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If You Lose Something or Leave Something Behind in Japan: How to Look for Items Lost at Stations, on Trains, Buses, Taxis or on the Street, and How to File a Lost Property Report
How to look for your things in Japan when you drop your wallet, smartphone or cards, or leave something on a train: contacting the station or railway company, filing a lost property report with the police, searching lost items online, the storage period (3 months), what you need to collect an item, how to stop your cards and smartphone, and what to do if you lose your residence card. -
Getting Around in Japan: The Basics of Walking, Trains, Buses, Bicycles, Driving, and Traffic Accidents
The basics of getting around in Japan, organized by situation, based on the Immigration Services Agency's "Guidebook on Living and Working" and information from the National Police Agency. Covers the rules for walking on the street, how to ride trains and buses, the rules for bicycles and electric kick scooters, whether you can drive with a foreign driver's license, and what to do if you are in a traffic accident. -
How to Ride a Local Bus in Japan: Which Door to Use, Numbered Tickets, Paying the Fare, and the Stop Button
How to ride local buses in Japan, based on the Immigration Services Agency's "Guidebook on Living and Working" and the official information from city buses (Yokohama, Sendai, Sapporo and Kagoshima) and PASMO. Covers the difference between paying when you get on and paying when you get off, how to use numbered tickets, touching your IC card, changing money, the stop button, and what to do when you do not have enough money. -
How to Ride Trains in Japan and Use IC Transit Cards: Buying Tickets, Going Through Ticket Gates, Charging, and What to Do If You Lose Your Card
How to ride trains in Japan, based on the Immigration Services Agency's "Guidebook on Living and Working" and the official information on the IC transit card PASMO. Covers the difference between tickets and IC cards, how to go through ticket gates, charging (adding money), what to do when your balance is not enough, limited express tickets and commuter passes, and getting a card reissued if you lose it. -
Rules for Riding a Bicycle in Japan: Keep Left, Helmets, Bicycle Crime Prevention Registration, and Blue Tickets (Fines)
A summary of the basic rules for riding a bicycle in Japan, based on information from the National Police Agency and the Immigration Services Agency's "Guidebook on Living and Working." Learn about keeping to the left side of the road, when you may ride on the sidewalk, lights at night, helmets, the ban on smartphones, umbrellas and earphones, the blue ticket system (fines) that started in April 2026, crime prevention registration, parking, insurance, and what to do in an accident.
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