Address Registration after Arrival in Japan

Within 14 days after your arrival in Japan, you must go to your local city hall, Asakawa Citizens' Center, etc. and register your address in Japan.
Those who got a Residence Card at the airport will have their address written on their card. Those who did not get a Residence Card at the airport will have their card mailed to their address in Japan around two weeks after completing their address registration at the city hall.

Proxy application for registration may be held depending on the date you arrived by the Newcomer Support Team at the International Student
Section.

After registration, you need to submit a photocopy of both sides of your Residence Card to your Student Affairs Section.

Copy of Certificate of Residence

This certificate verifies the items written in your Residence Card, such as your address in Japan, nationality, and Status of Residence.

After completed the procedures for address registration at the city hall, you can use this certificate for procedures such as opening a bank
account and so on instead of the Residence Card, until the card is issued.

You can request it to be issued after completing the procedures at the city hall, but it may not be issued on the same day.

The Certificate of Residence is issued by the Kanazawa City Hall or the Asakawa Citizens’ Center. If you have an Individual Number Card (My
Number Card), you can issue it at multi-copy machines located in convenience stores nationwide. A fee is 300 yen per copy at City Hall and
Citizens’ Center, and 200 yen at convenience stores.