Minato Call

December, 2015 No. 346
Minato Monthly
Published monthly by: Minato City Hall Tokyo
Tel: 03-3578-2111
Edited by: Public Relations Subsection,
Office of the Mayor, Minato City Hall
1-5-25, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8511
Tel: 03-3578-2992, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fax: 03-3578-2034
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/
Monthly circulation: 11,000 copies
Minato Call
Published by Minato City Hall
CITY INFORMATION SERVICE
03-5472-3710
E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 03-5777-8752
Minato at a Glance
You can enjoy this fantastic steam
locomotive at the SL Square of Shimbashi
Station until January 9.
Happy Holida
ys
Christmas Assembly for Kids
Date
Time
Please come to Minato City libraries and enjoy free Christmas events.
Library
Program
Eligibility
Reservation
2
2 to 3 p.m.
Takawana
Craft class,“Let's make Saint Claus using
paper cups”
First 15 three-year-olds to third graders and guardians
Go to the venue directly
2
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Azabu
Storytelling
First 20 four-year-olds to third graders
and guardians
Go to the venue directly
5
11 a.m. to noon
Mita
Puppet show,“Mr. Frog”
First 84 three-year-olds and over who
can see the show by oneself
Call or vist the counter of
Mita Library
9
2:30 to 4 p.m.
Konan
Craft class,“Let's make a wreath”
First 15 elementary students
Call or visit the counter of
Konan Library
12
11 a.m. to noon
2 to 3 p.m
Akasaka
Puppet show,“Little Red Riding-Hood”
First 60 elementary school students
and under and guardians per show
Call or visit Akasaka Library
12
2:30 to 3:30 p.m
Azabu
Puppet show,“The Country Mouse and the
City Mouse”
First 50 three-year-olds to third
graders and guardians
At the counter of Azabu
Library
13
11 a.m. to noon
Takanawa Civic
Hall
Puppet show,“The Witch’
s Disciple”
First 250 sixth graders and under and
guardians
At the counter of Takanawa
Library
18
3 to 4:30 p.m.
Takanawa Kidsteens Plaza
Film screening,“Believe in Christmas”and
Hello Kitty”
First 50 high school students and
under
Go to the venue directly
21
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
3 to 4p.m.
Konan
Puppet show,“My Balloon”
First 50 elementary school students
and under
Call or visit the counter of
Konan Library from 12/5
23
10:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Konan
Film screening,“How to Train Your
Dragon”
First 45 people
Go to the venue directly
*Doors open 30 min. before the starting time. Admission is free. Programs may change without notice.
Inquiries: Minato Call, 03-5472-3710
Minato Monthly is delivered with The Japan Times/International New York Times on the first of each month. It is also available at municipal facilities, post offices and subway stations
(Akabanebashi, Akasaka, Akasaka-mitsuke, Aoyama-itchome, Azabu-juban, Daimon, Gaien-mae, Hiroo, Kamiyacho, Mita, Nogizaka, Omotesando, Roppongi, Shimbashi, Shiodome,
Shirokanedai, and Shirokane-Takanawa) in Minato City.
The articles appearing in the Minato Monthly are also found on Minato City Web:
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2 Minato Monthly December 1, 2015
The Social Security and Tax Number System
The Issuance Schedule of Certificates
Individual Number Cards will be issued from January 2016
Applications for the Individual Number Card
Distribution of notification cards nicknamed “My Number” System has begun, including foreign nationals who
are mid to long term residents or special permanent residents. Notification cards for the entire household are
mailed together by registered mail to the certificate of
residence address. If you cannot receive the registered
mail at your home, it will be kept at post offices for a
certain period then it will be resent to Shiba Regional
City Office. If you don’t receive it, please inquire at the
Counter Service Subsection of each Regional City Office.
Please confirm the contents of the notification package when it arrives; it includes
the notification card and an application form for an Individual Number Card.
If you need some certificates between December 26 and January 3, please take
the following procedure.
Issuance at convenience stores and using ACIM*
ple
Sam
Image of a registered mail
ple
Sam
ple
Sam
Image of a notification card
An Individual Number Card is a card with a photo and IC chip. Your name,
address, D.O.B. and gender are on the front side and the Individual Number is on
the backside on the card.
This card can be used as official identification and you can file your tax using
e-tax system and receive your certificate at convenience stores with the card. The
initial issue of the card is free.
