Flying Internationally & Cases

[Lissie]

Im fairly new here and have been reading up on travelling with the shamisen and the kinds of cases people use to transport their shamisens and read about a particular type of case that is particularly well-accepted internationally and have searched all over to find that info. Does anyone know about this or know which thread this info is on please?

[Akuma]

Try this one:

Flying with your shamisen

I’ve never tried to fly with a shamisen, but often fly with a musical instrument. In the US, airlines are required to let you board with your musical instrument if there is space for it and it fits in an overhead bin or under a seat. In addition to checking with your airline, a couple of other things you can try are to choose a seat towards the back of the plane so you get to board earlier, before the overhead bins fill up. Also, with some airlines you can talk to the gate agent before boardi…

[Lissie]

Nooe, this wasnt it. It specifically named a type of case that was used and the materials were airline approved… thanks tho!

[Brown]

Having flown internationally and done research on the topic, nothing readily comes to mind.

Unless you mean a mitsuori case?

[Lissie]

Maybe? shrugs Ill have to scour things more and see if I can find it.