How difficult is it to travel with a yumi (longbow) in Japan?

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There are a lot of rules for what you're can and can't bring on trains, but in my experience enforcement is very lax if you're not being an obvious nuisance β€” there are no conductors with tape measures inspecting every piece of luggage that comes in. So while your mileage may vary, I suspect you'll be just fine even though your yumi is 2.3m instead of 2.0m.

Here's a random forum thread (in Japanese) discussing bringing various awkward objects including a 2m-long sword (!) on Japanese trains and buses, and nobody reported any problems.

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You should have no trouble at all with a Yumi (longbow) on the trains in Japan. I see people carrying them all the time. I wouldn't worry about it.

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