Japan Consulate General Düsseldorf

Before your visit

The Japanese Consulate General is on the second floor of Breite Straße 27 in central Düsseldorf, a few minutes from the Königsallee.

• E-mail: k2@ds.mofa.go.jp.
• Little Tokyo: the Japanese shops and restaurants around Immermannstraße are nearby.

About the Japanese Consulate General in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf has one of the largest Japanese communities in Europe, with hundreds of Japanese companies, a Japanese school and a Japanese garden at the EKŌ House. The consulate general serves Japanese citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia and is headed by Consul General Yoshitaka Tsunoda.

Which Japanese office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Japanese passports
• Family register (koseki) notifications: births, marriages, deaths
• Visas for work, study and the working holiday programme
• Certificates of residence and signature certificates
• Overseas voting registration

Documents checklist

Japanese working holiday visa

• German citizenship and age 18–30 at the time of application
• Passport, application form and photo
• Proof of sufficient funds and a return ticket or funds to buy one
• Apply at the Japanese mission responsible for your state

Visa information

German citizens do not need a visa for tourist or business visits to Japan of up to 90 days. Travellers can register in advance on Visit Japan Web to speed up immigration and customs.

Other consulates and embassies in Düsseldorf

41 other countries are represented in Düsseldorf, among them: Jordan (honorary), Libya (consulate general), Liechtenstein (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Madagascar (honorary), Malawi (honorary), Malta (honorary), Monaco (honorary), Mongolia (honorary), Morocco (consulate general), Netherlands (consulate general), North Macedonia (honorary), Pakistan (honorary), Poland (honorary), Portugal (consulate general), Senegal (honorary), Serbia (consulate general), Seychelles (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Spain (consulate general). The full list of all 42 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia and on Japanese holidays observed by the office, typically around New Year (29 December to 3 January).

Emergency assistance

Japanese citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia who need urgent help can contact the consulate general. Germans in Japan are helped by the German Embassy in Tokyo and the Consulate General in Osaka-Kobe.

Japanese missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Düsseldorf, the nearest other Japanese office is the Consulate General in Frankfurt am Main (about 180 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Düsseldorf.

• Berlin (480 km) – Embassy of Japan
• Düsseldorf – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia) (this page)
• Frankfurt am Main (180 km) – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Hamburg (340 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich (490 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
• Stuttgart (320 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)