Yamato Transport Tracking
Yamato Transport is the company behind Japan's iconic "Kuroneko" (black cat) parcel service, the takkyubin door-to-door network that most online orders inside Japan ride on. If you're waiting on a package shipped from a Japanese shop or a Mercari/Rakuten seller, there's a good chance Yamato is the one carrying it. Drop your number into Parceler and we'll pull the latest scan so you don't have to wrestle with the Japanese-language tracking screen.
Local coverage and last-mile delivery — most often the final leg of a marketplace or e-commerce order.
About Yamato Transport
Yamato Transport, known to almost everyone in Japan simply by its black-cat-carrying-a-kitten logo, more or less invented the modern Japanese parcel-delivery market when it launched its Takkyubin home-delivery service in 1976. Today it's the dominant last-mile carrier for domestic e-commerce in Japan, running a dense network of neighborhood sales offices, convenience-store drop-off points, and "Kuroneko Members" lockers and pickup spots. Its sorting hubs and the famous redelivery system (where a missed delivery slip lets you rebook a precise two-hour time window) are the reason it set the standard for reliable next-day shipping across the country.
For most recipients, a Yamato parcel flows from a seller or warehouse into a regional Yamato base, gets sorted, and is handed to a local driver for door-to-door delivery, often with the option to specify a delivery date and time slot. For shipments crossing borders, Yamato's international arm (UGX / International TA-Q-BIN) hands off to or from partner carriers and customs, which is where cross-border parcels can sit for a day or two before a domestic scan reappears.
Yamato Transport tracking number format: Yamato slip numbers (oazukari/伝票番号) are typically 12 digits, usually shown grouped as 4-4-4 (e.g. 1234-5678-9012).
Yamato Transport services
The shipping options you'll most often see on Yamato Transport parcels.
TA-Q-BIN (Takkyubin)
Yamato's flagship door-to-door home-delivery service for domestic parcels, with selectable delivery dates and two-hour time windows.
Nekopos
A flat-rate small-packet service popular with Mercari and online sellers for thin items that fit in a mailbox, delivered without a signature.
Cool TA-Q-BIN
Temperature-controlled chilled and frozen delivery for food, seafood, and perishables, a service Japanese gift and grocery shops lean on heavily.
International TA-Q-BIN / UGX
Cross-border parcel and document delivery between Japan and overseas markets, with customs handling on the international leg.
Takkyubin Compact / EAZY
E-commerce-focused options including compact flat-rate boxes and EAZY, which supports contactless drop-off at the door, lockers, or designated spots.
What a regional carrier handles
Regional and last-mile carriers specialise in a country or area, frequently picking up where a larger network or marketplace leaves off.
Last-mile delivery
They often handle just the final leg to your door after a marketplace or partner network moves the parcel into the region.
Focused coverage area
Deep coverage in their home country or region means dense scans locally and fewer once a parcel leaves that area.
Marketplace volume
Much of their work is e-commerce, so tracking numbers commonly arrive straight from a store rather than the carrier.
Lockers & pickup points
Many offer parcel lockers or pickup points as an alternative to a doorstep delivery attempt.
Two ways to track Yamato Transport
Either method works. Parceler is faster when you order from multiple carriers and want one timeline for everything.
Track on Yamato Transport.com
- 1. Find your 12-digit Yamato slip number (伝票番号) on the shipping receipt, the seller's confirmation email, or your marketplace order page.
- 2. Go to kuronekoyamato.co.jp and look for the tracking box labeled 'お荷物お問い合わせ' (parcel inquiry) on the homepage.
- 3. Enter the slip number (you can paste it with or without the dashes) and submit to see the latest status and scan history.
- 4. Read the status line: '配達完了' means delivered, '配達中' means out for delivery, and '輸送中' means in transit between bases.
- 5. If a delivery was missed, use the same screen or the slip's QR code to rebook a delivery date and time window.
- 6. To skip the Japanese interface entirely, paste the same number into Parceler and track it in your own language alongside any other carriers.
Track on Parceler
- 1. Paste your Yamato Transport number above. No sign-up.
- 2. Parceler auto-detects the carrier — no dropdown to pick from.
- 3. See every scan event, location, and timestamp on a single timeline.
- 4. Optionally subscribe to push or email alerts for status changes.
Parceler vs. Yamato Transport's native tracking
The carrier's own site shows the data they own. Parceler unifies every leg — including the partner handoff at the border — and adds tools the carrier doesn't.
| Feature | Parceler | Yamato Transport |
|---|---|---|
| Live tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple carriers in one place | Yes | No |
| Cross-border handoff stitching | Yes | No |
| Push & email notifications | Yes | Limited |
| Tracking translated to your language | Yes | No |
| Public API for sellers | Yes | Varies |
| Branded post-purchase pages | Yes | No |
What you get when you track Yamato Transport here
- Real-time status updates the moment they hit the carrier network.
- One search box for 230+ carriers worldwide.
- Optional email and push alerts on every status change.
- Bulk tracking — paste dozens of numbers, auto-detected.
- Status events translated into 30+ languages.
- Free for shoppers. No sign-up, no paywall.
Contacting Yamato Transport
Parceler doesn't operate Yamato Transport's delivery network — questions about a specific parcel need to go to them directly.
- Support site
- kuronekoyamato.co.jp — forms, claims, self-service.
- Live chat
- Widget on most Yamato Transport pages during local business hours.
- Phone
- Country-specific helplines for Japan and Asia.
Yamato Transport tracking — questions answered
It's normally a 12-digit slip number (伝票番号), often printed in three groups of four like 1234-5678-9012. You can enter it with or without the dashes; both Yamato's site and Parceler accept either.
