Mailking has now done it, and you don't need a Carnet de Passage when coming with the ferry (in their case, from South Korea but it is the same boat as from Vladivistok of course)
They mention that you get a Temporary Import Document.
There is also somebody replying that it was even more hassle to get the Carnet stamped (they had to go with a taxi to a car club kind of thing?).
I guess there is always the "randomness factor" of the possibility that something changes and it would have been better to bring a Carnet. Or even that the rules have been changed. But the info from mailking (landcruisingadventure.com) is pretty recent to me.
So this will probably mean that we go in without a Carnet. As Japan would be the only country for us requiring a Carnet.
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