If you would like to receive an Individual Number Card, fill out the application
and paste your photo, and send it back in the enclosed return envelope. You can
also apply for the card from your smartphone or PC by accessing the URL indicated on the application form. For
further details, please refer to the
explanation included with your notimple
mple
a
a
S
S
fication.
Issue of your Individual Number Card
The Individual Card is issued from
January 2016 at the Counter Service
of each Regional City Office. Once
your card is ready, the notification
letter is sent to you. Bring your ID
such as passport and resident card
and other required documents to the
Regional City Office indicated on the
letter. After confirming your identity
An application form of an Individual
and set up your PIN number at the
Number Card
counter, you can get your card.
*ACIM= Automated Certificate Issuing Machine
1) Issuance at convenience stores
You need your Basic Resident Register card and PIN number. For more details,
please inquire at the Counter Services Subsection of each regional city office.
Location: Seven Eleven, Lawson, Circle K Sunkus, FamilyMart, Community
Store
2) ACIM
You need the ACIM card and PIN number. For more details, please inquire at
Minato Call.
Location: Each Regional City Office, Daiba Annex, and the public parking space
of Konan exit of Shinagawa Station
Fee: The fee for obtaining a certificate from an ACIM is ¥50 less than the fee for
receiving one by a telephone appointment or from a service counter. Note that the
ACIMs do not take ¥10,000, ¥5,000, and ¥2,000 bills or ¥5 and ¥1 coins.
Schedule
-At convenience stores: December 26, 27 28, and January 4; 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
-Using ACIM: December 26 to December 31; 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. December 28; 8:30
a.m. to 9 p.m.
Note: ACIMs at Akasaka Regional City office are unavailable on December 30
and 31.
Phone appointment service
Please make an appointment with the place and time that you want to receive a
certificate.
Fee: ¥300 for a copy of the certificate of residence or certificate of seal registration
Making an appointment and picking up: Please call the Counter Service of
each regional city office and Daiba Annex by 4 p.m. on weekdays. If you call after
4 p.m. you can pick up the certificate on the next day. Please bring your photo ID,
such as a driver’s license, passport, etc. and for the certificate of seal registration,
the seal registration card is required.
Picking up Times
Weekday; 5:15 to 8 p.m.
Weekend s; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Schedule
Making an appointment and picking up; December 23, 26, and 27
Picking up; December 24, 25, 28, and January 4
Certificate that can be issued
Convenience
Store
ACIM
Telephone
appointment
Certificate of Residence*
Certificate of Seal Registration
×
Certificate of family register*
Certificate of Taxation*
×
×
Last three years of Certificate of Taxation*
×
×
*Some service are not available.
Phone numbers for making an appointment and place of picking up
Shiba Regional City Office: 03-3578-3144, 1F Night duty Room
Azabu Regional City Office: 03-3583-4151, Azabu Civic Center
Akasaka Regional City Office: 03-5413-7011, Akasaka Civic Center
Takanawa Regional City Office: 03-5421-7611, Takanawa Civic Center
Shibaura-konan Regional City Office: 03-3456-4151, Libra
Daiba Annex: 03-5500-2375, Daibe Civic Center
Inquiries: Minato Call, 03-5472-3710
Sale of Recycled Bikes
Image of “My number” card
Inquiries
In Japanese: 0120-950178
In English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, or Portuguese: 0120-017827
Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. excludes
December 9 to January 3
Websites
Individual Number Card general site: http://www.kojinbango-card.go.jp
Cabinet Secretariat: http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/bangoseido/
Minato City Individual Number Card Issuing Counter: 0570-00-1277 in
English and Chinese
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., only to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays
Press 1 after the guidance message for inquiries about the notification card
Individual Number Card Minato City Social Security and Tax Number
“My Number” System website: Minato City Web → Living procedure →
My Number System
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Minato City sells good conditioned recycled bikes that are removed and repaired.
Date & time: Sunday, December 13, 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
After 10:30 a.m. the drawing for the number to purchase will start.
Place: Minato Recycling and Management Office, Working Contact,
3-9-6 Moto-azabu
Price of bikes: Approximately ¥ 9,000
Number of bikes: About 20 *Minato residents
have priority.
Inquiries: Minato Call, 03-5472-3710
Total: 244,137
Japanese residents .........................................225,297
Male 105,075 Female 120,222
Registered foreign residents ............................18,840
As of November 1, 2015 Male 10,051
Female 8,789
Population
of
Minato City
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Minato Monthly December 1, 2015
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Waste/Recycling Collection Schedule
Human Rights Week
Minato City will not collet waste and recyclables between December 31 and January 3.
