Seal／Inkan Registration

Seal registration enables you to use your personal seal (Inkan or Hanko) to verify official documents. In Japan a personal seal is used like a signature.
The application for seal registration should be made out to our Resident Registration Division.

If you bring all of the necessary items with you in person, then you can complete your registration and receive your seal registration card on the same day.

When it is impossible to apply in person under unavoidable circumstances, application by proxy is accepted.
After the application, we will send a letter of inquiry to your registered address in order to confirm your identity, and to confirm that you really intended to register your seal.
At the second visit to our office with the necessary items, your seal registration will complete.

• Note: Your seal registration certificate can be issued on the day of your second visit. But please be advised that it may take several days for your registration to be completed because we must confirm your identity by mail.

A seal registration card will be issued to those who have registered their seals. If you need a seal registration certificate, please bring your seal registration card or Tokushima citizen card (the previous “seal registration card”). Without one of these cards, a seal registration certificate cannot be issued. If you lose your card, you have to re-register your seal.

Resident Registration Division (Jumin-ka) TEL: 088-621-5134