Edogawa 江戸川区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/documents/50566/fix_guidebook2025_english_251030.pdf
www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp
Edogawa City has no authored-English website. This official English guidebook (PDF) is the main English source; the ward's web pages offer machine translation.
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Consultation Desk for Foreign Residents (Edogawa City Multicultural Coexistence Center)
江戸川区多文化共生センター（外国人相談窓口）
Address: Tower Hall Funabori 3F, 4-1-1 Funabori, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 134-0091 — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Tue–Sat 10:00–16:30 (closed Sun, Mon, public holidays, year-end)
Phone: 03-3877-3851
Languages:
- Japanese
- English
- Chinese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
- Tagalog
- Nepali
- Thai
Additional languages may be available by telephone interpretation on weekdays.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
How to Sort and Dispose of Recyclables and Garbage (PDF, English) www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp
Ward office
1-4-1 Chuo, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 132-8501
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (closed weekends, national holidays, year-end)
Moving-in procedures page
https://www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp/foreign/tetsuzuki/jumintoroku.html www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp
The ward's moving-in page is in Japanese (machine translation available). Bring your residence card and passport. Within 14 days.
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.