Note: Be sure to have the garbage out by 8 a.m. or by 7:30 a.m. at the specific areas.
Don’t leave your waste and recyclables from December 31 to January 3. For more details,
please see the Minato City Web.
Minato Recycling and Waste Management Office is closed from 4:25 p.m. on December
30 to 7:40 a.m. on January 4. The collection hours might be delayed during the year-end
and New Year holidays.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in the third session of
the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, in order to ensure
and respect fundamental human rights and freedoms, as a common standard that
should be achieved for all people and all countries of the world. The Ministry of
Justice and National Human Rights Committee Federation has established
December 4 to 10 as “Human Rights Week” for public awareness of respect for
human rights, which we are working to uphold.
Lecture and film screening
<Lecture>
Date & time: December 10, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., doors open at 1 p.m.
Place: Takanawa Civic Center, 1-16-35 Takanawa
No parking space is available
Capacity: First 250 people and admission free
Lecturer: Shichifuku Katsura, a comic story teller
Title: Developing a conscious awareness of words and the power within words
“Just a little word can hurt someone’s feeling but another little word can help someone’s life. The power of language is huge.”
The lecturer said he wished his audiences would tell his words to their friends,
children, and younger people. He thought it would be very nice if audiences felt this
kind of language power through rakugo, the comic storytelling and also he wanted
the power to inspire people’s awareness of human’s rights in the future.
<Film screening>
“ANNIE” directed by Will Gluck produced in 2014, U.S.A. 118 min.
Subway: 0-minute walk from Exit 1 of Shirokane-takanawa station on the Nanboku
and Mita lines
Minato Community Bus, Chii-bas: A 0-minute walk from Takanawa Route No.
147, in front of Takanawa Regional City Office
Toei bus: Toei or Tokyu bus, east 98 line, 1-minute walk from Shirokane-takanawa
station, in front of Takanawa Regional City Office
Inquiries: Human Rights and Gender Equality Subsection 03-3578-2027
Suspension of service of large-sized waste
Telephone: From 7 p.m. on December 28 to 8 a.m. on
January 4
Internet: From December 29 to January 3
How to throw out large-sized waste
(1) Call Large-Sized Waste Center or apply on the Internet
to make an appointment for collection. If you apply on the
Internet, a final application is required within 24 hours
Minato City's character
after the temporary application.
for reuse, "Reuse-ke"
<Large-Sized Waste Center>
Telephone: 03-5296-7000, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Saturday
Internet: http://sodai.tokyokankyo.or.jp, available 24 hours a day
(2) Purchase a large-sized waste ticket at supermarkets, convenience stores, designated
stores, etc.
(3) Write your name and address on the ticket and put it on the waste. Put out the waste at
the appropriate place on the designated day by 8 a.m.
Items not collected by the city
Air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators/freezers, washing machines, and dryers:
Contact the store where you purchased or call Home Appliance Recycling Center at
03-5296-7200.
Home PC: Contact the product manufacturer or call PC 3R Association at
03-5282-7685.
The quantity of waste increases most during the year-end and New Year holiday periods.
Thank you for your cooperation for taking out your waste so that the New Year is greeted
in a clean environment.
Inquiries: Minato Call, 03-5472-3710
Clothes and books swap event for family
Date and time: December 12, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., the reception desk opens at
11:45 a.m.
Place: Eco Plaza, 1-13-1 Hamamatsucho
Items you can exchange: Clean children’s clothes and shoes in good condition,
underwear must be new and children’s books without severe damage
Please donate children’s clothes and books for this event. The collection box is
available at the Eco Plaza.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Section in charge: Recycling and Waste
Management Office
Inquiries: Minato Call, 03-5472-3710
Seventh Minato Performing Art Festival
Human Rights Counseling Centers for Foreign people
The counseling about human rights for foreign people is conducted in Tokyo Legal
Affairs Bureau
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
English: tel. 0570-090911, Chinese: tel. 0570-050110
Place: Human Rights Counseling Room in the Legal Affairs Bureau, 12th floor,
Kudan Second Government Building, 1-1-15 Kudan-minami Chiyoda-ku
Do You Know Minato Call?
Minato Call - Minato City Call Center provides information about City Hall services and guidance on public facilities, and event schedules every day from 7 a.m.
to 11 p.m. in English and Japanese. Fax and e-mail services are also available.
E-mail: [email protected]
Call if you want to ask about
- How to reserve public resort facilities and how much their fee is
- How to request issuance of a certificate of family register by mail
- How to use school facilities
- How to dispose of incombustible waste
- Places you can ask about legal matters
- How to submit a marriage notification
300 audiences are invited.
