Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage

Anchorage covers Alaska, the largest district by area in the network and the one with the fewest people in it. Juneau, the state capital, has no practical road link to it.

How to book an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

The bottleneck at Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage is not the paperwork. It is the slot.

Japanese consulates do not share one national booking system. Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage publishes its own instructions, service by service, and the visa section is usually separate from the consular section.

Booking costs nothing. No agency is authorised to get you a consular appointment.

The telephone number on the ministry's jurisdiction PDF is out of date. The office publishes a different one on its own site, and that is the one that answers.

How to cancel an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

An unused appointment is a lost morning in a calendar that is already tight.

Reply to the confirmation you received. If you booked by phone, email the office instead, since Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage keeps its records by written request.

Getting to the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

The office is at 3601 C Street, Suite 1300. Japanese consulates in the United States sit in downtown office towers, so public transport usually beats parking.

Real reviews of the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

5.0 out of 5, but only five reviews: too few to draw a conclusion from. It is a consular office covering the whole of Alaska.

Professional, hard-working and courteous throughout.

Dana W.

They made the visa application straightforward.

Paul M.

The person I spoke to on the phone was helpful and patient.

Sarah J.

Opening hours of the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

Read the counter hours carefully before you plan the trip.

The consular counter opens 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.. The office itself keeps longer hours, and the two are not the same thing.

Phone number of the Japanese consulate in Anchorage

The number is (907) 290-8844. Consular sections often do not answer during counter hours, so email usually gets a faster reply.

What the Japanese consulate in Anchorage handles

Not everything with a Japanese stamp on it happens here.

Passports, certificates and registrations for Alaska, and visa work within the limits of a consular office. For anything it cannot do, the file goes to Seattle.

What you can settle without going

A fair share of this can be settled online or by mail.