Japan Embassy Berlin

Before your visit

The Japanese Embassy is at Hiroshimastraße 6 in Berlin-Tiergarten. The street was renamed in 1990 after the city of Hiroshima.

• Telephone: +49 30 21 09 40.
• Tourists: No visa is needed for short stays of up to 90 days.

About the Japanese Embassy in Berlin

The embassy represents Japan in Germany. The two countries are close partners in trade, technology and culture. Düsseldorf has one of the largest Japanese communities in Europe, with Japanese shops and restaurants around Immermannstraße.

Japan has consulates general in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Munich and an honorary consul in Stuttgart.

Which Japanese office is responsible for me?

Consular services

• Japanese passports and family register (koseki) notifications
• Visas for work, study and the working holiday programme
• Certificates of residence and signatures
• Overseas voting

Documents checklist

Applying for a Japanese working holiday visa

• German citizenship and age between 18 and 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

Travelling from Germany to Japan

German citizens can enter Japan without a visa for short stays of up to 90 days (not for paid research or internships).

• Your passport must be valid for the length of your stay.
• Do not travel with a passport that was once reported lost or stolen; it can lead to refusal of entry.
• Registering with Visit Japan Web is no longer required but speeds up arrival.
• Repeated visa-free stays to get around the rules for longer stays are not allowed.
• The Federal Foreign Office has a partial travel warning for the restricted zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Travelling from Japan to Germany

Japanese citizens can visit Germany without a visa for up to 90 days within any 180 days.

Other consulates and embassies in Berlin

161 other countries are represented in Berlin, among them: Jordan (embassy), Kazakhstan (embassy), Kenya (embassy), Kosovo (embassy), Kuwait (embassy), Kyrgyzstan (embassy), Laos (embassy), Latvia (embassy), Lebanon (embassy), Lesotho (embassy), Liberia (embassy), Libya (embassy), Liechtenstein (embassy), Lithuania (embassy), Luxembourg (embassy), Madagascar (embassy), Malawi (embassy), Malaysia (embassy), North Korea (embassy), Republic of Korea (embassy). The full list of all 162 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Closing days

The embassy is closed on German public holidays in Berlin and on some Japanese holidays, including the New Year period at the turn of the year and the Emperor’s Birthday on 23 February.

Emergency assistance

Japanese nationals in Germany

Contact the embassy or your consulate general if your passport is lost or stolen.

German nationals in Japan

The German Embassy in Tokyo and the Consulate General in Osaka-Kobe are responsible. Honorary consuls in Fukuoka, Okinawa and Toyohashi (Aichi) help in emergencies.

Diplomatic missions between Japan and Germany

Japan in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Berlin, the nearest other Japanese office is the Consulate General in Hamburg (about 250 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Berlin.

• Berlin – Embassy of Japan (this page)
• Düsseldorf – Consulate General (480 km) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main – Consulate General (420 km) (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
• Hamburg – Consulate General (250 km) (Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein)
• Munich – Consulate General (500 km) (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg)
• Stuttgart – Honorary Consulate (510 km) (Baden-Württemberg)

Germany in Japan

• Tokyo – German Embassy
• Osaka-Kobe – Consulate General
• Fukuoka, Okinawa, Toyohashi – Honorary Consulates