Tokyo - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
Amazon delivery, certain grocery stores, etc can deliver to the compound and are extremely fast and efficient. Japan post cannot deliver directly to the U.S. Embassy compound, but the mail will be forwarded to the U.S. Embassy. Regular mail from the U.S. comes through DPO. - May 2025
DPO - Jan 2024
When ordering from the US - DPO and pouch. When mailing out I almost always used the Japanese Post; it was faster and more reliable in my experience than the DPO. The prices were reasonable and overall I just found it much more convenient than trying to mail from the Embassy. - Nov 2020
DPO is great - Mar 2019
DPO is super quick. Local mail seems fine and easy enough if you have some Japanese. - Jun 2018
The Embassy has a DPO, though local mail also works well. - Mar 2018
DPO, and a good local services too. - Mar 2017
Through DPO at the Embassy. - Feb 2014
Through the DPO. - Apr 2013
APO - Jan 2011
We had APO at the embassy. - Oct 2008
