- Japan -> USA as of Dec 3, 2021
- USA -> Japan as of Dec 24, 2021
- COVID Testing in Tokyo
- Sources for the Travel Rules
- Useful Apps for Traveling between Japan & USA
- Must show negative COVID Test taken within 1 day of flight's departure
- Regardless of nationality or vaccination status
- All travelers must show their negative results to the airline before you board your flight
- Fill out & print the attestation
- Proof of vaccination
- Negative COVID Certificate within 1 day of flight's departure
Passengers traveling to Los Angeles
- Per the instructions from the local authorities in Los Angeles, international passengers of any nationality 16 years of age or older are required to submit a Traveler Form before entering the United States.
- PCR Test in Japanese Format
- within 72 hours before departure 🛫
- Japanese Format Template
- Install & Log into MySOS App
- Install Link:
https://mysosp.page.link/sfY2kRrviv4t4eFy7 - Login: enter Passport Number and Date of Birth
- Used to report your location and health condition
- Health and Location Monitoring App for Overseas Entrants
- Install Link:
- Install COCOA - COVID-19 Contact App
- QR code generated upon completing the Online Questionnaire.
- Submit a printed
Written Pledge⚠️ Written Pledge was revised on December 16⚠️ - December 4, 2021 Version:
- Drink water to prepare for PCR test upon landing
- Submit Customs Declaration with Japan Customs Declaration App
- Take PCR test at the airport
- Fill out the following documents:
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Health Card -
Quarantine Accommodation Registration -
Schedule of Stay
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- Submit the following:
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Written Pledge -
Questionnaire QR Code
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- Smartphone App Setup Check {MySOS, COCOA}
- Receive a colored wristband
- Color indicates the number of days for the Gov't designated facility located quarantine
- Ex: Green for 3 days
- Wait for the PCR test results
- Staff will place you in a group
- As a group, you will go through:
- Quarantine interview
- Immigration (Face & Passport check)
- Luggage pick up
- Custom check
- The group will be lead to the bus that takes you to the designated quarantine hotel
- Hotel name details are not announced
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You will receive a thermometer
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Setup the 新型コロナウイルス 健康観察チャット / New Coronavirus Health Observation Chat
- This is where you input your temperature daily
⚠️ This website is buggy
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Report your location with MySOS App
- Upon arriving at your quarantine hotel, "check in" to register your location.
- You will be requested to confirm your current location multiple times a day
- Click
I’m Here!button to confirm
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Report your health condition with MySOS App
- Once a day, you will receive a notification asking you to confirm your health condition.
- Follow the prompt in the notification to report your health condition.
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Answering video calls with MySOS
- Answer incoming video calls to verify that you are staying at the registered quarantine location
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We set up a Chat tool to communicate our health condition (temperature) to the hotel admin.
- Email
[email protected]for MySOS related problems - Email
[email protected]with opinions & requests - Email
[email protected]for general inquiries - Call
03-6757-1038for questions & requests- Hours: 09:00 ~ 18:00 ; All year round
- The day of arrival is not included in 14-day count 🛬
- Returning from California requires a 3-day hotel quarantine & 11 days at home
- Returning from Hawaii requires a 6-day hotel quarantine & 8 days at home
- Updated List: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html
- All travelers inbound to Japan must receive a negative PCR test within 72 hours of the flight's departure
- Domestic travel before the international flight is NOT counted within 72 hours.
- The terms "nasopharyngeal" or "saliva" must be listed as the sample collection method.
- Certificate of Negative Test in JAPANESE format
- Border Enforcement Measures Japan - 検査証明書の提出について｜厚生労働省
- Q&A in English: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/000849598.pdf
- Convert an COVID test result to the Japanese format
- Corona Certificate Issuance Service - 日本入国 | コロナ証明書発行サービス
- Hours: Mon ~ Fri from 9 am to 5 pm Pacific
- Support Phone Number:
650-962-4630 - $350 for COVID Test & Certificate
- $50 for Certificate Only
- Email:
[email protected]- COVID test result
- Passport photo page
東京青山PCRセンター ⚡
- Train Station: Gaiemmae or Omote-Sando
- 5000 JPY for a COVID Test + same day results - Test before 12:00
- + 10,000 JPY for a Negative COVID Certificate
- Details: https://aoyama-pcr.com/
- Google Maps: https://g.page/AKClinic-Tokyo?share
- Cash only 💵
- Call ahead to book but they are never crowded
- Cell:
0120-976-789 - Hours: 9:30 ~ 19:30・All year long
- Cell:
Team Medical Clinic Shinjuku
- Station: Shinjuku-nishiguchi or Seibu-Shinjuku
- 16,000 JPY for a COVID test & Negative COVID Certificate
- Details: https://www.shinjuku.team-medical.or.jp/english
- Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/7HDi14FB4cu8vqCe6
T Care Clinic Hamamatsucho (clinicnearme.jp) / Tケアクリニック浜松町
- Train station: Hamamatsucho
- 16,500 JPY for a COVID Test
- + 3,300 JPY for same day results - Test before 14:30
- + 5,500 JPY for Negative COVID Certificate
- Details: https://www.tcclinic.jp/pc/pcr/visit/
- Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/zuKHHbJxN3rcQG3e6
SmartAmp Station
- Train station: Nihonbashi or Kayabacho
- 1,980 JPY for a COVID Test - Next day results
- 9,900 JPY for a COVID Test - Same day results - Test before 12:50
- +5,500 JPY for Negative COVID Certificate
- Details: https://www.smartampstationdnaform.jp/certificate
- Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/TG7oeJPrKtQWtEEo9
- New Requirements for Air Travelers to the U.S. - US State Department
- Travel Alert - U.S. Embassy Tokyo (December 3, 2021) - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan
- Border Enforcement measures | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan｜厚生労働省
- https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/bordercontrol.html
- Japan's Border Control - 水際対策に係る新たな措置について｜厚生労働省
- Information Regarding Travel from/to Japan and Other Countries | ANA Care Promise | ANA
- Amended Order: Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test Result or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Airline Passengers Arriving into the United States | Quarantine | CDC
- Valid Format of Certificate of Negative Test Result | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Border Enforcement Measures Japan - 検査証明書の提出について｜厚生労働省
- COVID Test Centers in Tokyo: Getting a Negative Test Certificate for Travel | Tokyo Cheapo
Flying into Japan
Getting around inside Japan
Other
- Umbrella Rental -> アイカサ -傘レンタルアプリ- iKASA
- Hiking Trail Map -> YAMAP
- McDonald's Japan
- Best weather app for Japan -> tenki.jp -日本気象協会の天気予報専門アプリ-
- PayPay-ペイペイ(電子マネーでスマートにお支払い)
Short Link to this doc: bit.ly/japan_travel_usa_notes