Minami Ward Office
1-5-44 Minami-machi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City
Description of Primary Responsibilities and Contact Information of Each Division
Ward Office, Branch Office, Liaison Office Hours and Closings
- Hours of Operation: 8時30分 am to 5時15分 pm (Ninoshima Branch Office Hours: 8 am to 4時45分 pm)
- Closed: Weekends, National Holidays, December 29-January 3, August 6
Note 1: Notifications regarding family registers can still be filed at the Security Office of the Minami Ward Office afterhours or on days the office is closed.
Note 2: The Aosaki Liaison Office will also be closed on Tuesdays and, if a national holiday falls on a Tuesday, the following Wednesday, in addition to the days listed above.
Note 3: You can use the Citizens Service Counter (Japanese) to apply for copies of official documents such as your Resident Records (Certificates of Residence) on weekends, national holidays, and when the ward office is closed.
Please call the direct contact number of the Division/Section you wish to reach.
Citizens Affairs Department, Minami Ward Office
- Fax (Representative): 082-252-7179
Community Coordination Division
- Email: mi-kusei@city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Tel: 082-250-8933; 8934
- Primary Responsibilities: Contracts for goods/construction, ward office building management (excluding the annex), Pr material publication/ward website management, ward citizens consultations, statistical surveys, clerical work for the Election Administration Commission
Community Revitalization Division (Community Revitalization Center)
- Email: mi-chiiki@city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Tel: 082-250-8935
- Primary Responsibilities: Community promotion projects, town planning vision for stronger local communities for each district, children’s community centers management, playground management, assembly hall maintenance and management, facilitating communication with neighborhood associations or other self-governing associations, animal control (including rescue and extermination), disaster preparedness planning
Children's Community Centers
Ozu Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-283-6130
- Fax: 082-283-6143
- Address: 5-10-12 Ozu
Aosaki Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-285-2965
- Fax: 082-285-2968
- Address: 1-12-7 Aosaki
Mukainada-shin-machi Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-288-2682
- Fax: 082-288-2692
- Address: 1-6-2 Mukainada-shin-machi
Shinonome Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-282-7013
- Fax: 082-282-7014
- Address: 2-11-2 Shinonome Hon-machi
Minami Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-253-9416
- Fax: 082-253-9417
- Address: 1-15-2 Minami-machi
Dambara Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-568-7830
- Fax: 082-568-7832
- Address: 2-6-13 Matoba-cho
Midori-machi Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-256-1803
- Fax: 082-256-1804
- Address: 4-10-2 Midori
Oko Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-250-4565
- Fax: 082-250-4566
- Address: 1-5-25 Asahi
Ogonzan Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-284-7884
- Fax: 082-284-7894
- Address: 35-2 Kita-oko-cho
Niho Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-281-5034
- Fax: 082-281-5046
- Address: 2-8-12 Niho-shin-machi
Kusuna Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-255-3926
- Fax: 082-255-3950
- Address: 5-24 Kusuna-cho
Ujina-higashi Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-253-450
- Fax: 082-253-4504
- Address: 7-11-8 Ujina-higashi
Ujina Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-254-3424
- Fax: 082-254-3429
- Address: 4-5-32 Ujina-miyuki
Ninoshima Children’s Community Center
- Tel: 082-259-2237
- Fax: 082-259-2237
- Address: 2403-1 Aza Daio, Ninoshima-cho
Primary Responsibilities of Children’s Community Centers
- Providing a safe space for children and students to play, supervising and managing playtime
Citizens Affairs Division
Resident Registration Section
- Tel: 082-250-8938
- Primary Responsibilities: Moving notifications, inkan seal registration, issuance of paperwork such as copies of Resident Records/Individual or Family Registers, entering elementary/junior high school/changing schools due to moving, resident surveys
Family Registry Section
- Tel: 082-250-8939
- Primary Responsibilities: Birth Notifications, Marriage/Divorce Notifications, permissions for cremations and urn burials, Death Notifications, Notifications for Special Permanent Residents, temporary permit to drive an unregistered vehicle
National Insurance and Pension Division
National Insurance Section
- Tel: 082-250-8941
- Primary Responsibilities: Joining/leaving national health insurance, payment of benefits (high-cost medical treatment fees, etc), levy/exemption of insurance fees
Pension Section
- Tel: 082-250-8944
- Primary Responsibilities: Handling of national pension applications/exemption applications, payment of pension, support for war victims/bereaved families of war victims
Other Organizations Located in the Minami Ward Office
Health and Sanitation Office Minami Ward Branch
- Tel: 082-250-4136
- Primary Responsibilities: Processing applications for various business licenses (food industries, salons, dry cleaning, pharmacies, etc), consultations regarding foodstuffs and local sanitation
Branch and Liaison Offices
Ninoshima Branch Office
- Address: 752-74 Aza Yajita, Ninoshima-cho
- Email: mi-ninoshima@city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Tel: 082-259-2511
