It’s for the records of the koban and it’s so incase of some kind of disaster they can know who and how many people are in a residence.
Super dark example: if there’s a fire and they find 3 corpses, but their records say four people live there, they know at least one person is unaccounted for.
It’s normal. It may not always happen, it depends on how lazy the local police are, but technically it is a part of their jobs.
The local police in my area still haven’t come by, and I’ve been here for several years, but I’m in the inaka and a little distant from the koban, so they probably won’t unless a higher up gets on them.
Yeah I usually get it soon after I move in. (meguro-ku) they came back every week until I dropped it off.
But when I was in Nakano-ku they sent me a letter in the mail and I would just drop it off at the koban
Yes its normal.
You’re actually suppose to register at the koban after moving in. They’re also suppose to do a house visit once a year to check up on how you’re doing but usually that doesn’t happen.
It’s normal and for emergency use as others have said. But it’s also at least sometimes to make new police officers familiar with their district. In Osaka we’ve had visits 3-4 times, each time with a fresh faced young recruit doing the rounds in his new job.
I heard that this is common, but I’ve lived in 4 different places in Tokyo over 9 years and have never had them come by. I’m really curious how I’ve avoided it.
Happened to me on Monday. Didn’t strike me as too weird considering my name and address are already on the door. Now they have my phone number and dad’s address in the US.
At my previous apartment I told them to leave the form and I’ll drop it off if I decide to fill it out. I never did and it was never an issue.
Yes, completely normal. I stayed with a friend for a while many years ago, and she took me to her neighborhood koban to register me as living at her apartment. They already knew her.
Annoying but normal
this happened to me like 3 weeks ago.
Funny thing, since I do not speak japanese, I was trying to reach someone on the phone, then he saw my phone case which has Asuka from Evangelion, he asked me about it I said I was a huge fan and I told him, wait. went inside my room and pickup 2 of my asuka figures and showed to him, he was very impressed. He told me there was an expo in Shibuya, so I went
They just left a form in my mailbox. Ignored it and never heard from them again.
Yup, normal. That’s Japan for you.
Yeah, my inaka copper came round on my first day and walked me through what to do in an emergency and all that. Was a pretty chill guy after I got to know him. However the opening line of “I worry you no nothing and will die” was a bit concerning.
That happened to me when I first moved to Japan. I was a bit concerned, but the officer was surprisingly nice. Only happened in that town, though, and not since
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Yes. I get that every few years.
Yes, this is normal.
It’s for the records of the koban and it’s so incase of some kind of disaster they can know who and how many people are in a residence.
Super dark example: if there’s a fire and they find 3 corpses, but their records say four people live there, they know at least one person is unaccounted for.
It’s normal. It may not always happen, it depends on how lazy the local police are, but technically it is a part of their jobs.
The local police in my area still haven’t come by, and I’ve been here for several years, but I’m in the inaka and a little distant from the koban, so they probably won’t unless a higher up gets on them.
Yeah I usually get it soon after I move in. (meguro-ku) they came back every week until I dropped it off.
But when I was in Nakano-ku they sent me a letter in the mail and I would just drop it off at the koban
Yes its normal.
You’re actually suppose to register at the koban after moving in. They’re also suppose to do a house visit once a year to check up on how you’re doing but usually that doesn’t happen.
It’s normal and for emergency use as others have said. But it’s also at least sometimes to make new police officers familiar with their district. In Osaka we’ve had visits 3-4 times, each time with a fresh faced young recruit doing the rounds in his new job.
I heard that this is common, but I’ve lived in 4 different places in Tokyo over 9 years and have never had them come by. I’m really curious how I’ve avoided it.
Happened to me on Monday. Didn’t strike me as too weird considering my name and address are already on the door. Now they have my phone number and dad’s address in the US.
As no one else mentioned it, it’s called “[junkai renraku/巡回連絡](https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/multilingual/english/about_us/activity/door_visit.html)”. It’s also completely optional/voluntary.
At my previous apartment I told them to leave the form and I’ll drop it off if I decide to fill it out. I never did and it was never an issue.
Yes, completely normal. I stayed with a friend for a while many years ago, and she took me to her neighborhood koban to register me as living at her apartment. They already knew her.
Annoying but normal
this happened to me like 3 weeks ago.
Funny thing, since I do not speak japanese, I was trying to reach someone on the phone, then he saw my phone case which has Asuka from Evangelion, he asked me about it I said I was a huge fan and I told him, wait. went inside my room and pickup 2 of my asuka figures and showed to him, he was very impressed. He told me there was an expo in Shibuya, so I went
They just left a form in my mailbox. Ignored it and never heard from them again.
Yup, normal. That’s Japan for you.
Yeah, my inaka copper came round on my first day and walked me through what to do in an emergency and all that. Was a pretty chill guy after I got to know him. However the opening line of “I worry you no nothing and will die” was a bit concerning.
That happened to me when I first moved to Japan. I was a bit concerned, but the officer was surprisingly nice. Only happened in that town, though, and not since