Coin lockers are cheaper than every booking service — when you can find an empty one. Here is what each option actually costs, and the billing quirk at Narita that charges you twice for one night.
Tokyo has more coin lockers than almost anywhere on earth, they are cheap, and they sit inside every station and airport terminal you will pass through. If there is a free one the right size, take it — nothing on this page beats it on price.
The problem is not price, it is availability. At Shinjuku, Tokyo and Shibuya the large lockers go first, and on a weekend or through a holiday period they can be gone by mid-morning. That is the entire reason the booking services exist.
Ecbo Cloak and Bounce cost roughly the same as or more than a coin locker — about ¥500 a day for a bag against ¥400 for a small locker. You are not saving money. You are buying a guaranteed space, booked in advance, that fits a case a small locker never would.
That is worth paying for on a checkout-day-with-a-late-flight, or at Shinjuku on a Saturday. It is not worth paying for at 8am on a Tuesday at a quiet station.
And the option most visitors never consider: don't store the bag, send it. Japan's takuhaibin courier network will move your suitcase from the airport to your hotel, or between hotels, usually overnight. It is one of the genuinely great things about travelling here. How that works →
Both airports publish their locker pricing in full, which city stations largely do not. These are the airport figures — station lockers are broadly comparable, typically ¥400–¥800 a day depending on size and operator.
| Size | Dimensions (W × D × H) | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 35.2 × 67.8 × 32 cm | ¥400 |
| Medium | 35.2 × 67.8 × 51 cm | ¥500 |
| Large | 35.2 × 67.8 × 87 cm | ¥600 |
| Extra-large | 35.2 × 67.8 × 117 cm | ¥1,000 |
| Extra-large (T1 B1F) | 35.2 × 67.8 × 175 cm | ¥1,500 |
Approx. US$2.45–$9.20 at ¥163 to US$1, 30 July 2026. Maximum seven days; a day counts as 24 hours from the start of use. All lockers are keyless and take cash, credit cards, electronic money and QR codes, and all sit outside the gates. Overrun and your bag moves to a designated storage area for 30 days. Source: Haneda Airport — Coin Lockers.
| Size | Dimensions (H × W × D) | Daily rate | First 6 h |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 33 × 34 × 66 cm | ¥400 | ¥300 |
| Medium | 50 × 34 × 66 cm | ¥600 | ¥500 |
| Large | 86 × 34 × 66 cm | ¥800 | ¥600 |
| Extra-large (T3, skis) | 227 × 34 × 66 cm | ¥1,200 / 12 h | — |
Narita runs two different systems. Terminal 1 throughout and Terminal 2's 3F and 2F use the daily rate; Terminal 2's B1F and Terminal 3's 2F use the hourly system, where the first six hours cost the "first 6 h" price and each further 24 hours adds the daily rate. Maximum eight days (five for extra-large). All lockers are touch-panel and accept Suica. Source: Narita Airport — Coin-Operated Lockers.
A large locker takes a normal check-in suitcase standing up. A small one does not — 32–33cm of height is a cabin bag or a backpack. If you are travelling with a full-size case, you need a large, and larges are exactly the ones that run out.
The two airports define "one day" differently, and it costs real money on an evening arrival.
Narita's daily-rate lockers reset at midnight. The airport spells it out with its own example: put something in at 21:00 and take it out at 01:00 the next morning, and you are charged for two days. Four hours of storage, two days of billing.
Haneda counts a full 24 hours from when you start. Same four hours across midnight, one day's charge.
Practically: if you land at Narita in the evening and want to collect a bag the next morning, budget for two days — or use the hourly-system lockers in Terminal 2's basement or Terminal 3, where the first six hours are billed as a block and the clock only rolls at the 24-hour mark.
It is a small amount of money. It is also the kind of thing that is invisible until you are standing at a machine wondering why it wants another ¥800, and no English-language guide we could find mentions it.
