Based on the resident registry, notifications will be sent in early February to parents of children due to enter elementary and junior high school.
If your child is due to start school and you don't receive notification, please contact the School Education Section.

Transferring Schools

[Enquiries]
Citizens' Affairs Section, or any branch or field office

When moving in from outside of the city or within the city, the residence transfer notification with a name of a new school moving in will be issued at the Citizen's Division or any branch office. Submit documents (certificate of enrollment, certificate of providing textbooks) from the previous school as well as the residence transfer notification to the new school.

When moving out, obtain 1) documents (certificate of enrollment, certificate of providing textbooks) from the school, 2) the residence transfer notification at the Citizen's Division or any branch office then submit both 1 and 2 to the municipality you are moving into.