Useful Links

Official Sites

Shibuya City - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/index.html

Tokyo Metropolitan Government - http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/

Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet - http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan - http://www.mofa.go.jp/index.html
- Japanese Embassies Worldwide - http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html

Tokyo Narita Airport - http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/index.html

Narita Airport Customs - http://www.narita-airport-customs.go.jp/e/index_e.html

Income Tax Guide for Foreigners - http://www.taxanswer.nta.go.jp/gaikoku301.htm

Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau - http://www.tokyo.nta.go.jp/category/conference/en/taxen.htm

Japan Post - http://www.yu-cho.japanpost.jp/e_index.htm

Police Department - http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/foreign/submenu.htm

National Police Agency - http://www.npa.go.jp/english/index.htm

Immigration and Visa Application

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Embassy information - http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/protocol/index.html
- Visa - http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html
- Animal & Plant Quarantine Service - http://www.mofa.go.jp/feedback/index.html#4_6

Immigration Information Center - http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html

Customs - http://www.customs.go.jp/index_e.htm

Including Non-Official Sites

Helpful Daily information

Living in Shibuya - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/living/index.html

Web Japan - http://web-japan.org/

Japan Information Network - http://jin.jcic.or.jp/

Townpage - An English Telephone Directory - http://english.itp.ne.jp/

About Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Government - http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/RESIDENT/LIVINGIN/contents5_3.htm

Transportation

Hachiko Bus - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/com_bus.html

Toei Transportation Information - http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/util/english/l

Metro Network - http://www.tokyometro.jp/e/index.html

JR East Japan Railway Company - http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/index.html

Odakyu Electric Railway - http://www.odakyu-group.co.jp/english/

Keio Electric Railway - http://www.keio.co.jp/english/index.html

JR Kanto Bus - http://www.jrbuskanto.co.jp/mn/ceindex.cfm

Japan Automobile Federation - http://www.jaf.or.jp/e/index_e.htm

Health & Support

Shibuya City
- Emergency Medical Facilities - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/living/medi.html
- National Health Insurnace - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/living/health.html

Tokyo Met. Medical Institution Information - http://www.himawari.metro.tokyo.jp/qq/qq13enmnlt.asp

Tokyo Metropolitan Foreign Residents' Advisory Center - http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/RESIDENT/LIVINGIN/advise.htm

UN Aids - http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp

Parenting

Kids Web - http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/index.html

Tokyo

Tokyo Past and Present - http://web-japan.org/tokyo/top.html

Touring Japan

Web Japan - http://web-japan.org/

About Japan

Shibuya City Japanese Classes - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/ja-lesson.html

The National Theatre of Japan - http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/index.html

Kabukiza Theater - http://www.shochiku.co.jp/play/kabukiza/theater/index.html

Entertainment

Event Calendar, Shibuya Peace-International City - http://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/eng/peace-event.html

The New National Theatre Tokyo - http://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/index.html

Sumo - http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/index.html