Applying for a Japanese Passport in Tokyo: 4 Passport Centers, ¥9,300 for 10 Years (2026)

This page is general information from official sources about applying for a Japanese passport. It is not legal or immigration advice. For your own case, ask the Tokyo Metropolitan Government passport center (03-5908-0400, Japanese).

This page is for Japanese citizens who are registered as residents of Tokyo (a passport here means a Japanese passport; it is not issued to foreign nationals). You apply at one of 4 passport centers (Shinjuku, Yurakucho, Ikebukuro and Tachikawa) and collect the passport at the same center. Fees fell for applications from July 1, 2026: a 10-year passport for ages 18 and over costs ¥9,300 at the counter, or ¥8,900 if you apply online with a My Number Card.

You can collect it from the 9th business day, counting the day you apply, at the earliest. All centers are closed on Saturday, and on Sunday they only hand over passports.

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1. The 4 passport centers in Tokyo and their hours (closed Saturday, Sunday for collection only)

Hours are the same at all 4 centers: applications Monday to Friday, collection Monday to Friday and Sunday. Saturdays and national holidays are closed. None of the centers has its own parking or bicycle parking, and Tokyo asks people to come by public transport (access page of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Citizens, Culture and Sports, Japanese).

Hours by day of the week are as follows (“Counter hours and crowding” page of Tokyo, Japanese).

The centers are closed on national holidays, substitute holidays, and from December 29 to January 3. When a Sunday falls on a national holiday, the collection counter is open, and the substitute holiday is closed.

Shinjuku Passport Center (inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building)

It is on the first basement floor of the Citizens’ Plaza of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. The nearest stop is Tochomae Station (Toei Oedo Line), Exit A3, and it is a 10-minute walk from the West Exit of JR Shinjuku Station.

Name	Shinjuku Passport Center
Address	2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo
Phone	03-5908-0400 (Tokyo Passport Telephone Information Center, shared by all 4 centers)
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Yurakucho Passport Center

It is on the 2nd floor of Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, a 1-minute walk from the Kyobashi Exit of JR Yurakucho Station.

Name	Yurakucho Passport Center
Address	2-10-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
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Ikebukuro Passport Center

It is on the 5th floor of World Import Mart in Sunshine City, a 15-minute walk from the East Exit of Ikebukuro Station. From Higashi-Ikebukuro Station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line it is a 5-minute walk, and from the Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome stop on the Toden Arakawa Line it is 7 minutes.

Name	Ikebukuro Passport Center
Address	3-1-3 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima City, Tokyo
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Tachikawa Passport Center

It is on the 9th floor of Lumine Tachikawa, a 1-minute walk from JR Tachikawa Station. From Tachikawa-Kita Station on the Tama Monorail it is a 3-minute walk.

Name	Tachikawa Passport Center
Address	2-1-1 Akebonocho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo
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2. Passport fees: ¥9,300 at the counter, ¥8,900 online for 10 years

For applications from July 1, 2026, a 10-year passport (18 and over) is ¥9,300 at the counter and ¥8,900 online, and a 5-year passport (under 18) is ¥4,800 at the counter. The 10-year fee used to be ¥16,300 (Tokyo’s passport fee list, Japanese).

The fee is the national revenue stamp plus Tokyo’s fee. The Tokyo part is ¥400 cheaper for online applications. For a 10-year passport the revenue stamp is ¥7,000 and Tokyo’s fee is ¥2,300 (¥1,900 online) (Tokyo’s page on online applications, Japanese).

You pay on the day you collect the passport. If you applied at the counter, you pay in cash, with your claim slip, at the “Revenue Stamp and Tokyo Fee Counter” near the collection counter. Credit cards and QR-code payments are not accepted there. If you applied online, you can pay by credit card (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club, American Express) after setting it up in advance, but no receipt is issued.

If you did not collect a previously applied passport within 6 months of issue and it expired, then for an application within 5 years of that expiry the fee is ¥6,000 higher than usual (applies to applications from March 27, 2023).

3. Documents for a counter application

First-time applicants and people whose passport has expired need a certified copy of the family register (koseki tohon, issued within the last 6 months). Renewing a valid passport normally does not require it. Everyone needs 1 application form and 1 photo. The form is for ages 18 and over for a 10-year passport (red top edge) and for under 18 for a 5-year passport (light-blue top edge) (Tokyo’s page on documents for applying and collecting, Japanese).

• First time or expired: application form, family register copy (certified full copy), photo, ID (1 item such as a My Number Card or driver’s license; 2 items such as a health insurance eligibility certificate plus a student ID with photo), and the expired passport
• Renewal (less than 1 year left, or 3 or fewer blank visa-page spreads): application form, photo, and your current passport. If your name or the prefecture of your registered domicile changed, also the family register copy
• If you are not registered as a Tokyo resident (kyosho application), or do not want to use the Basic Resident Register Network: all of the above plus a copy of your resident record (juminhyo, issued within 6 months, without My Number)

The photo must be taken within the last 6 months, hatless, facing the front, against a plain background, with no border, and the face (top of the head to the chin) 32–36 mm. If family members apply at the same time, one family register copy is enough for the same register (Tokyo’s page for people without a valid passport, Japanese). A family register copy can now also be obtained at the office of a municipality other than your registered domicile.

