ZoomZ Posted October 27, 2021 Report Posted October 27, 2021 Funny thing happened on the way to koshirae this week . Normally a kogatana does not have to be registered when coming into Japan . This week though , if the kogatana is in shirasaya when it arrives at check in it is considered a sword and needed to be registered even though it was under 13cm . If it had arrived with no shirsaya and just wrapped in something or installed in the kozuka and wrapped up it would not need to be registered 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted October 27, 2021 Report Posted October 27, 2021 That was a new one for me as well, though I can't honestly recall if I have imported a kogatana inside of its shirasaya in the past. Good to know for the future if this a policy change, or simply the policy as it has always stood. Quote
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