When a locker will not fit it — skis, a surfboard, an oversized case — both airports have staffed baggage rooms that will.
| Total of the three sides | Per item, per day |
|---|---|
| Under 120 cm | ¥800 |
| 120–199 cm | ¥1,000 |
| 200–300 cm | ¥2,000 |
Open 8:00–19:30. Stored up to two weeks. Maximum 300 cm across the three dimensions combined and 30 kg per item; skis and surfboards accepted. Terminal 1's counter is on B1F (South terminal lobby), Terminal 2's on B1F (North). Source: Haneda Airport — Baggage Storage.
Narita's counters are run by several companies — JAL ABC and Sagawa Express among them — across all three terminals, with three price levels by size. Because the rate varies by operator rather than being set airport-wide, Narita does not publish one table, and neither will we: ask at the counter you are standing at.
Source: Narita Airport — Baggage Storage.
Worth knowing about the hours. Haneda's storage counters shut at 19:30 and its lockers do not. If you are on a late flight, the locker is the only option that is still open when you get back.
Both of these work the same way: book on your phone, walk to a shop, café or hotel that has signed up, hand over the bag, collect it later. Neither is a locker — a person takes your suitcase and puts it in a back room.
More than 1,000 locations nationwide, at ¥500 a day for a bag and ¥800 a day for a suitcase, with insurance up to ¥100,000 per item. Its network runs through cafés, shops and — usefully — a growing number of convenience stores, which in Japan means somewhere within a few minutes' walk of almost anywhere you will be standing.
Source: ecbo cloak. We have no commercial relationship with ecbo and earn nothing if you use it — it is here because for a lot of trips it is simply the right answer.
Bounce lists 1,403 locations in Tokyo alone, with sites clustered around Tokyo Station, Skytree and the major hubs. Individual Tokyo listings price at roughly ¥500 to ¥850 a day. The interface is in English and designed around short visits, which is the main thing it has over ecbo for a first-time traveller.
Bounce advertises "from ¥275/day" and you will not pay that. That is a floor price across its whole network; the actual Tokyo listings we checked showed ¥500 and ¥850. Budget for the real number, and check the price on the specific location before you book.
The Bounce link above is an affiliate link and we may earn a commission at no cost to you. It has not changed what this page says — the coin locker is cheaper and we have said so twice. How this works →
Japan's courier networks — takuhaibin — will collect a suitcase at the airport and deliver it to your hotel, or move it between hotels while you travel with a day bag. Counters run by Yamato, Sagawa Express and JAL ABC operate in the arrival lobbies at both airports.
For a traveller doing Tokyo then Kyoto, this is transformative: your case goes ahead by road, you take the Shinkansen unencumbered, and it is waiting when you check in.
Same-day delivery exists but the cut-offs are early and the areas are small. At Narita, Sagawa accepts same-day orders until 14:00 and only for ten Tokyo wards plus selected Urayasu hotels; Yamato's same-day window is 06:30–10:30. At Haneda, the JAL counter in Terminal 1 takes bags up to 15 kg by 13:00 at ¥1,500 per item, delivering only within the Urayasu, Odaiba and Maihama areas.
Miss the window and it becomes next-day — which is fine if you planned for it and miserable if you did not. Keep a night's essentials with you.
All of Narita's baggage shipment counters carry the government's "hands-free travel" certification, which means English-language service and defined same-day and next-day delivery areas. Haneda's Yamato counters in the international lobbies run 05:45–23:00 — far longer hours than the storage rooms.
Sources: Narita Airport — Baggage Delivery · Haneda Airport — Home Delivery · Haneda Airport — Baggage Storage.
Arriving and heading straight out? Sending the case to your hotel from the airport counter means the Narita Express or the monorail becomes a normal train journey rather than a wrestling match — which matters most on the Keisei Access Express and other commuter services with no luggage racks.
Prices verified July 2026. Something outdated or incorrect? Report an error →