Please enjoy the beautiful music by Minato City residents and professional artists.
Minato Performing Art Festival
This festival is a great opportunity for Minato City residents and professional artists to work together and feel the joy of the creation of art and culture. Also audience
can feel familiar with art and culture.
Date & time: February 21, Doors open 30 min before
1) 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
2) 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Place: Blue Rose of Suntory Hall, 1-13-1 Akasaka
Performers: Minato City residents and Mika Arisaka & Sun Showers
Program: Joyful Joyful, Joy, Wasenedeya
Capacity: 300 people per stage *residents, workers, students in Minato City have
priority
Application: Apply during December 11 and January 29.
- By post; Promotion of Art and Culture Subsection, Minato City Hall, 105-8511 or
by fax; 03-3438-8252
Please write (1) Your zip code and address, (2) name, (3) phone number, (4) first
stage, second stage, or any, and (5) one or two persons
- By phone: 03-5472-3710 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., please call after 3 p.m. on December 11
Inquiries: Promotion of Art and Culture Subsection
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Information from Twitter and Facebook
Minato City has distributed information in case of a disaster or emergency.
The city will send out the information in English, Chinese, and Korean
through Twitter and Facebook.
Public Relations SubsectionSection in charge:
Twitter: @minato_city.en
Facebook: city.minato.en
Information regarding disasters and emergency countermeasures
Information related to Minato City will be posted in times of disaster or emergency.
If you retweet the post, please use only the official retweet command. In principle,
we will not be providing replies.
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4 Minato Monthly December 1, 2015
Enrollment of Pupils’ Club and
HokaGO→Pupils’ Club
Recruiting EST at International Class
Pupils’ Club at Children’s Hall and HokaGO→Pupils’ Club are accepting applications for the 2016 school year for children whose parents or guardians are unable to
provide proper care after school due to work schedules or other unavoidable reasons.
Eligibility
- Pupils’ Club: Elementary school students who live or go to school in Minato City
as of April 2016
- HokaGO→Pupils’ Club: Elementary school students who live or go to specific
schools in the same school district
Application: Apply at each club on a weekday from January 23 to February 15.
*Please arrange an interview time when you apply.
An application form is available on a weekday from December 21 at each club, the
Child and Family Section at City Hall, and each Regional City Office.
Inquiries: Each club Please bring someone who speaks Japanese.
The International Class of Higashimachi Elementary School is seeking to file ESTs
for Academic Year 2016, from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
Working condition: A part-time instructor, Monday through Friday, 30 hours
per week
To teach in the classroom to cooperate and collaborate with a homeroom teacher, to
teach subjects in English, to translate and write up various materials and documents, to provide consultation to children and guardians in English, etc.
Requirement: Those who are native English speakers and hold Japanese working permission.
Salary: ¥1,880 to ¥2,860 per hour depending on experience teaching
For more information, please inquire at Guidance Support Subsection
Inquiries: Tel. 03-3578-2868, Fax: 03-3578-2759
EST= English Support Teacher
List of Pupil’s Club and HokaGo→Pupil’s Club
Place
Address
Phone number
Child Allowance Applications between
December 29 and January 3
A Child Allowance application must be submitted within 15 days of a child’s birth
or moving into the City. If the City Hall is closed on the 15th day because of the
New Year’s holidays, submit your application on January 4. Please note that you
may not be paid any Child Allowance if you delay to submit the application.
If the application is sent by post, the application date is the day it arrives.
Nintei seikyusho, an applications for approval of child allowance payment is available at each Regional City Office or downloadable from Minato City Web.
Inquiries: Children’s Benefit Subsection, 03-3578-2430
Shimmei Kids-to-Teens Hall PC
1-6-7 Hamamatsucho
03-5733-5199
HC Onarimon
Onarimon ES, 3-2-4 Shibakoen
03-3431-2767
HC Shiba
Shiba ES, 2-21-3 Shiba
03-3456-5082
Iigura PC
1-21-2 Higashi-azabu
03-3583-6355
Azabu Kids-to-Teens Hall PC
4-6-7 Minami-azabu
03-5447-0611
HC Hommura
Hommura ES, 3-9-33 Minami-azabu
03-3473-4781
HC Higashimachi
Higashimachi ES, 1-8-11 Minami-azabu
03-3451-7728
HC Kogai
Kogai ES, 3-11-16 Nishi-azabu
03-3404-3301
HC Azabu
Azabu ES, 1-5-15 Azabudai
03-3583-5883
Lobby Concert
HC Nanzan
Nanzan ES, 3-8-15 Moto-azabu
03-3470-9699
Higashi-azabu PC
Former Iigura ES, 2-1-1 Higashi-azabu
03-3568-1042
Duo Prunella concert with a piano and flute
Date & time: December 9, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.
