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City offices close December 29 to January 3 and bank counters December 31 to January 3. What to finish before the shutdown, what stays open, and why osechi is food built to survive three days without cooking.

How foreigners register their address (juminhyo) in Japan. The 14-day rule, what to bring, why you need it for a bank, SIM, insurance and jobs, and how it connects to tax.