What is the role of a Consulate?
Embassy or consulate can provide invaluable assistance for both residents and visitors alike. Embassies issue passports and emergency passports, register births, deaths and marriages, can assist nationals detained or imprisoned, who have fallen ill or been the victims of crime, as well as offer advice on security issues. An embassy's visa section provides visa services where necessary and most embassies also have commercial sections providing information for businesses and general trade development advice. Why are Visas required?
In principle, foreigners wishing to enter Japan (with the exception of shipping and airline crews) are required to apply at an overseas Japanese diplomatic establishment (embassy or consulate) for a visa to be stamped in or attached to their passport valid for travel to Japan.
Under Japan's Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereafter referred to as the Immigration Control Act), it is stipulated that any foreigner wishing to enter or land in Japan must possess a valid passport and a visa obtained from an embassy or consulate. In other words, when foreigners apply to an Immigration Inspector (immigration officer) at a port of entry or departure (hereafter referred to as a port of entry) of an airport or seaport for an examination for landing, one of the conditions that they must meet is possession of a valid visa. Accordingly, if a foreigner does not possess the necessary visa, in principle he or she is not granted permission to enter Japan.
Similarly other countries of the world too require valid visa and passport to enter their countries. Kyoto is the cultural center of Japan and so it is a tourist hub. People from all over the world come to visit Kyoto for commercial purpose or to spend a holiday. There are foreigners who have made Kyoto their second home. Consulates in Kyoto help their natives in the foreign land. Consulates also maintain a healthy relationship with the country.
Consulates in Kyoto: Honorary Consulate of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Kyoto
Address: c/o Shimazu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-8511
Phone: +81-75-823-1060 Honorary Consulate of the United Mexican States in Kyoto
Address: c/o Chunichi Shimbun, 6F, 1-6-1 Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-8511
Phone: +81-52-232-1605
Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Paraguay in Kyoto
Address: c/o Kyocera Corporation, 6 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8501
Phone: +81-75-602-7524 Honorary Consulate of Peru in Kyoto
Address: c/o Urasenke Konnichian, Ogawa Teranouchi Agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-8688
Phone: +81-75-431-3111 Honorary Consulate of Iceland in Kyoto
Address: Ikenobo 9th floor Rokkaku-dori, Higashinotoin Nishiiru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Phone: (75) 254 0773
Telefax: (75) 254 0733Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Portugal, Kyoto
Address: c/o Tanko-sha Co. Ltd., Horikawa -dori, Kuramaguchi-agaru, Kita-ku, Kyoto
Phone: 075-432-5151
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