Place: Lobby of Minato City Hall
Inquiries: Culture and Art Subsection, 03-3578-2343
Minami-azabu PC
OJ Building, 4F-2-11-10 Minami-azabu
03-6809-5291
Aoyama Children's Hall PC
3-3-16 Kita-aoyama
03-3404-5874
J:COM Minato-Shinjuku December
Akasaka Kids-to-Teens Hall PC
6-6-14 Akasaka
03-5561-7830
Ch. 11
HC Seinan
Seinan ES, 4-19-7 Minami-aoyama
03-3404-8610
Application of Temporary Welfare Benefit
and Temporary Benefit for Child-rearing
The application will be accepted until January 15, 2016 at the temporary counter service of Shiba Regional City Office or by post.
Inquiries: Temporary Welfare Benefit and Temporary Benefit for Child-rearing
Subsection, 03-3578-2846
Program
HC Aoyama
Aoyama ES, 2-21-2 Minami-aoyama
03-5474-2760
Takanawa Children's Hall PC
3-18-15 Takanawa
03-3449-1642
Toyooka Children's Hall PC
5-7-7 Mita
03-3453-1592
Shirokanedai Children's Hall PC
4-8-5 Shirokanedai
03-3444-1899
Takanawa Kids-to-Teens Hall PC
1-4-35 Takanawa
03-3443-1555
HC Shirokane-no-oka
Shirokane-no-oka ES, 4-1-12 Shirokane
03-3441-8395
HC Shirokane
Shirokane ES, 1-4-26 Shirokanedai
03-3441-5407
Katsurazaka PC
Takanawa Katsurazaka Building, 2-12-24
Takanawa
03-6455-7973
Sanko PC
Former Sanko ES, 3-18-2 Shirokane
03-3441-5273
Daiba Children's Hall PC
1-5-1 Daiba
03-5500-2363
Konan Kids-to-Teens Hall PC
4-3-7 Konan
03-3450-9576
Shibaura Island Children and Senior
Citizens Plaza PC
4-20-1 Shibaura
03-5443-7338
HC Shibaura
Shibaura ES, 4-8-18 Shibaura
03-5476-6877
Shibaura PC
Shibaura Nakajima Building, 4-12-28
Shibaura
03-5439-5680
Note: ES=Elementary School, PC=Pupils' Club, HC= HokaGO→Pupils'Club
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Hi, from the Mayor of
Minato
*20 min. bilingualprogram w/partly sign
language and bilingual
Minato-ku Koho Topics,
Topics in Minato City
*30 min. program
Updated on 1st, 11th,
and 21st of each month.
It is broadcasted in
Chiibus and Odaiba
Rainbow bus.
Time
Summary of program
10:30 a.m.,
1:30 p.m.,
3:30 p.m.,
5:30 p.m.,
9:30 p.m.
Mayor Takei talks with residents who experienced the war and think about peace and wars
again. At the opportunity of the 30th anniversary of “Declaration as a City of Peace,” the
project regarding the anniversary year is
introduced.
<In-City Events>
Introduces events in which Minato City residents
can participate.
10 a.m.,
1 p.m.,
3 p.m.,
5 p.m.,
9 p.m.
<Public Announcement>
Delivers important announcements, new information, or events in Minato City.
1st -: Introduction of Takamatsu Junior High
School
11th -: We are an expedition teams of the Minato
City Hall
21st -: Project of Safety Net Community against
bullying
<Note> Programs may change without notice.
You can also see the programs which broadcasted by this CATV on the Minato City Web.
Video/DVD lending is available at the Office of the Mayor, regional city offices, and each public library.
Videos/DVDs of programs broadcast from January, 2015 to last month are available.
Inquiries: J:COM Minato-Shinjuku, 0120-914-000
Minato Voice
89.7
Time: 6:26 to 6:29 a.m. and 5:56 to 5:59 p.m., 3 min. program
Monday & Thursday: English, Tuesday: Japanese, Wednesday: Chinese, and Friday: Korean
12/7 to 12/11: “Recruiting EST” “My Number System”
12/14 to 12/18 : “Introduction of Minato City” “Service hours during holidays”
12/21 to 1225 : “Collection of waste and recycling” “Pupil’s Club”
12/28 to 1/2 : “Minato Call” “A guide for furniture-tipping prevention aid”
<Note> Programs may change without notice.
