What services do post offices offer and when are they open?
Post Office Services
Ordinary mail placed in a public mailbox is collected by an office clerk. Collection times are listed on the side of the mailbox. When you want to send parcels, you can either take them to your post office or telephone the post office and a clerk will pick up your parcels.
You can send money by a postal money order or transfer it into your recipent's postal account. Also, you can send cash by registered mail, but only within the country.
A postal accout can be used like a bank account. You can deposit and withdraw your money at any post office in the country, and make transfer account payments of public utility charges such as gas, water, electricity and telephone.
Postal Service Hours
| Weekdays | Saturday | Sunday/Holiday | |
| Mito Central Post Office | 9:00-19:00 | 9:00-17:00 | 9:00-12:30 |
| General post offices* | 9:00-19:00 | 9:00-15:00 | Closed |
| Other post offices | 9:00-17:00 | 9:00-12:30 | Closed |
* General post offices
Kitaibaraki, Takahagi, Hitachi, Taga, Katusta, Nakaminato, Hitachiota, Daigo, Naka, Akatsuka, Ōarai, Ibaraki, Kasama, Hokota, Hitachi-Kashima, Kamisu, Itako, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ushiku, Tsukubagakuen, Ryūgasaki, Toride, Shimodate, Yūki, Shimotsuma, Mitsukaido and Ibaraki-sakai
Monetary Service Hours
| At The Counter | By Automatic Teller Machines | |
| Weekdays | 9:00-18:00 | Most post office ATMs are open from 8:45 to 18:00. There are a few post offices that will close at 17:30 or 19:00, and Mito Central Post Office's ATM stays open until 20:00. |
| Saturday | Closed | 9:00-14:00 Depending on the post office some only until 12:30, Mito Central, Hitachi and Tsuchiura Post Office available until 17:00 * You cannot make deposits. |
| Sunday / Holiday | Closed | Unavailable |
