Japan Consulate General Frankfurt am Main

Before your visit

The Japanese Consulate General is on the 34th floor of the Messeturm, the landmark skyscraper at the Frankfurt trade fair.

• Security: bring photo ID for the Messeturm entrance.
• Getting there: Festhalle/Messe U-Bahn station (U4).

About the Japanese Consulate General in Frankfurt

The consulate general serves Japanese citizens in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, including many employees of Japanese banks and companies in the Frankfurt region. Consul General Takeshi Ito heads the office.

Which Japanese office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Passports and koseki notifications
• Work, student and working holiday visas
• Certificates (residence, signatures, driving licence translations)
• Overseas voting

Documents checklist

What Japanese citizens usually need to bring for the most common requests, based on official Japanese government information:

Japanese passport (new or renewal, abroad)

• Passport application form, filled in and signed (the embassy or consulate can provide it)
• One photo taken within the last six months, 35 × 45 mm
• Your current or expired passport
• Koseki Tohon (family register certificate) issued within six months – needed for a new passport, an expired passport or after a change of name or registered domicile
• Proof of your residence status and address in Germany (e.g. residence card)
• Collection in person; applicants under 18 receive a 5-year passport with a parent’s consent

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan – passport application procedure and required documents, Embassy of Japan – Japanese passport (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Visa information

Germans need no visa for short visits to Japan. Young Germans aged 18 to 30 can apply here for the working holiday visa if they live in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate or Saarland.

Other consulates and embassies in Frankfurt

72 other countries are represented in Frankfurt, among them: Kazakhstan (consulate general), Latvia (honorary), Lebanon (honorary), Malaysia (consulate general), Maldives (honorary), Mali (honorary), Malta (honorary), Mexico (consulate), Moldova (consulate general), Monaco (honorary), Montenegro (consulate general), Morocco (consulate general), Namibia (honorary), Netherlands (honorary), Nigeria (consulate general), Norway (honorary), Pakistan (consulate general), Paraguay (consulate general), Philippines (consulate general), South Korea (consulate general). The full list of all 73 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

Closed on Hessian public holidays and on Japanese holidays observed by the office, typically around New Year (29 December to 3 January).

Emergency assistance

Japanese citizens in the district who need urgent help can contact the consulate general. Germans in Japan can turn to the German Embassy in Tokyo.

Japanese missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest other Japanese office is the Honorary Consulate in Stuttgart (about 150 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Frankfurt am Main.

• Berlin (420 km) – Embassy of Japan
• Düsseldorf (180 km) – Consulate General (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main – Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland) (this page)
• Hamburg (390 km) – Consulate General (Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich (300 km) – Consulate General (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
• Stuttgart (150 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg)