About British Embassy Tokyo

〒102-8381
TokyoNo 1 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Japan

Telephone
+81 (3) 5211-1100 / +44 20 7008 5000

Opening hours:
The British Embassy opens Monday to Friday, between 9:30am and 4:30pm

Use our contact form for consular enquiries:
www.gov.uk/contact-consulate-tokyo

For enquiries that are not about consular issues, email:
public-enquiries.tokyo@fcdo.gov.uk

Make an appointment

For all notarial and documentary services, you need to book an appointment. Please visit the links below to make a booking.

Notarial and documentary services

Emergency Travel Documents (ETDs)

Services available: ETDs, marital status documents for opposite-sex couples, notices of marriage and consular marriages for same-sex couples, conversions of civil partnerships, notarial services.

Disabled access

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the British Embassy, Tokyo are keen to ensure that their buildings and services are accessible to disabled members of the public. Wherever possible, we have made our buildings and services accessible. Sometimes however, this is not possible due to security or other restrictions. In these situations we will endeavor to provide a service or access to a building in an alternative way to ensure equality of access for disabled people. To assist disabled visitors, we have set out below the details of disabled access at this Embassy. We hope this information is helpful. The Embassy Tokyo has about 180 staff and 24-hour security cover. All staff are happy to help disabled people when they need an assistance. But we would appreciate a minimum of 48 hours notice wherever possible.

General physical access

  • entrances - all Embassy Compound buildings have steps at their entrances. The only exceptions are office buildings. Visitors have an access to the lower level of the New Office Building from PPAS entrance. Upper floor of the New Office Building and Chancery Building can be accessed via slopes
  • ramps - the Embassy has one mobile ramp. With 48 hours notice, the Embassy can fit the ramp to the entrances of the Ambassador’s Residence and other Compound houses allowing access to the ground floors. But it is unfortunately not yet possible to fit a ramp to the steps of Compound houses No 10 and No 11
  • lifts - there are currently no lifts in any buildings on the Compound
  • toilets - disabled toilet is located in the New Office building
  • parking - we have no specific disabled parking space but this can be arranged with 24 hours notice
  • floor coverings - internal floor surfaces are flat, either wooden floors or carpet
  • handrails - handrails are installed on the slopes to office buildings
  • doors - all the doors, except doors to the Visa and Consular Section waiting rooms, are locked for security reasons but a member of Embassy staff can assist
  • lighting - internal and external lighting of the Compound and its buildings is satisfactory
  • emergency/evacuation - the Embassy has an alarm and PA systems for an emergency. Disabled and other visitors will be assisted in an emergency
  • phones - office can be easily adjusted

Access for visually-impaired visitors

  • signs - there are currently no Braille signs on the Compound
  • guide dogs - guide dogs are welcome

Access for deaf/hard of hearing visitors

  • hearing loops are not installed
  • minicom and textphones are not installed
  • sign language - we have nobody qualified in Sign Language, however, all Embassy staff are willing to assist using pen and paper *interpretation: no professional Signing interpretation is available but the Embassy will endeavour to arrange this, with notice
  • hearing dogs: hearing dogs are welcome

Public Holidays 2024

On the following public holidays, our office will be closed for normal business. Emergency consular assistance for British nationals is available by telephone.

Date Holiday
1 January New Year’s Day
8 January Coming of Age Day
23 February Emperor’s Birthday
29 March Good Friday
1 April Easter Monday
3 May Constitution Memorial Day
6 May Substitute Day, Early May bank holiday
15 July Marine Day
12 August Substitute Day
16 September Respect for the Aged Day
14 October Sports Day
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Boxing Day