[2] Due to George Wada becoming ill with tuberculosis, Canadian drummer Paul DeLong plays on some tracks on this album.

The lyrics were written by Yoko Nomura, the wife of the band's manager, who translated conversations she had with the group and their ideas into English.

[3] The introductory first track is an advertisement for a concert at Stanley Park Stadium in Toronto by Flower Travellin' Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bob Seger and Teegarden & Van Winkle, with a clip of "Lucky Man" playing in the background.

[4] Musician and author Julian Cope included Made in Japan at number 18 on his list of the top 50 albums of Japanese rock, as found in his 2007 book Japrocksampler.

[5] Both Mason Jones of Dusted magazine and Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic claimed that following Satori was a difficult task and that Made in Japan was "doomed to fall short of expectations," respectively.