Katsushika 葛飾区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.katsushika.lg.jp/multilanguages/1009963.html
www.city.katsushika.lg.jp
Katsushika has no authored-English website — this official page explains the site's automatic translation for foreign residents.
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Foreign Residents' Life Consultation (Citizens' Consultation Room, Window 209)
外国人生活相談（区民相談室 209番窓口）
Address: Katsushika Ward Office 2F, 5-13-1 Tateishi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-8555 — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Mon 12:30–17:00 (last intake 16:30); 3rd Wed at the Shin-Koiwa branch (Chinese/Japanese only)
Phone: 03-5654-8617
Languages:
- Japanese
- English
- Chinese
In person, by phone, or online (video call). Free of charge.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
Proper Ways to Sort and Dispose of Resources and Garbage (PDF, English, FY2026) www.city.katsushika.lg.jp
Ward office
5-13-1 Tateishi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-8555
Phone: 03-3695-1111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (Wed until 19:30 for some services; one Sun per month 9:00–12:00)
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.