Café Terrace by the Sakaigawa River 2013

No. 194 July 1, 2013
Population and No. of
Households in Urayasu
Population: 162,564
Male: 80,733
Female: 81,831
Households: 73,119
Foreign Residents: 3,123
(As of May 31, 2013)
PublishedbytheCityofUrayasu
1-1-1Nekozane,Urayasu-shi,
Chiba279-8501
047-351-1111
http://www.city.urayasu.chiba.jp
Café Terrace
by the Sakaigawa River 2013
At Café Terrace by the Sakaigawa River 2013, the Sakaigawa River—which flows in
the center of Urayasu City—will be likened to the Milky Way. Along with a café terrace
located along the Sakaigawa River, there will be vendors from Urayasu hotels offering
word-class top gourmet food and a yomeiri-bune (bride’s boat) event with an actual
wedding couple in shiromuku (Japan’s traditional white wedding wear).
Date and Time: July 6 (Sat.) and 7 (Sun.), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (until 5 p.m. on July 6)
Location: Urayasu City Hall area and Sakaigawa River area (from Akebonobashi
Bridge to Egawabashi Bridge)
Program:
★Tanabata (Star Festival) decorations
In celebration of the Tanabata Festival, visitors can write a wish on a strip of
colorful paper and use the strip to decorate the bamboo branches located near the
terrace along the Sakaigawa River.
★Yomeiri-bune (bride’s boat) event
Date and Time: July 6 (Sat.), from 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.; July 7 (Sun.), from
12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
★Special stage performance
There will be a performance of traditional Japanese drums on a special stage to
celebrate the arrival of the yomeiri-bune.
★Floating stage performance and boat-riding experience
There will be a net-throwing performance on a floating stage in the river and the
opportunity to ride various boats.
★Gourmet and local products
Urayasu City hotels will offer popular local gourmet foods in the tents along the
Sakaigawa River.
How to Get There:
• A 15-minute walk from Shin-Urayasu Station on the Keiyo Line or a 20-minute
walk from Urayasu Station on the Tozai Line
• Take a No. 6 or No. 7 bus and get off at the Shiyakusho-mae bus stop.
• Take the Osampo Bus Iryo Center Line and get off at the Shiyakusho/Bunka
Kaikan bus stop.
• Take the Osampo Bus Maihama Line and get off at the Shiyakusho/Kenko
Center bus stop.
Note: Please see Urayasu City’s website for more information.
Inquiries: Commerce Industry and Tourism Section
City Hall
Café Terrace map
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Strengthening Community Ties
for a Brighter Future
The 35th Fireworks Display
❉ Date and Time: July 27 (Sat.), 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
❉ Location: Hinode and Akemi areas (near Sogo Park)
❉ Number of Fireworks: Approximately 6,500
❉ Note: Please see Urayasu City’s website for more information.
❉ Inquiries: Urayasu Local Activities Promotion Council (inside the Local Network Section)
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No. 194 July 1, 2013
■ Municipal Swimming
Pools Open
■ Change in the Opening
Hours of Sports Facilities
▶Higashino Pool
During summer, the opening hours for the
following facilities will change.
●Sports Park
Opening Hours: Saturdays, Sundays, and
national holidays from July 1 through August
31, from 5 a.m.
Applicable Facilities: Baseball grounds, soccer
field, sports court, and tennis courts
Note: The tennis courts are open from 7 a.m.,
Monday through Friday.
●Sports Park Gymnasium and Indoor
Swimming Pool
Opening Hours: July 20 (Sat.) through August
31 (Sat.), from 8 a.m.
Applicable Facilities: Training room and
indoor swimming pool
Inquiries: Sports Section
Higashino Pool will open on July 13 (Sat.).
The pool has a two-hour use system.
In public pools, the use of inner tubes is
permitted, but all other toys, glass goggles,
suntan oil, alcoholic beverages, and food are not
allowed. Children who are not toilet-trained
are not allowed to use the pool.
Because the parking lot is expected to be
crowded, please come to the pool using public
transportation, such as buses.
Date and Time: July 13 (Sat.) to September
8 (Sun.), 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (admission until 4
p.m.; up to two hours per person per session)
Fees: ¥150 for adults, ¥50 for junior high
school students and younger children
Note: Children in the third grade of
elementar y school or younger must be
accompanied by an adult (16 years of age or
older).
Inquiries: Higashino Pool (Tel: 352-6891;
inquiries are handled only during the season
in which the pool is open)
▶Outdoor Pool
At the Indoor Swimming Pool, the outdoor
pool can also be used during summer.
Date and Time: Until September 15 (Sun.), 9
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fees: ¥510 for adults, ¥260 for junior high
school students and younger children (for
two-hours of use during the abovementioned
dates; for each additional 30 minutes, ¥120
for adults, ¥60 for junior high school students
and younger children)
Note: Children in the 3rd gr ade of
elementary school and younger children
must be accompanied by an adult (18 years
of age or older). Up to two children can be
accompanied by one adult.
Inquiries: Indoor Swimming Pool (Tel: 3040030)
The Urayasu International Friendship Association (UIFA) provides a Japanese language
program. It’s a once-a-week, 90-minute private lesson for beginners. Tuition for one term of six
months (April to September or October to March) is ¥1,800 paid in advance at the time of
application.
A new registrant who wants to start in the middle of the term should pay a monthlycalculated tuition (¥300 a month). Application forms are available at the Local Network Section
on the fourth floor of the Urayasu City Hall. Current vacancies are shown below. Sign-ups are on
a first-come, first-served basis.
For up-to-date information, please look at the UIFA homepage or contact the City Hall.
Classes and Vacancies (as of June 5, 2013)
Class
Location
Time
Vacancy
Monday morning
Urayasu International Center
10:00–11:30 a.m.
