Organization & Structure

The Japan Tourism Agency is an external agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and is organized as follows:

Regional Organization

The district transport bureaus under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as well as the Transport Department of the Okinawa General Bureau under the Cabinet Office also conduct tourism-related operations. For information about tourism measures in each region, please refer to the contact information below.

Tourism Divisions of District Transport Bureaus and Okinawa General Bureau

Hokkaido District Transport Bureau (Hokkaido)

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-11-290-2723
Tourism-Based Regional Development Division Tel: +81-11-290-2722
Planning and Tourism Department

Tohoku District Transport Bureau (Miyagi, Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima)

International Tourism Division/Tourism and Regional Development Division, Planning and Tourism Department
Tel: +81-22-299-8851

Kanto District Transport Bureau (Kanagawa, Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba and Yamanashi)

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-45-211-7273
Tourism and Regional Development Division Tel: +81-45-211-7265
Planning and Tourism Department

Hokuriku-shin’etsu District Transport Bureau (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Nagano)

International Tourism Division/Tourism and Regional Development Division, Planning and Tourism Department
Tel: +81-25-244-6118

Chubu District Transport Bureau (Aichi, Shizuoka, Gifu, Mie and Fukui)

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-52-952-8005
Tourism and Regional Development Division Tel: +81-52-952-8009
Planning and Tourism Department

Kinki District Transport Bureau (Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama and Hyogo)

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-6-6949-6796
Tourism and Regional Development Division Tel: +81-6-6949-6411
Planning and Tourism Department

Chugoku District Transport Bureau (Hiroshima, Okayama, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

International Tourism Division/Tourism and Regional Development Division, Planning and Tourism Department
Tel: +81-82-228-8701

Shikoku District Transport Bureau (Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi and Tokushima)

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-87-835-6358
Tourism and Regional Development Division Tel: +81-87-835-6357
Planning and Tourism Department

Kyushu District Transport Bureau (Fukuoka, Oita, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima）

International Tourism Division Tel: +81-92-472-2335
Tourism and Regional Development Division Tel: +81-92-472-2920
Planning and Tourism Department

Okinawa General Bureau (Okinawa)

Transport Department Tel: +81-98-866-1812

Japan National Tourism Organization

The JTA also has the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) in its jurisdiction (Law Concerning the Independent Administrative Institution Japan National Tourism Organization [Law No. 181 of 2002]).

As the official tourism bureau of Japan, the JNTO performs operations necessary to encourage overseas visitors to Japan, including tourism advertising abroad and tour guiding for international travelers.

For more information, please visit the official JNTO website: http://www.jnto.go.jp.

Contacts for Organizational Information

For information about the Japan Tourism Agency: Planning Office, General Affairs Division, JTA Tel: +81-3-5253-8111(ex 27-115)

For information about district transport bureaus and the Okinawa General Bureau:
Please contact each organization directly.