Coin locker plans should include full-locker and coin-payment fallback

Coin locker plans should include a full-locker and coin-payment fallback. It is easy to write “put bags in a station locker,” but the plan becomes fragile when the station is busy, the large locker size is gone, the traveler lacks coins, or the route changes after rain or a delayed train.

Go Tokyo’s luggage storage guidance notes that major stations have lockers in different sizes and that popular stations can fill quickly. It also notes that some lockers use coins such as 100-yen or 500-yen coins. For first-time travelers, those details are enough reason to write a second option instead of treating lockers as guaranteed.

A practical locker note should include bag size, station name, likely locker zone, payment method, coin need, staffed luggage service nearby, hotel drop-off option, whether the route returns to the same station, and what happens if the group splits. It should also mark the latest time the bag must be retrieved before the next train, hotel check-in, or airport transfer.

The fallback does not need to be complicated. It can be hotel front desk first, station luggage counter second, smaller bag carried if weather is clear, taxi if the route has stairs, or a different station if the destination has several access points. The main value is deciding before the group is standing in front of full lockers.

Coin locker plans should include full-locker and coin-payment fallback

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