will only appear upon the final delivery)

Benefits

Especially good for light items, small packet airmail is a very economical method that still arrives relatively quickly.

Limits

Max Length + Width + Height: 90 centimeters

Max Weight: 2 Kg

Small Packet SAL (Surface Airlift)

Average Delivery Time

2-6 weeks

Insurance

Up to 6,000 yen

Tracking

Included, but updates infrequently

Benefits

Cheaper than epacket and EMS but faster than Seamail.

Limits

Max Length + Width + Height: 90 centimeters

Parcel Post Airmail

Average Delivery Time

10-14 days

Insurance

Up to 5kg: 11,160 yen

Tracking

Included

Benefits

A good option for countries that may not support EMS but still need to ship large/heavy items.

Limits

A Standard (such as the UK, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, etc)

Parcel Post SAL (Surface Airlift)

Average Delivery Time

2-6 weeks

Insurance

Up to 5kg: 11,160 yen

Tracking

Included, but updates infrequently

Benefit

Cheaper than Airmail and EMS but faster than Seamail.

Limits

A Standard (such as the UK, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, etc)

Seamail (Surface Mail)

Average Delivery Time

1-3 months

Insurance

Up to 5kg: 11,160 yen

Tracking

Included, but updates very infrequently

Benefits

A very economical method for those who are not in a hurry. This method is only available on request. Please contact us at help@blackship.com with your package ID if you want it activated.

Limits

A Standard (such as the UK, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, etc)


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