Akita Airport Lost and Found

Where to report a lost item at Akita Airport

The official page has a single inquiry line and, for older items, a police contact.

The page does not say where to ask about items left on a plane; contact the airline you used.

Official contact information

The contacts below are listed on the linked official pages. Phone numbers are shown in international format for callers outside Japan; the number used inside Japan is in brackets. All hours are Japan Standard Time (JST).

• Akita Airport Terminal Building Co., Ltd.

  Inquiries about lost property handed in to Akita Airport

  Phone

  +81-18-886-3366 (in Japan: 018-886-3366)

  Hours (JST)

  Phone 8:30–17:30; hand-over of found items 8:00–17:00

  The page states it cannot respond outside these hours.

  Source: official page (Japanese)

• Akita Higashi Police Station, Accounting Section

  Inquiries about items from before the previous week, which the airport hands to the police every Thursday

  Phone

  +81-18-825-5110 (in Japan: 018-825-5110)

  Source: official page (Japanese)

What to prepare before you inquire

• Date and approximate time you last had the item, and where in the airport (the posted list gives the place where each item was found)
• Airline and flight number, if you were travelling
• Item type, colour, brand, size, distinguishing marks, and what was inside
• Photos of the item or of an identical model, if you have them
• An email address and phone number where you can be reached

Already left Japan?

1. Look through the airport’s posted list of handed-in items (linked in the sources) for the date you were at the airport. The list shows the date, item name and where it was found. It changes daily.
2. Call the Terminal Building on 018-886-3366 in the +81 format during 8:30–17:30 JST. For an item from before the previous week, the page directs you to the Akita Higashi Police Station.
3. If the item is confirmed found, ask how long it will be held and what is needed to release it. The page states neither.
4. Ask whether a representative may collect it and what documents are needed. The page does not say.
5. If you want us to call in Japanese or collect the item where the facility allows it, contact us with the confirmation you received.
6. After we receive the item, we pack it and ship it internationally. We quote available shipping methods and fees individually, and arrival dates are not guaranteed.

How Lost and Found Japan can help

• Read the posted list with you and call the Terminal Building or the police in Japanese
• Help you describe the item the way the counter asks
• Collect the item on your behalf, only where the facility allows a representative
• Pack the item and ship it internationally once we have it
• We cannot search the airport ourselves and we cannot make a facility release an item. We work within what the facility allows.

Lost and Found Japan is an independent private service. We are not an official airport, airline, customs or police lost-and-found desk. Consult with us.

Akita Airport lost and found: FAQ

How do I find out whether Akita Airport has my lost item?

The official page posts a list of handed-in items, with date, item name and place found. Inquiries go to Akita Airport Terminal Building Co. on 018-886-3366 (from overseas +81-18-886-3366).

What are the hours for lost-property inquiries at Akita Airport?

The page prints 8:30–17:30 JST for phone inquiries and 8:00–17:00 JST for the hand-over of found items, and says it cannot respond outside those times.

My item was lost more than a week ago. Who has it?

The page says the airport hands the previous week’s items to the Akita Higashi Police Station every Thursday, and gives that station’s accounting section, 018-825-5110, for inquiries about earlier items.

Is the Akita Airport lost-and-found page available in English?

Not as translated text. The English-language site address shows the same Japanese content.

Not confirmed on the official pages

We do not state the following because we could not confirm it from the official pages listed below. Please ask the facility directly.

• Retention period, proxy collection rules, required documents, shipping of found items by the airport, and fees are not stated on the official page we read.
• The page does not say where to ask about items left on an aircraft.
• The posted list of held items changes daily; we link to it and do not copy it.
• No English text for this page was found.