Frequency of Inter FM has been changed to 89.7 Mhz.
Inquiries: Public Relations Subsection, 03-3578-2041
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5 Minato Monthly December 1, 2015
BULLETIN BOARD
MIA Minato International Association
Toei Kita-aoyama 1-chome Apt. Bldg.3, B1
1-6-3 Kita-aoyama 107-0061
Tel: 03-6440-0233 Fax: 03-6440-0234
[email protected]
http://www.minato-intl-assn.gr.jp/
Following events, inquiries and applications to
MIA
Programs may change without notice.
●●JCP, Japanese Conversation
Partner
This is the program for foreign people
who looking for the opportunity to speak
Japanese. Please participate in the orientation for JCP. Participation free
Date & time: December 12, 11:30 a.m.
to noon
Place: MIA
Application: Call or email
●●LCJ, Let’s Chat in Japanese
Date & Time: December 19, noon to
1:30 p.m.
Place: Space D of Mita NN Hall, 4-1-23
Shiba
LCJ is a great opportunity to try out
your Japanese conversation skills and
make friends while chatting about interesting topics. We don’t have a specific topic. Please enjoy free talking with a
lot of people. You may find something
new and make new friends. We are looking forward to seeing you.
●●LRJ, Let’s Rediscover Japan
Date & time: December 19, 2 p.m. to 4
p.m.
Place: Space D of Mita NN Hall, 4-1-23
Shiba
Topic:The Importance of Leaving House
Speaker: Mr. Kevin Zona
Fee: ¥500 or ¥200 with student ID
Capacity: 40 people
Do you have enough knowledge about
Japan or your country to tell someone
about it?
□
✓ All events listed on this page are conducted in Japanese except MIA events.
Minato Monthly Editorial Desk, Public Relations Subsection, Office of the Mayor, Minato City Hall
http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/e/kuse/koho/minatomonthly/index.html
Tel: 03-3578-2992, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fax: 03-3578-2034
This month’s guest, Mr.Kevin Zona will
speak on the topic. There's free discussion time available following his speech.
Please join us.
Safe Bike Riding
Please follow the traffic rules and ride on the bike safely.
If you violate the regulations, you may have a course on traffic rules or be
fined.
Pedal along the road, pedal on the sidewalk only when absolutely necessary.
A bicycle is considered a light vehicle under the Road Traffic Law. Because of
this, bike riders should ride on the road.
Kissport Events and Announcements
Minato Sports, Community, Culture, and Health
Foundation
Tel: 03-5770-6837 Fax: 03-5770-6884
http://www/kissport.or.jp
Programs may change without notice.
The new five safety rules for bike riders
1）Use roadways in principle. Riding on sidewalks is allowed only in exceptional
cases.
●●Japanese Language Class
Class: Sundays, January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 6, and 13
Place: Azabu Civic Hall, 5-16-45-2F
Roppongi
Eligibility: 1) Foreign nationals aged
16-year-old and over
2) studied Japanese language more than
20 hours
3) capable of reading hiragana
Participation fee: ¥6,000
Capacity: 10 foreign nationals
Application: Send a fax or e-mail with
your zip, address, name, age, male or female, phone number, native language,
and hours of your studying Japanese
language by January 15. If you work or
study in Minato City, write the company or school name.
Fax: 03-3583-5547
e-mail: [email protected]
2）Keep to the left on roadways.
3）On the sidewalks, pedestrians have priority. Bike riders must go at a slow
speed; if riders interfere with pedestrians, riders must stop for them, and take the
carriageway side.
4）The following acts are prohibited.
a) Riding on a bike while drinking alcohol
b) Riding while carrying a passenger except a child in a child-seat
c) Riding in parallel
d) Riding on a bike without lights during night time
e) Using a cell phone or putting up an umbrella
5）Children must wear a bicycle helmet.
Obey traffic lights and traffic signs and do not forget to confirm safe conditions.
Precautions against Influenza
Infectious diseases caused by pathogens such as influenza and noroviruses are
common in the winter. Washing your hands, gargling, and wearing a mask are
effective ways of preventing infection. Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly after
being out of the house and before meals. It is effective to gargle when you return
home and in the morning and night. Masks retain humidity and can help prevent
germs from spreading.
