Immigration Wants a Square on Your Phone. The Paper Form Does Nothing.
To say QR code (2D code) in Japanese, say 二次元コード (nijigen kōdo).
POV: you filled out the landing card on the plane. The officer is pointing at a dark phone.
In this video
- 二次元コードを見せてください。 nijigen kōdo o misete kudasai. Please show the QR code.
- 二次元コード。 nijigen kōdo. QR code.
Kanji in this phrase
- あっ
- ああ
- コード
- こーど
- 二次元
- にじげん
- 二次元コード
- にいじげんこーど
Why this phrase
Kofuku is the arriving tourist holding a paper disembarkation card. Hana is the immigration officer pointing at the phone. Visit Japan Web is optional, but officers and kiosks at Narita, Haneda, and Kansai ask for the unified 二次元コード (2D code) that covers immigration and customs since January 2024. Paper still works, it is just the slow line. Scene: the immigration booth, phone brightness up, code filling the screen.
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