Preview · Day 1 arrival · Paid KR edition coming

Day 1 · Arrival

Goal: residence card · cash · IC · housing, plus an address document for city hall. Sample checks only.

At major airports you often receive a residence card right after immigration. Show your Visit Japan Web QR if you have one.

Paid edition covers: QR → baggage → cash/IC → transfer → housing address.

Shared kit (sample)

Receive residence card · keep in pouch

Keep card and passport together. Loss means police / immigration steps.

The back address is stamped after you register your move.
Yen cash · Suica/Pasmo (or local IC)

Get first-day cash and top up an IC card.

The paid edition adds transfer compare tables and check-in cards.
Check in · save Japanese address

Photo the contract / dorm letter address for city hall.

Hotel addresses usually cannot be used for resident registration.

Preview sample only. Not visa or housing agency advice.