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About necessary/required procedures
Dogs older than 91 days are required to register their dogs (once a lifetime) and inoculate rabies vaccination (once a year) under the Rabies Prevention Act. In addition, dogs registered and injected dogs are required to attach dog's license tag and injection slips to their collars.
Last updated on March 11, 2025.
When you register your dog, you will receive a dog dog's license tag (silver metal plate).
Have your registered dog receive rabies vaccination once a year and receive a rabies vaccination vote. Be sure to attach the dog dog's license tag and rabies vaccination slip to the dog's collar.
Dog registration can be performed at Health and Welfare Center in each ward, Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System (outside site) and animal hospitals commissioned by Yokohama City.
Procedures for issuing injected votes can be performed at veterinary hospitals commissioned by Health and Welfare Center and Yokohama City in each ward.
The fee is 3,000 yen for registration and 550 yen for injected votes.
※Attention※
Dogs with microchip at least 91 days old may be registered with local governments other than Yokohama. As you confirm the presence or absence of registration, please refer to Yokohama-shi animal protection center.
For more information, please see the registration of dogs and procedures for rabies vaccination at the Yokohama Animal Protection Center.
Registration of dogs and procedures for rabies vaccination (to the Animal Protection Center page)
About rabies vaccination meeting venue (to page of animal welfare center)
Installation of microchips and information registration
From June 1, 2022, the installation and registration of microchips for dogs and cats sold are required.
General owners are obliged to wear microchips. However, if a new microchip is attached to a dog or cat bred at home, or if an individual that has already been equipped with a microchip has been transferred, the system of the designated registration organization designated by the Minister of the Environment Registration or change registration is mandatory.
Specifically, please see about attachment of microchip and information registration of Yokohama animal protection center.
Installation of microchips and information registration
Registration of domestic dogs is valid for dogs registered after April 1995 throughout the country for a lifetime.
If the owner's name or dog's name changes, the owner changes, or the Address land changes (if you move), you will need to change it.
Please report change in rabies prevention department where you live (relocation), Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system (outside site).
If you have been transferred to Tsuzuki Ward , please go to the window at the Environmental Sanitation Section Health Sanitation Division Tsuzuki, Health and Welfare Center.
※You cannot use the Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System for moving in from outside the city or moving out of the city.
What is required for the change procedure
- dog's license tag issued in the previous Address area
- rabies vaccination Certificate issued in that year
- If you have received an injection vote in the previous Address area, you will receive an injection vote for that year.
If you move in from outside the city, you can exchange it free of charge with dog's license tag in Yokohama if you bring the dog's license tag in Address.
If you have lost your dog's license tag, you will need to re-issue dog's license tag, which costs 1600 yen.
There is no charge for changes that do not involve the reissuance of dog's license tag.
Also, if you have not received the injection vote for that year in the previous Address area, please complete the delivery procedure at the same time. The fee is 550 yen.
In addition, in the case of injection not inoculated, please report at window.
※Attention※
Dogs with microchip at least 91 days old may be registered with local governments other than Yokohama. As you confirm the presence or absence of registration, please refer to Yokohama-shi animal protection center.
Deletion of registration
If your registered dog dies, you will need to delete your registration. Please report in one of the following ways.
・Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system (outside site)
・Call Tsuzuki Ward Health Sanitation Division (045-948-2358)
・Tsuzuki Ward Health Sanitation Division window
Disposal of the body
If your dog or cat dies and cannot handle it yourself, please contact the Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Tsuzuki Office. We collect business trips for a fee.
If you would like individual cremation, please consult with a private pet funeral company or a Yokohama municipal Totsuka Saijo. The cremation fee varies depending on the weight of the pet.
- Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau Tsuzuki Office
Phone: 045-941-7914 - Totsuka Saijo
Phone: 045-864-7001
Location 10-5, Torigaoka, Totsuka-ku
If your dog goes missing, first look for your neighborhood, your usual walking location, or where your dog prefers. At the same time, please contact the nearest ward office or police department as soon as possible with the location and characteristics of the dog lost. The ward office can provide information about dogs protected in the ward. Also, it may be protected by citizens and veterinary hospitals, so search for all your findings.
If you put a dog's license tag or an injection slip on your dog, you can contact the registered owner from the ward office if you are protected. Be sure to attach dog's license tag and injection slips to your dog in case you get lost.
There are surprisingly few people who can accurately tell the characteristics of their dog without looking at the dog. Keep photos and records in case of emergency.
Contact information when a dog gets lost
- Tsuzuki Ward Office Health Sanitation Division Environmental Sanitation Section
Phone: 045-948-2358 - Yokohama City Animal Protection Center (to the page of containment animals)
Phone: 045-471-2111
Location 75-4, Sugetacho, Kanagawa-ku - City of Yokohama, Kohoku Ward Health Sanitation Division
Phone: 045-540-2373 - City of Yokohama, Aoba Ward Health Sanitation Division
Phone: 045-978-2465 - City of Yokohama, Midori Ward Health Sanitation Division
Phone: 045-930-2368 - Health Section, Miyamae Ward Office, Kawasaki City
Phone: 044-856-3270 - Health Section, Takatsu Ward Office, Kawasaki City
Phone: 044-861-3321 - Animal Protection Center ANIMAMALL Kawasaki (Kawasaki City Animal Protection Center)
044-589-7137 - police department Tsuzuki
Phone: 045-949-0110
Inquiries to this page
Tsuzuki Ward Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division
Phone: 045-948-2358
Phone: 045-948-2358
Fax: 045-948-2388
E-Mail address [email protected]
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