1
Wednesday afternoon
Urayasu International Center
1:00–2:30 p.m.
1
Thursday morning
Urayasu International Center
10:00–11:30 a.m.
5
Note: Urayasu International Center is located on the second floor of Shin-Urayasu Il Mare.
■ International Center
Exhibition: Hawaii
Date and Time: July 4 (Thu.) through 26 (Fri.)
Location: International Center (inside ShinUrayasu Il Mare)
Program: Ethnic costumes and folk crafts of
Hawaii will be on exhibit.
Inquiries: International Center, Tel: 306-5181
(Local Network Section)
■ Seeking a Thousand
Cranes to Be Donated
Urayasu City issued a peace city antinuclear
proclamation in March 1985 and is currently
wor king on various antinuclear peace
programs. One such program being carried
out again this year is the solicitation of origami
cranes, which will be donated to Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
How to Submit Your Donation: Bring a string
of 50 origami cranes directly to the Local
Network Section (Urayasu City Hall Main
Bldg. 4F) by July 31 (Wed.).
Note: Name tags are not necessar y. All
donations will be marked “Donated by
Urayasu City.”
Inquiries: Local
Network Section
Use of Juki Net
by Foreign Residents
Starting from July 8 (Mon.), foreign residents will become part of the Basic
Resident Registration Network System (Juki Net). Accordingly, foreign residents will be able to receive a basic resident registration card at the municipality of their registered residence, and they can also use the public certification
service for individuals (electronic certificate).
After people are incorporated into the Juki Net, they will be notified of their
residence record code. Please note that on July 7 (Sun.), moving notifications
for foreign residents and households with foreign resident members will not be
accepted, because system adjustments will be made in preparation for the incorporation of foreign residents into Juki Net.
Please see the Urayasu City website for more information.
Inquiries: Civic Affairs Section
Invitation to Japanese Language Program
Hello to all!
Hideki Matsuzaki, Mayor of Urayasu
Summer-Evening Fireworks Display
This year will mark the 35th summerevening fireworks display, an event
that has become a summer tradition of
Urayasu City.
The first fireworks display was held
in 1979. At that time, Urayasu was
not yet a city, but a town that was part
of Higashi-Katsushika-gun. In March
1978, the population reached 40,000; in
May of 1979, it reached 50,000; and in
April of the following year, the population reached 60,000. With the population increasing by ten thousand with
each year, Urayasu experienced the
most rapid growth across Japan during
this period.
As a result, Urayasu had the number
1 growth rate in Japan for seven consecutive years starting in 1978. This was
the start of the development of Urayasu
as a residential suburban area with convenient transportation and smooth access to Tokyo.
Most of the residents of the reclaimed
areas of Nakamachi and Shinmachi
did not know each other at first. At
that time, the top priority of the city
administration was to nurture a sense
of community among the residents. For
this reason, Urayasu City has continued
to conduct various programs that are
unheard of in other municipalities. For
example, the city government has been
engaged in the acquisition of the land,
handling of construction costs, and even
maintenance fees (including utility expenses) for meeting places of resident
associations and senior citizen clubs.
In addition, the city constructed at least
one large community center per junior
high school area, with the purpose of
creating places that serve as centers for
local communities.
The fireworks display was started by
the Urayasu Local Activities Promotion
Council, which was formed as an alliance of many local groups, as part of
the “Hometown Urayasu” project for
ensuring that as many residents as pos-
sible would have a sense that Urayasu
is their hometown.
Each year, elaborate plans are made
to delight the large audience, and the
fireworks are launched by Kagiya, a
pyrotechnician guild that was started
in the Edo era. Although the fireworks
were first launched in the Irifune area
(today’s Hinode and Akemi areas) and
then in the Takasu area, with the expansion of residential areas, the launching
site was moved to the Hinode area.
Finally the viewing location that was
used until last year was developed as a
residential area and sold out in lots, so
it has become impossible to launch fireworks from the land.
For the past four or five years, we
have been saying, “this year may be
the last,” like the boy who cried wolf.
However, inspired by the words of encouragement we received from many
city residents, we considered various
options and came to the conclusion that
this year we would try to launch the
fireworks from the ocean for the first
time.
Final approval was received at the
general meeting of the Urayasu Local
Activities Promotion Council, which
was held on May 14, and it was decided
that the fireworks would be launched
from two floating launching pads on
Tokyo Bay, 350 meters offshore from
the end of Yanagi-dori Street and Symbol Road.
The fireworks display has been
scheduled to be held on the same day as
the Sumida River Fireworks on purpose
in order to ease congestion. The fireworks will be held once again this year
on Saturday, July 27. Please enjoy the
seaside fireworks of the mid-summer
night’s festival. These fireworks will be
launched by Ms. Akiko Amano, a 15thgeneration pyrotechnician of Souke
Kagiya, and will represent our hopes
for a speedy recovery for Urayasu.
●Recyclable Waste Disposal Schedule for July
Bottles/Cans/
PET plastic bottles
Newspapers/
Magazines
Nekozane, Kitazakae, Todaijima
Every Tue.
Every Mon.
Horie, Higashino, Fujimi, Maihama
Every Wed.
Every Sat.
Kairaku, Mihama, Irifune, Hinode, Akemi
Every Thu.
Every Mon.
Tomioka, Imagawa, Benten, Tekkodori, Takasu, Minato, Chidori
Every Fri.
Every Sat.
Collection Area
*Please put out your garbage between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. It is against the rules to put it out earlier or later than this
designated time as it could become a nuisance in your neighborhood.
*Bulky items will be collected separately on request by phone. Call the Bulky Items Reception Center,
305-4000.
For inquiries, contact the Garbage-Free Section.
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