This might be a bit specific, but I really don’t know who to ask. I’m currently in Japan on a working holiday visa and worked during the first six months of my stay (September to February), during which I paid my health insurance.
Since I’m on a working holiday visa, I also wanted to travel around Japan. During that time, I didn’t have a fixed address where I could receive my health insurance mail. For the past few months, a friend has been paying it for me, but he has recently moved as well.
When I asked at city hall what to do, they gave me a letter that I should send to them once I stopped traveling and found a new address where they could send my health insurance bills.
However, my plans have changed, and I’ll be staying in hostels for short periods of time until I leave Japan. They are still sending my health insurance bills to my former address, but I don’t really have the time or money to travel back there just to collect them (it’s very rural and on the other side of Japan).
I also don’t have any friends there anymore who could do it for me. My bill is usually quite low- around 1,800 yen.
I appreciate every advice 🙂
Edit: I forgot to include some important details: I plan on leaving Japan on may 5th. So I would miss 2-3 payments. When I talked to the city hall in my village they said I should get a friend to pay for it, but that's no longer an option. Would it make sense to go to a city hall in Tokyo (where I'm currently at) and aka if I can pay it there or something?
by Evening_Atmosphere45