Itabashi 板橋区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/tetsuduki/foreigner/seiaktsu/1045425.html
www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp
Itabashi has no authored-English website. The best official English resource is the 'Welcome to Itabashi' newcomer guide (PDF) on this page; the site itself offers machine translation.
Consultation desk for foreign residents
International Exchange Section, Itabashi Culture and International Exchange Foundation
板橋区文化・国際交流財団 国際交流係
Address: Itabashi Green Hall, 36-1 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015 — Open in Google Maps
Hours:
Phone: 03-3579-2015
Languages:
- Japanese
- English
Free legal consultation for foreign residents (residence status, labor, family matters) by phone or Zoom; other languages Zoom-only, reservation required.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
Welcome to Itabashi — English newcomer guide incl. garbage separation (PDF) www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp
Ward office
2-66-1 Itabashi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8501
Phone: 03-3964-1111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (Tue until 19:00 for some services; 2nd Sun 9:00–17:00)
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.