- Primary Responsibilities: Moving notifications, inkan seal registration, issuance of paperwork such as copies of Resident Records (Certificates of Residence)/Individual or Family Registers, joining/leaving national health insurance/national pension
Aosaki Liaison Office
- Address: 1-12-7 Aosaki (inside the Aosaki Community Hall)
- Tel: 082-281-3802
- Primary Responsibilities: Facilitation of paperwork such as copies of Resident Records (Certificates of Residence)/Individual or Family Register, inkan seal certificates
Public Welfare Department, Minami Ward Office
- Fax (Representative): 082-254-9184
Note: the Public Welfare Department is inside the Minami Ward Office Annex, located at 1-4-46 Minami-machi
Family and Health Services Division
General Affairs Section
- Tel: 082-250-4103
- Primary Responsibilities: Coordination between social workers and children’s social workers, applications for special needs medical treatment, disaster response and relief, etc
Public Assistance Section I
- Tel: 082-250-4104
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations about social welfare
Public Assistance Section Ii
- Tel: 082-250-4105
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations about social welfare
Public Assistance Section Iii
- Tel: 082-250-4141
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations about social welfare
Public Assistance Section Iv
- Tel: 082-250-4155
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations about social welfare
Longevity and Health Services Division
Senior Citizens Welfare Section
- Tel: 082-250-4107
- Primary Responsibilities: Procedures for late-stage elderly medical care, consultations regarding long-term nursing homes for the eldery, in-home services for senior citizens, etc
Long-Term Care Insurance Section (Certification Management)
- Tel: 082-250-4138
- Primary Responsibilities: Attaining qualification for long-term care insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance Section (Long-Term Care Certifications)
- Tel: 082-250-4139
- Primary Responsibilities: Long-term care certification, long-term care insurance services, levy of insurance fees
Preventative Medical Services Section
- Tel: 082-250-4108
- Primary Responsibilities: Vaccinations, nutritional counseling, health exams and check-ups for adults and the elderly, AIDS screenings, applications for atomic bomb survivor’s certificates, health consultations for atomic bomb survivors
General Consultation Desk
- Tel: 082-250-4109
- Primary Responsibilities: General consultations regarding health, medical treatment, and welfare for the elderly
Health Services and Welfare Division
Child Welfare Section
- Tel: 082-250-4131
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations about entering nursery school, payment of child allowances, consultations for single-parent households
Disabled Citizens Welfare Section
- Tel: 082-250-4132
- Primary Responsibilities: Consultations/support benefits/support services for physically disabled persons, issuance of Physical Disability Certificates/Special Needs Certificates
Health Guidance Section
- Tel: 082-250-4133
- Primary Responsibilities: Issuance of Mother and Child Health Handbook, health check-ups for infants and young children, issuance of Mental Disability Certificates, guidance and consultations for the mentally disabled
Childcare Support Center
- Tel: 082-250-4134
- Primary Responsibilities: Childcare consultations, childcare seminars, support for childcare groups
Other Organizations Located in the Ward Office Annex
Minami Ward Social Welfare Council
- Tel: 082-251-0525
- Fax: 082-256-0990
- Primary Responsibilities: Regional welfare activities, promotion/support of volunteering
Construction Department, Minami Ward Office
- Fax (Representative): 082-252-7179
Maintenance and Management Division
Property Administration Section
- Tel: 082-250-8956
- Primary Responsibilities: Confirmation of property lines for roads/parks, permission for occupancy/usage of roads/parks, permission for outdoor signboards, abandoned bicycle countermeasures, certificates of road width, subsidies for maintenance and repair of streetlights
Maintenance Section I
- Tel: 082-250-8962
- Primary Responsibilities: Repair of road potholes/guardrails/etc, repairs such as replacing streetlight bulbs, approval for roadwork
Maintenance Section Ii
- Tel: 082-250-8957
- Primary Responsibilities: Maintenance and repairs of public parks/green space, roadside tree maintenance and management, sewer line maintenance and management (repairs, etc)
Architecture Division
- Email: mi-kenchiku@city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Tel: 082-250-8959
- Primary Responsibilities: Applications for municipal housing; maintenance and management of municipal housing
- Tel: 082-250-8960
- Primary Responsibilities: Acceptance and review of construction planning applications, construction consultations
Local Development Division
- Email: mi-chisei@city.hiroshima.lg.jp
- Tel: 082-250-8963
- Primary Responsibilities: Construction/renovation of roads (addition of sidewalks, etc), installation of underground cables, etc
Divisions outside of the aforementioned departments
Accounting Division
Minami Tax Room of the Central Municipal Tax Office
- Tel: 082-250-8946
- Primary Responsibilities: Issuance of certificates of municipal tax, issuance of motor scooter license plates, collection of municipal taxes
Note: calls to any of the numbers listed above made afterhours or when the offices are closed will be forwarded to the Security Office of the Ward Office.
