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Useful link Live in Tokyo

Festival & Event

festival and event

information of festival & events in Japan
(Japan National Tourist Organization)

Library

Library in Tokyo

you can search library books in English.
( TOKYO Metropolitan Libraries wwwOPAC)

Transfer & map

Tokyo subway transfer guide

    search train transfer in Tokyo and around Tokyo
   - Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa ect as well. (Tokyo metro)

Tokyo Subway map pdf

   Tokyo subway route map which can look by zoom.(Tokyo metro)

Life

medical compensation service	Medical and Life Compensation Service for Foreigner (Viva Vida)
Search tel no	you can search telephone number in Japan.(NTT)
museum information	museum information in Tokyo - over 100 museum (DNP)
postal service	Mail Rates, Size and Weight Restrictions.(NTT)
ChangeHiragana	Change into Hiragana from English word. Just put letter in alphabet , you can see Hiragana letter.(sundry street)

Emergency

Tokyo Fire Department Telephone Service
                             Information on medical institutions and consultations on emergency situations are offered.

                                 Tama Disaster Rescue Information Center (Tama Area)
                                 Tel: 0425-21-2323
                                 Language: English

Phone Jhelp.com (tel 0120-461997, www.jhelp.com ) for a 24hr English-language toll-free service, or try the                                     English-language helpline of Tokyo Metropolitan Police on tel 03/3501-0110
                                    (Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.15pm).

Tokyo English Life Line
                                    (TELL; www.tell.gol.com ) provides telephone counselling on their helpline
                                    (tel 03/3968-4099; daily 9am-4pm & 7-11pm ).

Lost credit cards For lost credit cards call the relevant toll-free 24hr
number: American Express (tel 0120-02012);
Mastercard (tel 00531/11-3886);
Visa (tel 0120-133173).

Embassies

Australia	2-1-14 Mita, Minato-ku (tel 03/5232-4111);
Canada	7-3-58 Akasaka, Minato-ku (tel 03/3408-2101);
China	3-4-33 Moto-Azabu, Minato-ku (tel 03/3403-3380);
France	4-11-44 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku (tel 03/5420-8800);
Germany	4-5-10 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku (tel 03/3473-0151);
Ireland	2-10-7 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku (tel 03/3263-0695);
Italy	2-5-4 Mita, Minato-ku (tel 03/3453-5291);
Netherlands	3-6-3 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku (tel 03/5401-0411);
New Zealand	20-40 Kamiyamacho, Shibuya-ku (tel 03/3467-2271);
United Kingdom	1 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku (tel 03/3265-5511);
USA	1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku (tel 03/3224-5000)

Immigration .

To renew your tourist or student visa, apply to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, 2F, 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chuo-ku (Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 1-6pm; tel 03/3286-5241), signed from Otemachi Station

Left luggage

Most hotels will keep luggage for a few days. If not, the baggage room at Tokyo Station takes bags for up to fifteen days, at a daily rate of \410 for the first five days and \820 per day thereafter; you'll find it at the far southeast end of the station, beyond the Express Bus ticket office. Note that coin lockers can only be used for a maximum of three days.

Lost property .

If you've lost something, try the local police box ( koban ). Alternatively, ask your hotel to help call the following Japanese-speaking offices to reclaim lost property:
*Taxis (tel 03/3648-0300);
*JR trains (tel 03/3231-1880);
*Eidan subways (tel 03/3834-5577);
*Toei buses and subways (tel 03/3431-1515).
*If all else fails, contact the Metropolitan Police Lost and Found Office (tel 03/3814-4151)

Pharmacies

The American Pharmacy, Hibiya Park Building , 1-8-1 Yurakucho (Mon-Sat 9.30am-8pm , Sun & hols 10am-6.30pm ) has English-speaking pharmacists and a good range of drugs and general medical supplies. Alternatively, Boots, 5-4-3 Ginza , daily 10am-9pm ), just east of the Sony building, has English-speaking pharmacists, and there's another pharmacy above the National Azabu supermarket (nearest subway station is Hiro). Major hotels usually stock a limited array of common medicines.

Post offices

Tokyo Central Post Office is on the west side of Tokyo Station
(Mon-Fri 9am-7pm , Sat 9am-5pm , Sun & hols 9am-12.30pm ; 24hr service for stamps and parcels).

The International Post Office
2-3-3 Otemachi; (same times) is a bit less convenient, but usually quieter. For English-language information about the postal services, call 03/5472-5851 (Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm ).

Poste restante can be collected from the basement counter of Tokyo Central Post Office
(Mon-Fri 8am-8pm , Sat 8am-5pm , Sun & hols 9am-12.30pm ); remember to take along your passport.
The postal address is 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 .

Airline

AA   American airlines

DL Delta Airlines

NW Northwest Airlines

UA United Airlines

AC Air Canada

JAL Japan Airlines

PK Pakistan Intl. Airline

AI    Air India

KE Korean Airlines

PR philippine Airlines

CI    China airline

MH Malaysia Airline

QF Qantas Airways

CO Continental Airline

MS Egyptair

NH   All nippon Airways

SQ　Singapore Airline

CX   Cathaypacific Airline

TG Thai Airways Intl.

Japan domestic & International airport

Tokyo Haneda

Tokyo Narita

　 discount ticket ( travel )

Tokyo subway transfer guide	search train transfer in Tokyo and around Tokyo - Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa ect as well. (Tokyo metro)
Tokyo Subway map pdf	Tokyo subway route map which can look by zoom.(Tokyo metro)

AA American airlines	DL Delta Airlines	NW Northwest Airlines	UA United Airlines
AC Air Canada	JAL Japan Airlines	PK Pakistan Intl. Airline
AI Air India	KE Korean Airlines	PR philippine Airlines
CI China airline	MH Malaysia Airline	QF Qantas Airways
CO Continental Airline	MS Egyptair	NH All nippon Airways
SQ　Singapore Airline	CX Cathaypacific Airline	TG Thai Airways Intl.