Japan International Motorcycle Shipping Companies
Motorcycle shipping companies in Japan
Please contact the companies listed on this page directly for more information.
Sanyo Logistics Inc.
“We have an international staff, are fluent in various languages and are highly experienced in transporting vehicles and motorcycles worldwide.”
Business: Freight forwarder.
Ships to: International.
Services:
- Air freight
- Sea freight
- Inland trucking
- Customs clearance
- RoRo and ferry
This directory is a free resource. Mad or Nomad is not involved in any bookings or arrangements, and all decisions and dealings are solely between you and the provider.
Japan Motorcycle Shipping FAQ
Here’s a few of the most frequently asked questions we get on motorcycle shipping in Japan.
Yes. You can ship motorcycles to and from Japan via sea or air. On this page you’ll find shipping company in Japan and their contact details. Simply send them an email with your query and they’ll be happy to help with info and pricing.
Yes. The only way you can enter Japan with a foreign motorcycle using a Temporary Import instead of a Carnet de Passage is if you use a ferry service to enter and exit. Those entry and exit points don’t have to be the same, so long as they’re both via ferry.
READ MORE: Carnet vs Temporary Import for Japan
READ MORE: What is a Carnet de Passage?
We have a dedicated guide to answer this exact question. It explains all the paperwork needed to ride a foreign motorcycle in Japan. You can also check out our motorcycle travel paperwork guide for more info.
READ MORE: Paperwork for Motorcycle Travellers in Japan
READ MORE: Motorcycle Travel Paperwork Explained
You can use the ferry service from Vladivostok or South Korea.
Here are two guides which will help.
READ MORE: How to Catch the Ferry from Russia to Japan
READ MORE: How to Catch the Ferry from Japan to South Korea
Check out our Destinations page. It’s packed with countries and dedicated motorcycle travel guides.
We spent six months riding around Japan on our RTW trip and produced plenty of guides on things to do there, what riding is like in Japan, paperwork guides and loads more. So take a look at the Japan page for a complete selection of articles.
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39 thoughts on “Japan International Motorcycle Shipping Companies”
Morning how much would it cost to ship a motorcycle approximately from Tokyo to Perth Western Australia PO 6000
Thank you
Dean Hough
Hi Dean, thanks for your comment. This page simply lists international shipping companies based in Japan to save travellers having to search them out. Please feel free to use Sanyo Logistic’s contact information listed on this page to get in touch with them and ask for a quote. They’ll be more than happy to help you out, Cheers.
Hi, what would it cost to ship a 2008 Harley Davidson Sportster from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture to Misawa, Aomori prefecture. It’s about 256kg. Cheapest way and about how long?
Hi Brian, please contact Sanyo Logistics directly for a quote. Their contact details are listed above. I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to help.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi, I’m an individual has dual citizenship of US and Japan, moving to Japan for 5 years. Is there a way to temporarily import and operate a motorcycle strictly for personal use during my stay in Japan for 5 years?
Hi Michael, thanks for your comment.
Interesting question. I’d be surprised if you can keep a foreign motorcycle in Japan under a temporary import or Carnet for 5 years.
Firstly, I would contact Sanyo Logistics (their company info is listed above on this page) and pose the question to them and also ask about costs for shipping in. They will be able to help with your shipment to Japan and paperwork once you arrive.
I would also contact the Japan ATA Carnet and see what they say. Here’s the email: ata-carnet@jcaa.or.jp and here’s the website: http://www.jcaa.or.jp
But, five years is a very long time, personally, I would consider leaving your bike at home and just buying a bike once you arrive in Japan.
Hope this helps, please do let us know how you get on.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi
Hello, I want to transport a Honda CB 1300 motorcycle weighing 260 kg from Japan to Sweden. I am looking for the cheapest for this shipment, and the time of this shipment is not important to me. I only care about the cheapness of this shipment. Please, the cost and other conditions. let me know
Best regards
Hi Rayan, please contact the shipping company listed on this page directly. Their email address is listed above. Thank you.
Andy
Do you ship motorcycle from philippines to japan…? How much it cost for suzuki 150cc motorcycle…?
Hi Julius,
You will need to find a shipping company based in the Philippines to quote you for this service. The companies listed on this page will help you in receiving the bike at customs on the Japan side.
Thanks
Andy
Hi can i send yamaha mio sporty from Philippines to japan? how much it will cost?
TRANSLATED: nice to meet you. Is it possible to transport a motorcycle (250cc scooter) from Japan (preferably Tokyo) to Siargao Island in the Philippines? If possible, please let me know the cost and number of days.
ORIGINAL: はじめまして。日本（できれば東京）からフィリピンのシアルガオ島にバイク（２５０ｃｃスクーター）を輸送することは可能ですか？また可能な場合には費用と日数を教えてください。
Hi, please contact the company listed on this page directly for more info.