For a child under 18, a parent or guardian must sign the “legal representative signature” box on the back of the form. When a junior high school student or younger applies with a parent or guardian, Tokyo says that if the child has no ID, the parent’s or guardian’s ID is acceptable (Tokyo’s page on applications by minors, Japanese).

4. What you can do by applying online

Since March 24, 2025, first-time applications as well as renewals can be made with a My Number Card and a smartphone, so you go to a center only once, to collect. For a first-time application, the electronic family register certificate is linked automatically, so you do not have to get a family register copy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, applying online from within Japan, Japanese).

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You need your My Number Card (with the 6–16 character password for the signature certificate), a smartphone that supports the Mynaportal app, and your current passport if you are renewing. You take the photo with the app’s camera or import a photo taken at a photo studio. Write your signature large on white paper with a dark black or navy pen and photograph it. Tokyo says a thin pen can look faint and often leads to a notice asking you to redo it (correction).

Children under 15 cannot apply themselves; a parent or guardian applies on their behalf from the parent’s own Mynaportal account. Ages 15 to 17 can apply themselves, but need a consent form signed by a parent or guardian.

You cannot apply online for a renewal with 1 year or more of validity left (except for too few blank visa pages and changed details), for a damaged passport, for a kyosho application other than for commuting or school, or for a minor whose parent or guardian does not consent (Tokyo, about online applications, Japanese). You choose the collection counter when you apply, from Shinjuku, Yurakucho, Ikebukuro, Tachikawa or an island town or village office, and cannot change it afterward.

5. Days until collection, and how to collect

The earliest you can collect is the 9th business day counting the day you apply. Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, substitute holidays and December 29 to January 3 are not counted. For a counter application, the scheduled collection date is written on your claim slip. For an online application, a notice arrives in the “To do” section of Mynaportal when the review ends (Tokyo’s page on the scheduled date, Japanese).

Because delivery delays can mean a passport is not ready on the date, Tokyo asks you to check the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ passport collection date search system (Japanese) after 17:00 on the 2nd business day before the scheduled date. You cannot collect it earlier than the scheduled date.

Only the applicant can collect it, including babies and infants. A proxy cannot collect it, and you can only collect it at the center where you applied. Counter applicants bring the claim slip. Online applicants bring the QR code of the receipt sent to Mynaportal (on a smartphone screen or printed). If you are renewing, you must bring your current passport; without it you cannot receive the new one (Tokyo’s page for people collecting, Japanese). A passport that is not collected within 6 months of issue becomes invalid.

6. Things to know when applying in Tokyo

Except for the 9 island towns and villages, wherever you live in Tokyo there are only 4 counters, and you must collect at the center where you applied, so choose a place that is easy to reach twice. If you apply near your workplace, you can collect at the same center after work on a weekday or on a Sunday.

It is usually busy around Golden Week, before and after the New Year holidays, and around Obon. During the day it gets busier in the afternoon, especially late, so Tokyo recommends the morning, which is relatively quiet. You can see waiting numbers at the 4 centers on “counter crowding information” (Japanese), and if you scan the QR code on your number ticket, you get an email when your turn approaches. Sundays are busier for collection than weekdays.

People registered as residents of Oshima, Toshima, Niijima, Kozushima, Miyake, Mikurajima, Hachijo, Aogashima or Ogasawara can apply and collect at the town or village office. Collection takes roughly 14 to 22 days depending on the office (excluding weekends, holidays and the New Year break) (Tokyo’s page on counters in the island areas, Japanese).

Even if your resident record is in another prefecture, students at schools in Tokyo and people who live and work in Tokyo can apply in Tokyo if they can show that they live there, for example with a student ID or a lease (kyosho application).

Application forms for 10-year and 5-year passports are also handed out at ward and city offices, in addition to the 4 centers. How they are handed out differs by office, so Tokyo advises phoning first (Tokyo’s page on where to get forms, Japanese). You can also download them from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

7. Timing an application for winter holiday travel

Tokyo asks people to apply about 1 month before they need the passport. The centers are closed from December 29 to January 3, so for a trip at the end of the year, apply by early December. Online applications often get correction requests, and a correction delays you by that much.

During Mynaportal app maintenance, from 18:00 on Friday, November 20 to 24:00 on Sunday, November 22, you cannot apply online or resubmit a correction (notice from Tokyo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

For example, if you apply at the counter on Tuesday, December 1, the 9th business day, counted without weekends, is Friday, December 11 (our calculation). If you cannot go on a weekday, you can collect on Sunday, December 13. Delays can occur in review or delivery, so check the collection date in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs search system before you go.

Fees and hours are subject to change.

Sources

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• access page of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Citizens, Culture and Sports
• “Counter hours and crowding” page of Tokyo
• Tokyo’s passport fee list
• Tokyo’s page on online applications
• Tokyo’s page on documents for applying and collecting
• Tokyo’s page for people without a valid passport
• Tokyo’s page on applications by minors
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, applying online from within Japan
• Tokyo’s page on the scheduled date
• passport collection date search system
• Tokyo’s page for people collecting
• counter crowding information
• Tokyo’s page on counters in the island areas
• Tokyo’s page on where to get forms
• Japanese version of this page (日本語版)

Checked with official pages on October 27, 2026 (Japan time).