Regarding using email to conatct Japan Coast Guard

Looking at the search results, a few of you are searching for email addresses to contact the officials at

Japan Coast Guard, Customs and/or Immigration.

Oops, bad news.

Japan uses modern systems.....but the people that operate those.....well, they are not-so.

Other words...as soon as they see an email from a stranger on their screen that is in English.....the reaction is:

"didn't see that one"

So to make contact, the best is by FAX and

ask them to reply by email...

From then on, you'll get a personal reply and  your are "in bizz".

Our own experience is:

Just phone (and fax) them! ( we used Skype from the PI).

By phone ask them if they received the fax!

There is always somebody in the office who speaks enough English..

True joke:

When we sailed from the PI to Ishigaki we made contact with the JCG, as above. The email reply from them after admitting all the paperwork was:

All okay, you can come to Japan....everything is okay...

Ohhh, just hold-on, you come from the Netherlands...

Marijuana is "okay" in Holland...

BUT don't bring drugs to Japan...

(pfff, like every Dutch is loaded to the gunnels....)