Thanks
Hello MAD or NOMAD.
Thanks a lot for sharing so precious informations.
I used the contact of Sanyo logistics.
Very nice people tried to help me with shipping my motorcycle from Tokyo to France.
Unfortunately, it was too expensive for me. More than 3 times the price of my motorcycle.
I’m trying now to do it from Korea. Still waiting for quotes.
But thanks again for all the great tips. 🙏🏼
Hi Zemathy, thanks for your comment and kind words. I’m glad to hear you find the website helpful 🙂
That’s a shame to hear it’s too expensive, at the moment it is quite pricey shipping from Japan though. But yes, if Sanyo can’t get you a lower price then I doubt anyone else in Japan can, so your best bet is from South Korea.
We do have articles on the website explaining how to get the ferry from Japan to South Korea – and then articles describing how to ship your motorcycle from South Korea. These might help, they can be found in the South Korea pages.
I hope you had a great time in Japan, and if you could please report back on here with how you managed to ship your bike and with whom that would be greatly appreciated and i’m sure would help fellow travellers in the same position.
Thanks and all the best,
Andy
Hello Madnomads.
Thank you for answering.
I found a very low price trough a company based in the Netherlands (Global Transport Amsterdam B.V). I asked for 2 quotations – from Osaka (Japan) and from Busan (Korea) to find the lowest price.The guy (Roger) was very kind and after a few weeks, gave me a quotation (around 2400€ without the customs fees in Rotterdam). But he didn’t tell me from where ;-/
He asked me papers and said he will come back to me. And never did. I send him 3 or 4 emails but no answer from him.
So I went with Mr Youn – from Assured Sea & Air CO Ltd. Thank you a lot for the contact from your website.
It is more expensive but the man is very professional and quick. I message him through WhatsApp. So it goes nicely from now. Bike will be shipped from Busan in Korea to Le Havre in France in a little less than 2 months.
I had a wonderful time traveling from France to Japan on my 87 transalp. I wish i could continue but the bike is a little tired now and i’m short on money. A bit sad, but what a ride it was.
I will continue following you. Maybe at the end, we will now if you are mad people or nomads.
Enjoy Colombia.
Hi Zemathy,
That’s a shame they didn’t get back to you. I’ve not heard of that company before.
But I’m glad to hear you went with Mr Youn, he is a great guy.
Sounds like an amazing trip and especially on an ’87 Transalp! Brilliant!
Thanks for your message, and for following along.
And please report back on here in a few months to let us know how your shipment went.
Cheers and all the best to you.
Andy
Hello Andy.
Thank you. Yes. I had a fantastic and unforgettable trip. Mongolia, Korea, Japan (the goal was tho hike on Yakushima island) were incredible. Türkey as well. And Greece 😉 I wish i could cary on forever.
M. Youn is very nice and quick to act. But I wish I had more time to organise the shipping so I could maybe find a lower price by sharing the container.
Here is the last feedback about the shipping from Busan in South Korea to Le Havre in France.
It ended up being very expensive and not the good choice regarding the actual value of my bike. But I learned a lot.
I rode the bike to the new harbor of Busan. Be careful, it is a very big port area. A bit far from city center of Busan. Taxis didn’t want to come here and it could have been expensive if they had. Luckily, my contact at the warfare gave me a lift back by car to Busan. Offered me food and coffee. He even paid the subway for me. Korean are so friendly and nice.
M. Youn charged me 3900$ for the whole process to put the bike in a 20′ container, harbor handling and shipping to France.
But I didn’t know that didn’t include the French harbor fees that were very high (and there is a docker strike that make mandatory to pay extra fees because the container was stuck in the harbor for 8 days – cost me an extra 700€).
I left my bike the 7th of November 2024 to the warehouse in Busan. The ship arrived the 26th of January 2025 in Le Havre. I got it back the 7th of February.
So it was a full 3 months traveling for the bike. 2 weeks waiting in Busan before shipping – 2 months on the ship – 2 weeks waiting in Le Havre.
The container was opened by a french company who charges me 2153€ for checking the customs for me and move the container to an other warehouse.
It appears that my bike has fallen on the left side during the travel, oil and fuel were leaking.
Side stand was broken. As there is no central stand, it is quite a big problem. A nice young man welded it. Very nice.
The engine started after quite a few tries and I could be on my way.
The total cost for the shipping was 5942€ (all included).
Feel free to ask questions if you have.
Thank you for sharing all your experiences.
Hi Zemathy, thank you for getting back to us, that’s great to hear you got your motorcycle home.
That’s such a shame to hear you didn’t know about the French port fees, they sound very high – and the docker strike too! And that’s also sad to hear your bike fell.
But I’m glad you’ve got your bike home now and all is sorted.
Was it much easier sending it from South Korea versus Japan in the end? Do you know what the price differences were?
