[Sangetsu]

On a busy day you might spend 45 minutes waiting in line at immigration as every person entering Japan must be printed and photographed. There is usually little to no waiting time at customs, unless you are one of the few who are picked out of the line to get searched. One of my travelmates was searched a few years ago (the agents were a little suspicious because she had a pierced eyebrow and lip, and she had a tattoo on her hand). We were held up for nearly an hour waiting for her. When she was finished she said she thought they weren't going to let her through.

On my last trip I was the first person off my flight (I love first class), so there was no one at all in line at immigration, and my bag quickly made it to the carousel, so there was no waiting there either. 20 minutes after my flight touched down I was already on the bus headed to Tokyo.