Location of the Ward/Branch/Liaison Offices
Minami Ward Office
- Address: 1-5-44 Minami-machi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-8522
1F
Citizens Affairs Division, National Insurance and Pension Division, Accounting Division, Minami Tax Room
2F
Maintenance and Management Division, Architecture Division, Local Development Division, Health and Sanitation Office Minami Ward Branch
3F
Community Coordination Division, Community Revitalization Division
4F
Auditorium, seminar rooms, etc
Minami Ward Office Annex
- Address: 1-4-46 Minami-machi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-8523 (the east side of the Minami Ward Office)
1F
Family and Health Services Division, Longevity and Health Services Division (Preventative Medical Services Section), Health Services and Welfare Division/Childcare Support Center
2F
Examination/check-up facilities
3F
Office of the Minami Ward Social Welfare Council Secretariat
4F
Longevity and Health Services Division (Senior Citizens Welfare Section, Long-Term Care Insurance Section), rehabilitation rooms, meeting rooms, etc
Directions Using Public Transportation
From JR Hiroshima Station
- Take the number 5 Streetcar Line bound for Hiroshima Port via Hijiyama-shita (比治山下経由広島港行//Hijiyama-shita keiyu Hiroshima-kō yuki); get off at Minami Kuyakusho-mae (Minami Ward Office//南区役所前). It’s about a three minute walk from there.
From Kamiya-cho (紙屋町) and Hatchobori (八丁堀)
- Take the number 23 Hiroshima Bus (広島バス) bound for Daigaku Byōin (大学病院行//Daigaku Byōin yuki//Hiroshima University Hospital); get off at Minami-machi 1-chome (皆実町一丁目). It’s about a one minute walk from there.
From Hiroshima City Hall
- Take the number 7 Hiroshima Bus bound for Niho Shako-mae (仁保車庫前行// Niho Shako-mae yuki) and Mukainada-shin-machi (向洋新町行き//Mukainada Shin-machi yuki); get off at Minami-machi 1-chome (皆実町一丁目). It’s about a one minute walk from there.
From Hiroshima Port
- Take the number 5 Streetcar Line bound for Hiroshima Station via Hijiyama-shita (比治山下経由広島駅行// Hijiyama-shita keiyu Hiroshima Eki yuki); get off at Minami Kuyakusho-mae (Minami Ward Office Streetcar Stop//南区役所前電停). It’s a three minute walk from there.
Ninoshima Branch Office
- Address: 752-74 Aza Yajita, Ninoshima-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-0017 (inside the Ninoshima Gōdō Chōsha)
- Tel: 082-259-2511
Directions Using Public Transportation
From Hiroshima Ferry Port (広島港旅客ターミナル//Hiroshima-kō Ryokaku Tāminaru)
- Board the Ninoshima Kisen (似島汽船) and get off at Ninoshima Port Yajita Dock (似島港家下桟橋//Ninoshima-kō Yajita Sanbashi); it’s a two minute walk from there.
Aosaki Liaison Office
- Address: 1-12-7 Aosaki, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-0053 (inside the Aosaki Community Hall)
- Tel: 082-281-3802 (Aosaki Communtiy Hall)
Directions Using Public Transportation
From JR Mukainada Station (向洋駅)
From Kamiya-cho (紙屋町)
- Take the number 21 Hiroshima Bus (広島バス) bound for Mukainada (向洋行); get off at Aosaki (青崎//Aosaki). It’s a two minute walk from there.
Inquiries regarding this page
Community Coordination Division, Citizens Affairs Department, Minami Ward Office
Tel: 082-250-8933 // Fax: 082-252-7179
Email: mi-kusei@city.hiroshima.lg.jp