Nakano 中野区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp
Nakano has no authored-English website (its former English section was retired). The best official English resource is the Nakano Living Guidebook for Foreign Residents (PDF, March 2026 edition).
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Foreign Residents Consultation Desk
中野区外国人相談窓口
Address: Nakano City Office 4F, 4-11-19 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8501 — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Weekdays 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00 (closed weekends, holidays, Dec 29–Jan 3)
Phone: 03-3228-8929
Languages:
- English
- Chinese
- Japanese
Staff support in English/Chinese/Japanese; tablet interpretation adds about 13 more languages.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
How to Separate and Dispose Recyclable Materials (PDF, English) www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp
Ward office
4-11-19 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8501
Phone: 03-3389-1111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (closed weekends, holidays, Dec 29–Jan 3)
Moving-in procedures page
https://www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp/kurashi/gaikoku/seikatsuguidebook.files/nakanolivingguidebook2026.pdf www.city.tokyo-nakano.lg.jp
The English 'Moving in or out' section of the official Living Guidebook (PDF): 14-day deadline, bring passport and residence card.
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.