Dry air is not good for your throat and nose, so pay attention to the indoor humidity
level. It is a good idea to let in fresh air once every hour.
You can also get an influenza vaccine. After you are vaccinated, it will take about
four weeks for the vaccine to become effective.
It is also important to try every day to keep yourself resistant to disease by living a
healthy lifestyle. Please keep in good health in this winter.
●●Parents and children Fureai
Concert
Date & time: December 23
(1) 11 a.m. (2) 2:30 p.m.
Place: Akasaka Civic Hall
Admission fee: ¥1,800 for an adult and
¥900 for a child aged 3-year-old and over
Please pay ¥324 per ticket for shipping
and handling.
Reservation: https://ticketpay.jp/
Minato Public Health Center Schedule for December
Himawari Medical Facilities Consultation Service
TEL 03-5285-8181 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Eligibility: Registered residents or registered foreign residents of Minato City
http://www.himawari.metro.tokyo.jp/qq/qq13enmnlt.asp
Minato City Resident Health Checkup
Minato Health Service Center: 1-4-10 Mita, 03-6400-0083
All residents to undergo a physical examination, urine analysis, chest X-ray,
blood-pressure check, and blood test. Certain residents are to undergo an electrocardiogram examination.
Additional checkup: Osteoporosis examinations for female recipients of the Minato City resident health checkup who are 30 or 35 years old or have not had a medical checkup in five years.
Appointment for HIV test: 03-6400-0081
HIV/STD test
Eligibility
City residents aged between 30
and 39 born in January
Limited to 70 people daily
Exam. date
Check in time:
8:45 to 10:30a.m.
Exam. results
available
Check in: 1 to 2 p.m.
Wed. 1/13
Wed. 2/10
Wed. 1/27
Wed. 2/24
Location
Minato Public
Health Center
The result is the next check-up day at the Minato Public Health Center
Eligibility
Examination date
Time
Open to all
Thursdays, 12/17, 1/7, 1/21
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Eligibility
Date
Time
Date of preference in Weekdays in
January
8:30 to 9:30 a.m
Wednesdays, 1/13, 1/27
2 to 2:45p.m.
Place
Minato Public Health Center
Other examinations
Stomach, colon cancer
Residents aged 35 or older
Osteoporosis
Minato City residents aged 20 and
over who have not received this
exam. in the past 5 years. *capacity 20
*individuals receiving osteoporosis
treatment are not eligible
Checkup and consultation for babies/
infants in January
Capacity: 20 people
Place
Kokoro to karada no Genki plaza
3-6-5 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku
Minato Public Health Center
people
An eligible must receive the notification
- 4-month-old: Born in September 2015
- 18-month-old: Born in June 2014
- 3-year-old: Born in December 2012
Application and inquiries: 03-6400-0084
Note: You need to apply and make an appointment in advance.
Inquiries and appointment: Health Service Center, tel. 03-6400-0083
Kokoro to Karada no Genki Plaza: 3-6-5 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku
For inquires in English, contact Minato Call, tel. 03-5472-3710 or Minato Monthly
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Introducing the
New Photo Booth
FS: Film Screening, D: DVD, ST: Storytelling, BS: Book-start
Minato City places new photo booth
in the five regional city offices for
newlywed couples and all visitors to
the city. You can take pictures with
beautiful scenery of the city such as
Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge, and
more as a backdrop. If you visit Minato City Hall and regional city offices, why don’t you take commemorative photos at the booth?
A selfie-stick and a tripod are available.
Minato City Sightseeing
Guidebook
We introduce the Minato City Sightseeing Guidebook. This beautiful sightseeing guidebook shows you the city’s sightseeing spots from historical buildings
and old streetscape to the modern constructions and street scenery, even natural beauty places in the district.
Please pick up this guidebook at Industry
Promotion Section at the third floor of
Minato City Hall.
Isn’t It a Japanese Style?
New Year’s Holiday
New Year’s Day is the most important holiday for Japanese. For a better
coming year, most people clean up their house in December. Then they
put out traditional decoration called kadomatsu made with mainly pine
tree branches and bamboo in front of the house and hang a New Year’s
wreath on the door. People decorate flower arrangement and kagamimochi in the room. Kagami-mochi is usually created with two round rice
cakes and an orange.
During the New Year’s holiday, people eat traditional food called
osechi-ryori and zo-ni , mochi soup. Decades ago, women used to cook
osechi-ryori in December and the family and visitors eat them during the
holidays. A lot of foods are in a beautiful lunch box and each food has its
own meaning.
