{"id":28676,"date":"2019-03-23T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/?p=28676"},"modified":"2023-05-31T01:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:40:56","slug":"redelivery-in-japan-how-reliably-receive-your-missed-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogonihon.com\/en\/blog\/redelivery-in-japan-how-reliably-receive-your-missed-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Redelivery in Japan: how to reliably receive your missed mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming from the US, redelivery\u2014Fuzaihyou<\/em><\/strong> (\u4e0d\u5728\u8868) in Japan\u2014can be a touchy subject. It\u2019s a common joke over there to hear about our postmen ringing the doorbell and slapping a \u201cWe missed you! We\u2019ll try again tomorrow!\u201d paper onto the door while immediately running back to the mail truck. Your mileage may vary though. The States is huge, after all. But how about redelivery in Japan!<\/p>\n

Fuzaihyou<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The point is, fuzaihyou, or redelivery in Japan is reliable, fast, and shockingly convenient. Miss a mail due to work or being out of the house, and a paper will appear at your door. In most cases, this paper will be from the national post\u2014Japan Post\u2014or a private service such as Kuroneko. If it\u2019s JP Post, the official wording is \u90f5\u4fbf\u7269\u7b49\u304a\u9810\u304b\u308a\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b (y\u016bbinbutsut\u014d oazukari no oshirase<\/em>), but it\u2019ll be that piece of paper on your door if you\u2019ve missed your package.<\/p>\n

Deliveries can be rescheduled<\/strong> by: a 24 hour telephone answering system (English is available, but comes at a premium charge), going online from the Japan Post website, mail (using the notice on your door), or fax (do you still use fax? I\u2019m in no place to judge. Plenty of companies in Japan still surprisingly use it). Considering you\u2019re using the internet to read this article and are thus internet savvy, let\u2019s go over using the Japan Post website.<\/p>\n

\"Delivery<\/p>\n

The website<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, grab your notice and head over to JP Post\u2019s tracking website<\/strong> <\/a>link.\u00a0In the box in the middle of the page labeled \u201cPlease enter Notice Number,\u201d put in the 6, or 11-13 digit notice number on your paper and click on next (\u6b21\u3078\u9032\u3080\u3001\u3064\u304e\u3078\u3059\u3059\u3080).<\/p>\n

Under #1, labeled \u201c\u90f5\u4fbf\u756a\u53f7\u3092\u5165\u529b\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044,\u201d enter your zip code. Under #2, labeled \u201c\u3054\u4e0d\u5728\u9023\u7d61\u7968\u306e\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u65e5\u3092\u9078\u3093\u3067\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044,\u201d it also says in English, \u201cPlease select Delivery Date.\u201d This can be a little confusing, but what it means is the date in which you missed your package, or the date they came to your house to deliver and you weren\u2019t there. #3 asks for the type of mail you received. Though this looks like a long list of hard to read Kanji, each one has a number next to it. On your paper, you\u2019ll find one of these numbers. Simply match your number to the one on the list and voila!<\/p>\n

Section 4 lists the methods<\/strong> you\u2019d like your mail to be redelivered. Here\u2019s the list:<\/p>\n