And yes, sharing a container may have been cheaper. Was there an option of air freight out of curiosity?
Thanks again and all the best,
Andy
Hey Andy.
Thanks a lot for your kind words. Yeah. Shipping back the bike was quite an adventure. At an unexpected cost. But I didn’t checked anything before I left france, so I guess this is my fault. Even if Chris’s shipping was really cheaper than mine. Prices from M. Youn went really higher in 1,5year.
I had a quotation for shipping from Tokyo to Le Havre with Sanyo Logistics.
Quotation was NOT including French port fees and was around 7000$. So very much more expensive than going back to Korea (even with the ferry from Fukuoka to Busan).
I didn’t checked for airfreight at all. Because in my mind it would have been much more expensive. Maybe I was wrong.
Do you know more about airfreight ? Do you think it could have been an other good option at a lower price ?
Hi Zemathy,
Yeah, prices have gone up across the board over the last year.
And yes, that’s a very high cost indeed!
It’s very dependent on the country and rates at the time. Sometimes air freight can be significantly cheaper. For example, I’m currently in the process of researching shipping two motorcycles from Chile to Africa. And flying is a lot cheaper.
Additionally, if you ship by sea, the port costs at the receiving end are significantly higher a lot of the time compared to arrival by air.
Cheers,
Andy
Would like to get an estimate to ship my 2021 Ducati Multistrada 950s that I bought here in Tokyo. Its in mint condition and has been taken out only a few times. Anyone interested let me know.
Thanks,
Louis
Hi Louis, thanks for your comment. If you would like quotes for shipping your Ducati from Tokyo, please email the company listed on this page directly.
Thanks,
Andy
Hi, I have a Japanese made Honda 750cc that I wish to ship from Thailand where I purchased it, to Japan. Can you point me in the right direction as to which company would be best to use. many thanks
John Hogg
Hi John, thanks for your comment.
You will need a shipper in Thailand and a shipper in Japan.
First, please visit the Thailand Shipping Companies page and email the companies on there directly for a quote. There are two excellent companies listed there.
At the same time, please email Sanyo in Japan (email address listed on this page above) for quotes on receiving your motorcycle.
You will need to consider if you are exporting / importing your motorcycle permanently or temporarily. We only have experience with motorcycle travellers temporarily importing for trips, if you are looking for permanent, you will need to ask Sanyon to advise you on this and the procedures.
Best of luck and please report back on how you get on.
Cheers,
Andy
Hey buddy, the website of Sanyo Logistics seems to be down. Are they still in business?
Warmly,
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the message, I just checked my end and their site is down. I’ve emailed them.
As far as I’m aware they’re still in business. They’re very quick to respond so i’ll update this comment as soon as I hear a reply.
I’m sure it’s just a glitch.
Cheers and speak soon,
Andy
I really appreciate. Driving from Singapore to Japan via China, Mongolia, Russia & Korea before shipping my car home. You are an absolute blessing to the overlanding community. 🙏🏼😍
Jeremy
Wow, that sounds like an epic trip! Are you with a guide in China? What plates do you have on the vehicle?
And thanks very much for your kind words – that’s genuinely hugely appreciated and made my day.
Cheers
Andy
Yes, Andy, we have a China guide with us. We are using our Singapore registration plates throughout. This will be my 3rd time driving in China with my Singapore registered car. I shipped to London and drove home to Singapore and then to Vietnam previously. And also another trip where I drove to Tibet/Everest base camp and then to Beijing.
Hope you find out the updated contact number and email of Shohta Iwashima from Sanyo Logistics soon.
Wow, that’s seriously impressive! I’d love to hear more about those trips one day. Hopefully we’ll see you on the road somewhere!
Okay, so the website has been updated as they’ve recently changed their site. That’s now updated on the listing above. The email remains the same – so hopefully they get back to you soon. There is a contact form on their website you can also try.
Hope this helps, please keep us updated on here with how you get on.
Cheers,
Andy
Superb, Andy! You’re a gem. 😍
Hi Jeremy, just wanted to chase up on this and make sure you got in touch with them in the end and all is sorted?
Cheers,
Andy
Hello,
I would like to know how much it costs to ship a YZ 125 from Japan to Algeria, please.
TRANSLATED FROM
Bonjour,
J’aimerais savoir combien coûte l’expédition d’une Yz 125 du Japon vers l’Algérie s’il vous plaît?
Hi Anis Ben,
Please email Sanyo directly. Their email and contact details are listed above.
Thanks,
Andy
Hello
I am looking to import brand new honda African twin from Japan to India. Can you help me out
Hi Vivek, please contact the shipping company listed on this page for Japan, and then visit our India shipping companies page and contact that company to help with receiving.
Cheers and best of luck,
Andy
You have importer from Thailand who can help me.
hello Vivek, please visit the Thailand Shipping Companies page and contact the companies on there directly.
Thanks,
Andy