Japan is represented in the United States by its embassy in Washington, D.C., 14 Consulates-General and three Consular Offices. Each office serves a fixed group of states, and visa applicants as well as Japanese citizens have to use the one responsible for their home address, not the one closest to their travel plans.
Japanese Consulates by City
The consular districts follow the official map of the Embassy of Japan. Some borders run through a state: Fairfield County in Connecticut belongs to New York, the rest of the state to Boston; Idaho is split between Seattle and Portland, and California between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Embassy of Japan in the United States
Serves District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
Tel. (1-202) 238-6700
Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC): exhibitions, lectures, film screenings and the JET Programme office for the Washington area.
Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage
Serves Alaska
3601 C Street, Suite 1300, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Tel. (1-907) 562-8424
Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta
Serves Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina
3438 Peachtree Road, Suite 850, Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Tel. (1-404) 240-4300
Consulate-General of Japan in Boston
Serves Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut except Fairfield County
100 High Street, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Tel. (1-617) 973-9772~4
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Serves Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Olympia Centre, Suite 1100, 737 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Tel. (1-312) 280-0400
Consulate-General of Japan in Denver
Serves Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
1225 17th Street, Suite 3000, Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel. (1-303) 534-1151
Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit
Serves Michigan, Ohio
1000 Woodward Avenue, Suite 620, Detroit, Michigan 48226
Tel. (1-313) 567-0120, 0179
The consulate moved to this address in One Campus Martius on March 23, 2026. It was previously in the Renaissance Center.
Consulate-General of Japan in Hagåtña
Serves Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
Suite 604, Guam International Trade Center Building, 590 South Marine Corps Drive, Tamuning, Guam 96913
Mail P.O. Box AG, Hagatna, Guam 96932
Tel. (1-671) 646-1290, 646-5220
Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu
Serves Hawaii and U.S. territories in the Pacific except Guam and the Northern Marianas
1742 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Tel. (1-808) 543-3111
Consulate-General of Japan in Houston
Serves Texas, Oklahoma
2 Houston Center, Suite 3000, 909 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77010
Tel. (1-713) 652-2977
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
Serves Arizona and Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties)
350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, California 90071
Tel. (1-213) 617-6700
Consulate-General of Japan in Miami
Serves Florida
Brickell City Tower, Suite 3200, 80 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33130
Tel. (1-305) 530-9090
Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville
Serves Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
1801 West End Avenue, Suite 900, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Tel. (1-615) 340-4300
Consulate-General of Japan in New York
Serves New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Fairfield County in Connecticut, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
299 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10171
Tel. (1-212) 371-8222
Consular Office of Japan in Portland
Serves Oregon and southern Idaho
2700 Wells Fargo Center, 1300 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
Tel. (1-503) 221-1811
Consular Office of Japan in Saipan
Serves Saipan and the Northern Mariana Islands, together with the Consulate-General in Hagåtña
2nd Floor, Bank of Hawaii Building, Puerto Rico, Saipan, MP 96950
Mail P.O.Box 500407 Main Post Office, Saipan, MP 96950-0407
Tel. (1-670) 323-7201, 7202
Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco
Serves Northern California and Nevada
275 Battery Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, California 94111
Tel. (1-415) 780-6000
Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle
Serves Washington, Montana and northern Idaho
701 Pike Street, Suite 1000, Seattle, Washington 98101
Tel. (1-206) 682-9107~10
Addresses and phone numbers as published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Opening hours, appointment rules and visa counters differ from office to office; check the official website of the mission before you go.
What the Consulates Do
- Visas: U.S. citizens can visit Japan without a visa for up to 90 days. Work, study, long stays and family visas are applied for at the consulate for your state, usually with a Certificate of Eligibility issued in Japan.
- Japanese citizens: passports, certificates, family register notifications, overseas voting and help in emergencies.
- Culture and exchange: events, school programs, Japanese language support and the recruitment of participants for the JET Programme.
