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Can you ship spray cans and topcoat from Japan?

No. None of the five services will ship spray cans and topcoat out of Japan.

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

Covers spray paint, matte topcoat, air duster, spray deodorant — for example Mr. Super Clear, spray primer, air duster.

ServiceCan it ship?What the published rules sayTotal if it ships
Doorzo No “aerosol cans (such as hair sprays, deodorant sprays, spray paints, and pain relief sprays)” —
FROM JAPAN No “We are unable to ship dangerous goods for air transport outside of Japan. Such items can only be shipped within Japan.” Aerosols are not named individually, but they are dangerous goods for air transport, which FROM JAPAN states it cannot send abroad. —
Buyee No “Aerosol Spray Cans / Dust Remover Spray. "The amount of arriving aerosol spray cans have increased in recent period; however, this kind of items are considered dangerous that cannot be shipped out."” —
Neokyo No “Gas: gas stoves, spray cans, aerosols” —
ZenMarket No “Any sprays or otherwise condensed air, gases ... deodorant sprays, aroma-sprays” —

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.

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
ZenMarketRefused¥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 ¥11,000 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.