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Can you ship airsoft and model guns from Japan?

Yes, but only through some of them. ZenMarket is the cheapest that will take it, landing at ¥17,409 on a ¥10,000 1kg order.

Photo: A Nippon Cargo Airlines 747 freighter at Narita Airport, Masahiro TAKAGI, CC BY 2.0

Covers anything shaped like a real firearm, including toys — for example Tokyo Marui airsoft, model gun, gas blowback.

ServiceCan it ship?What the published rules sayTotal if it ships
ZenMarket With conditions “Model gun with bullets (cartridges) — Partial Disposal Required: Bullets cannot be shipped overseas and will be disposed of upon arrival at the warehouse. Opening Required.” Real guns and gun parts are prohibited, but ZenMarket publishes a handling procedure for model guns rather than banning them. Disposal work is charged from ¥300, plus a handling fee from ¥1,000 per 15 minutes. ¥17,409
Doorzo No “Firearms (including model guns, air guns, pistols, rifles, machine guns, cannons, as well as their ammunition and firearm parts)” —
FROM JAPAN No “Model guns” FROM JAPAN's full prohibited list also names air guns. —
Buyee No “Airguns / Gas Gun / Gun Parts(Metal) / Ammunition” —
Neokyo No “Airsoft replicas (gas and electric - airsoft batteries are also prohibited!)” —

Does the destination change the answer?

No. We checked all nine destinations this site covers and the five services give the same answer to every one of them, because the rule is about the item rather than the route.

DestinationCan it ship?Cheapest that will take it
United States 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥17,409
Canada 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥16,477
United Kingdom 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥19,357
Australia 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥17,917
Germany 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥19,213
France 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥19,357
Singapore 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥16,365
Taiwan 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥14,807
Hong Kong 1 of 5 will ZenMarket — ¥15,181

What you lose if it is refused

With FROM JAPAN, Buyee, ZenMarket, Neokyo and Doorzo, this is the money at risk on a ¥10,000 Yahoo! Auctions win if the item is turned away at the warehouse. It has already been spent by the time anyone looks inside the box.

ServiceIts ruleAlready spentDisposal charge
FROM JAPANRefused¥11,200not published
BuyeeRefused¥11,200not published
ZenMarketWith conditions¥11,500¥300 per kg plus ¥1,000 per 15 minutes
NeokyoRefused¥11,050not published
DoorzoRefused¥11,000not published

"Already spent" is the item, ¥700 of postage inside Japan and the service fee. International postage is not included because the parcel never ships.

Why this matters before you bid

A proxy will happily accept the order and buy the item for you. The refusal happens later, when the parcel reaches their warehouse and is inspected. At that point you have already paid for the goods, the domestic shipping inside Japan and the service fee, and none of it comes back. The item is disposed of or returned to the seller at your cost.

On the ¥10,000 order priced above that is ¥11,500 gone before the parcel ever leaves Japan — the item, ¥700 of domestic postage and the service fee — with disposal charged on top at some services. The international postage is the only part you save, because the parcel never ships. It is the one mistake on this site that costs you the whole purchase rather than a few hundred yen of margin.

Rules checked against each company's own prohibited-items page on 2026-10-05. Where a company publishes nothing on a category we say so rather than guessing.

Work out your own order

The figures above are for one example order. Change anything here and every total recalculates.