Bunkyo 文京区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp/b014/p007609.html
www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp
Bunkyo has no full English site; this bilingual page for foreign residents is the best authored-English entry point. Other pages use machine translation.
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Administrative Information Center
行政情報センター
Address: Bunkyo Civic Center 2F, 1-16-21 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8555 — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (closed weekends, holidays, Dec 29–Jan 3)
Phone: 03-5803-1132
Languages:
- English
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Korean
Tablet interpretation can add more languages at certain times. In-person only.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
How to Sort and Put Out Garbage (PDF, English) www.city.bunkyo.lg.jp
Ward office
Bunkyo Civic Center, 1-16-21 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8555
Phone: 03-3812-7111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (closed holidays, Dec 29–Jan 3)
Procedures you will do at this office
National Health Insurance 国民健康保険
If your employer doesn't insure you, join NHI at your ward office. With the card, you pay 30% at the hospital instead of 100%.
National Pension 国民年金
Everyone living in Japan aged 20–59 must join, any nationality. Employees are covered automatically — everyone else enrolls at the ward office. Low income can be exempted.
Residence card address 在留カード住所変更
Your residence card must show your current address — but there is no separate trip: it happens at the ward office when you register.
Resident registration 転入届・住民票
Register your new address at your ward office within 14 days of moving in. This creates your jūminhyō (resident record), which almost everything else depends on.