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Sending whiskey to Japan...?

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  • 11-02-2005 3:06pm
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    Merrion
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    A friend of mine is getting marries in Japan and I have selected a nice 30yo single malt from the celtic whiskey shop to send him but there is a caveat that some countries restrict the delivery of alcohol so I'd be stuck if that is the case in Japan...anybody know how I can find out if it is?


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    Chalk
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    i think only the us refuse to ship alcoholo as a leftover of prohibition?


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    Enii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,546 ✭✭✭Enii


    Ask at your local post office, there was a notice up in my post office in relation to this but I can't remember what it said....


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    antoinolachtnai
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    Shipping alcohol to Japan? Possibly the world's most bureaucratic country? Well, maybe, if you can make a really good case that it's really a wedding gift. There would quite likely be duty to pay. I would ask at the Japanese embassy, maybe?


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    BuffyBot
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    Or ask the shop itself...if they do this regularily, they may know the answer


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    japanpaul
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    I'm living in Japan at the moment. My mother sent me a snow boarding jacket last year for XMas pressy because I couldn't find one to fit me here(live in small town). I had to pay maybe E10 duty on a E200 jacket. VAT is only 5% here!! Also, nearly every parcel I receive is opened. Japanese are so exact about everything it's enraging.
    Also, there is a great selection of Irish whiskeys over here in a shop called YAMAYA. A 750ml bottle of Jameson 9 year is only E16 here!! Cheaper than Ireland I think. I checked their online shopping site for you, but they only sell wines online. Don't know why.


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