During the holidays, people like to go out, for example, to go to a shrine
to pray the year’s luck, to see the first sun rise of the year, to visit their
family, friends, relatives, etc. and to go the first day of shopping for the year.
Especially kids love New Year’s holiday because they receive New
Year’s allowance called otoshidama from adults. In the winter vacation,
kids get Christmas presents in December and otoshidama in January.
They must be very happy.
Happy holidays
Date
Day
Time
5
Sat.
*2 to 4 p.m.
5
Sat.
*2 to 4:15 p.m.
6
Sun.
6
December
Program
Place/capacity
Recitation and hand bell playing
Azabu/30
FS
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966, U.S.A. 132 min.
Takanawa/40
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
BS
★
Minato
Sun.
*1:30 to 3 p.m.
FS
White Splash of the Waterfall - 1933,
Japan, 99 min.
Minato/90
6
Sun.
*2 to 4 p.m.
FS
The Housekeeper and professor 2006, Japan, 117 min.
Azabu/30
9
Wed.
3 to 3:30 p.m.
ST
A Snowman in Midnight
Akasaka
10
Thu.
10:30 to 11 a.m.
ST
The Tree
Takanawa
10
Thu.
*Noon to 1 p.m.
D
Professional Work Style #21
Mita/60
12
Sat.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
BS
★
Takanawa
12
Sat.
11 to 11:30 a.m.
ST
Ko and a Small Snowman
Mita
12
Sat.
2 to 2:30 p.m.
ST
12
Sat.
*2 to 3:30 p.m.
FS
The Cheape Detective - 1978, U.S. 88
min.
Konan/45
13
Sun.
*2 to 3:50 p.m.
FS
Hakuo-ki - 1959, Japan, 110 min.
Minato/90
14
Mon.
2 to 3 p.m.
BS
★
Azabu
15
Tue.
1 to 2 p.m.
BS
★
T.A.
16
Wed.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
BS
★
Akasaka
18
Fri.
*2 to 2:35 p.m.
FS
Quickening Korin Mansion - 1986,
Japan, 33 min.
Takanawa/30
19
Sat.
11 to 11:20 a.m.
ST
Christmas Ghost
Minato
19
Sat.
*2 to 2:15 p.m.
FS
Mickey Mouse and Friends
Takanawa/30
19
Sat.
*2 to 3:50 p.m.
FS
A White Ship -2002, Japan, 99 min.
Akasaka/35
19
Sat.
3 to 3:30 p.m.
ST
Santa's Spell
Minato
20
Sun.
2:30 to 3 p.m.
ST
Go Out by Bus
Azabu
22
Tue.
11 to 11:30 a.m.
ST
A Gift from Snow Rabbit
T.A.
22
Tue.
*2 to 5 p.m.
FS
Tamao Yoshida and Sumitayu
Takemoto, Joruri Puppet Theater
- 2006, Japan, 149 min.
Minato/90
23
Wed.
3:15 to 4 p.m.
BS
★
Konan
24
Thu.
10:30 to 11 a.m.
ST
Christmas Miracle
Mita
24
Thu.
11 a.m. to noon
BS
★
Mita
25
Fri.
*6 to 7:30 p.m.
FS
Christmas Story - 2007, Finland,
82min.
Azabu/30
26
Sat.
2 to 2:30 p.m.
ST
It's Snowing
Akasaka
26
Sat.
2:30 to 3 p.m.
ST
27
Sun.
11 to 11:30 a.m.
ST
Takanawa
Azabu
Futon of Rice cake
Takanawa
T.A.: Takanawa Annex, D.A.: Daiba Annex
Programs may change without notice.
*Doors open 30 min. before the starting time.
★ Book-start: Open to guardians of infants up to 12 month old who live in Minato City. City libraries will provideguardians with a 15-minute one-on-one briefi ng and a free picture book. Please bring your Mother-Child
Record Book with you.
Notice of Temporary Closing
Minato, Mita, Azabu, Akasaka, Takanawa, Tananawa Annex, and Konan libraries are closed between December 29 and January 3.
These libraries are also closed between February 24 and 29 due to renew its system. The reference room of Minato Library and Mita Library are available.
Inquiries: Library and Cultural Assets Section, 03-3473-6621
Home-delivery Service of Minato Monthly
We will deliver the Minato Monthly to the foreign resident’s home in Minato
City free of charge. Contact or send a fax to Minato Call or Minato Monthly or
e-mail to [email protected]
Please write “Minato Monthly” in the subject line.
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