Handbook for Foreigners

This Trouble-Free Life in Fukui Handbook for Foreigners is aimed at all foreigners who come to Fukui to live, study or work. It is our hope that this handbook will help to make your life in Fukui even more comfortable and smoother as it includes every bit of information important for daily life.(alien registration, medical care, children welfare and education, taxes, gas, water supply, electricity, etc.)

This handbook is a source of basic information.
If you need to know the details, don't hesitate to contact the office in question by phone.(contact phone numbers are enclosed).

things to do in case of sudden illness or injury

fire / traffic accident / crime

things to do when an earthquake or typhoon hits,

things that must be done in advance,

what to do when an earthquake occurs and after it is finished

things to do upon arrival in Japan / alien registration card renewal /

having a childbirth in Japan

family register, notification of death, marriage notification,

personal seal registration

national health insurance: enrolment/withdrawal/benefits/ insurance tax

nursing care insurance: enrolment/receiving services

pregnancy / childbirth / medical examination

holiday medical examination: Fukui Holiday Emergency Patients Centers, etc

babies and infants medical care subsidy system /

child medical treatment allowance / birth subsidy /

parent talking class / vaccination / children physical checkup /

mother and child health room・counseling

education system / school entrance / children centers /

Japanese language problems

local inhabitants tax / income tax / fixed property tax / city planning tax /

light-weight motor vehicle tax / national health insurance tax /

municipal tax certification

opening a bank account / cash card / deposits and withdrawals /

automatic transfers

personal seal / residents’ association / police box / front entrance / 

taking a bath /city consultation / interpretation help at the city office / Japanese language courses / things to do before returning to one’s country

traffic regulations / driver’s license / related institutions /

buying JR train tickets / getting on and off a bus / community bus (Smile bus) /

Echizen railroad / route map  (Smile bus)