Meguro 目黒区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Official English website
https://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/kouhou/kusei/kouhou/livingguide.html
www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp
Meguro has no full English site. The best official English resource is the Meguro Living Guide (multilingual PDF guidebook) on this page; other pages use machine translation.
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Meguro Foreign Residents Information Desk
外国人相談窓口（目黒区総合庁舎本館1階）
Address: Main Building 1F, Meguro City Office, 2-19-15 Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo — Open in Google Maps
Hours: English: Mon–Fri 9:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00; Chinese: Mon–Fri 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00
Phone: 03-5722-9187
Languages:
- English
- Chinese
- Korean
- Filipino/Tagalog
English and Chinese staffed daily; Korean and Filipino via the Meguro International Friendship Association (MIFA).
Garbage sorting guide (English)
How to Separate and Dispose of Resources and Garbage (PDF, English, FY2026) www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp
Ward office
2-19-15 Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8573
Phone: 03-3715-1111
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (closed weekends, holidays, Dec 29–Jan 3)
Moving-in procedures page
https://www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/documents/1075/03chap03_2024.pdf www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp
Official English chapter (PDF) of the Meguro Living Guide: resident registration and moving notifications, all 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.