In 2020, due to the COVID pandemic, Minato ward decided to temporarily waive the fees for rabies vaccination registration. This exemption will be available until March 31st, 2025, but as of April 1st, all dog owners will be subject to the fees listed below.
If you would like us to register your dog on your behalf (and send you the registration tags in the mail), please prepare these fees in addition to the fee for the vaccine so that we can pass them on to the ward office.  For residents of Minato ward, rabies vaccinations for 2025 registration will begin on March 2nd.
Fee for registration tags (only the initial year): 3.000jpy
Fee for annual rabies tag (to be updated every year) : 550jpy
If your dog has a microchip, please input owner information into the Ministry of the Environment’s database https://reg.mc.env.go.jp/ to register your dog (registration fees are listed on the website). Since the microchip is regarded as a registration tag, by doing this you will not need to be issued a physical registration tag by the Minato ward office.
If your dog is not microchipped, please either microchip and register online with the Ministry of the Environment, or register your dog with the ward within 30 days of adopting a dog that is 91 days old or older, to receive an identification tag.