International and Multilingual Life in Roppongi

Roppongi lies in Minato City, an area with many international companies, embassy-related residents and overseas visitors, making foreign languages—especially English—relatively common in restaurants and commercial facilities. Minato City provides living and school information for foreign residents and operates a foreign-resident consultation service on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Its 2026 information lists support in English, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Spanish, Thai, Tagalog, Nepali, Hindi, French, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Russian and other languages. Minato also offers a multilingual three-way calling service for communication with city offices, municipal schools and kindergartens. Private landlords, medical providers and banks, however, do not universally offer multilingual service. Long-term residents should therefore confirm contract languages, rental guarantor requirements, banking arrangements and medical language support individually.