Finance

Bank

You must submit the following items for opening a bank account:

1) Application form for opening a bank account
2) Inkan (Name Seal) or your signatureWhen opening an account, you usually need an inkan (your own name seal).International students don't necessarily need an inkan. Instead, your signature will suffice.
3) Passport
4) Certificate of Residence or Resident Card

The nearest banks from the university are Higo Bank, Kokai-bashi Branch.
- Higo bank, Kokai-bashi Branch
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays)
Phone: (096) 343-2185

Post Office

You can send letters, packages, as well as make deposits and remit money at the post office. In regards to scholarships being received from the Japan Student Services Organization (a.k.a. JASSO) (which includes Japanese Government Scholarship Students, Japan-Korea Joint Government Scholarship Program to the students in Science and Engineer Departments Science and Engineering students, and Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students), JASSO pays scholarships directly into recipients' postal savings accounts (called "Paruru" in Japan). Therefore, please create a postal savings account if above-mentioned scholars have not done so already.

You must submit the following for opening a postal savings account:

1) Application form for creation a postal savings account
2) Inkan (Name Seal) or your signatureWhen opening an account, you usually need an inkan (your own name seal). International students don't necessarily need an inkan. Instead, your signature will suffice.
3) Passport
4) Certificate of Residence or Resident Card

The nearest post office from Kumamoto University is Kurokami-daini Post Office.
- Kurokami-daini Post Office
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays)
Phone: (096) 343-2672