Adachi 足立区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp/foreign/index.html
www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
Adachi has no authored-English website. This is the ward's official multilingual gateway (machine translation into 100+ languages, plus Easy Japanese).
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Foreign Residents Consultation Desk (Multicultural Coexistence Section)
外国人相談窓口（地域調整課多文化共生係）
Address: Adachi Ward Office South Building 3F, 1-17-1 Chuo-honcho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-8510 — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:30–12:00 and 13:00–16:00 (closed public holidays)
Phone: 03-3880-5177
Languages:
- English
- Chinese
- Korean
Garbage sorting guide (English)
Resource & Garbage Separation Leaflet (PDF, Japanese/English) www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
Ward office
1-17-1 Chuo-honcho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-8510
Phone: 03-3880-5111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (also 4th Sun 9:00–16:00)
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.