How to send bicycle from Osaka to Tokyo

Good day.

I just would like to ask whether anyone knows how to send a bicycle from Osaka to Tokyo area.

It is a foldable (oritatami) type of bike which has a 20 inch wheel.

I tried putting it inside a box and I think the size of the box was around 190 cm.

Do you happen to know how I will be able to move and around how much it will cost?

There's a near post office here but it would be difficult to me to send it to the post office manually or by foot and they said that they have a max 170cm box dimension for them to send it. If it goes over that, they won't be able to send it.

Hoping for your help.

Thanks

I think you'd be much better off and save yourself a huge headache if you just sell your current bike and spend that money on a new one at your new location. That is... unless you have a really expensive bike that you would protect with your life.

Jonathan,

Just contact your local takuhaibin service (Kuroneko Yamato, Pelican, etc). You can take the bike to a convenience store for pickup, or they will even pick up from your home. At a very rough guess, it will probably be around 5,000 yen, so there is certainly no need to think about selling your bike and getting a new one.

http://www.008008.jp/kazai/service/rate.html

For example, this is Kuroneko Yamato delivery service company's page on delivering single household item, such as a fan, school desk, air conditioner, washing machine, etc. If the dimensions (H + L + D) are within 200cm, it can be shipped from Kansai (Osaka) to Kanto (Tokyo) for 4,100. If you have the original cover for it to fit into, it should be fine. You might have to pay a bit extra for insurance or for extra cover. They have rates up to 300cm size, so bicycles are no problem :)

If you're going by train, you can take the bike in a rinkan bag. Isn't that the whole purpose of a foldable bike? Otherwise, I would use the conbini service.

To Bud,
-- I think you'd be much better off and save yourself a huge headache if you just sell your current bike and spend that money on a new one at your new location.

Yes, I'm actually weighing my options, and from the rates of sending it, I think I will be much better off selling it.
Thanks for the reply, do appreciate it.

To Dave in Saitama,
-- Just contact your local takuhaibin service (Kuroneko Yamato, Pelican, etc).

This was the point I didn't know actually. How to send it (for pick-up) and the cost, so thank you for the info.
Based on AK's reply below, it will cost me 4,100. So the 5K estimate was on the park. :)

To AK,
-- http://www.008008.jp/kazai/service/rate.html

Thank you very much for the link.
I'll be using this in the future.

To Natsuki,

-- If you're going by train, you can take the bike in a rinkan bag. Isn't that the whole purpose of a foldable bike?
Funny you asked. My very first intention for buying a foldable bike was to send it overseas back home in the Philippines.
I should have bought a smaller one. :)

Anyway, thank you very much for your replies. I got the answers (what my options are) I needed and more.