Planning

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An open suitcase packed with children's clothes, shoes and a toy plane, with a handwritten packing list and a wooden toy train beside it on the floor.

PLANNINGJapan with a Baby: Packing List (What to Bring and What to Buy There)What to pack for Japan with a baby or toddler, what to buy after you land, Japanese diaper sizes, formula, medicine rules, plugs, and a printable checklist.

A white ambulance speeding along a snowy highway in Japan, photographed from high above with motion blur.

PLANNINGIf Your Baby Gets Sick in Japan: Emergency Numbers, Clinics, Insurance and PayingIf your baby gets sick in Japan: the numbers to call (119, #8000, #7119, JNTO hotline), finding an English-speaking doctor, paying, insurance and medicine.

A cluster of pale purple hydrangea flowers covered in raindrops at the start of the rainy season in Tokyo.

PLANNINGJapan Weather by Month for Babies: Rainy Season, Summer Heat and Winter WindMonth-by-month temperatures and rain for Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo and Naha, rainy season and typhoons, heatstroke alerts, and dressing a baby for each season.

Neatly folded socks in many colors stacked on wooden shelves in a shop in Japan.

PLANNINGPack Light, Buy in Japan: Kids' and Adults' Clothes at UniqloJapan, US and UK prices for four identical Uniqlo items, Japan's new tax-free refund system from November 2026, and packing less by buying basics in Japan.