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December 2013

NEWSLETTER Published by the City of Inzai

2364-2 Ohmori Inzai City270-1396

℡ 0476－ 42－ 5111

Hisho Koho-ka(ex.418)

Kikaku Seisaku-ka(ex.473)

This newsletter is published for residents who are not familiar with Japanese language to introduce

events designed for residents of Inzai City. Although most programs are basically conducted in

Japanese, you are always welcome. Please join our events and enjoy your life in Inzai!

Note: The following programs are limited in principle to residents of Inzai City to participate.

Information

Inba Branch Office and Inba Area Comprehensive Support Center for Elderly

to be Relocated in January 2014

Inba Branch Office, Inba Shisho, and Inba Area Comprehensive Support Center for Elderly,

Inba Chiiki Hokatsu Shien Center, will move to the next door, the first floor of Fureai Center

Inba, and new office and center will open from Saturday, January 4, 2014. Only Saturday

service for January 4. Regular service will start from Monday, January 6. Telephone numbers

will not be changed.

Inquiry: General Affairs Division, Somu-ka, of Inba Branch Office, Inba Shisho

(Tel. 98-1111 / Ex.125)

Two New Nursery Schools to Open in Spring 2014

☆Smile Hoikuen

Scheduled Opening Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014

Location: 1-2, Makinodai 1 Cho-me, Inzai City

Capacity: 72 children. Age 0 to 5. 12 children for each age

Management: Shakai Fukushi Hojin Ryokusei Fukushikai

Inquiry: Smile Hoikuen Opening Preparatory Office, Smile Hoikuen Kaisetsu Junbi-shitsu

(Tel.33-3000, inside Inzai General Hospital, Inzai Sogo Byoin)

☆Ogura Sukusuku Hoikuen

Scheduled Opening Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Location: 673-7 Ogura, Inzai City

Capacity: 90 children. Age 0 to 5. 15 children for each age

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Management: Shakai Fukushi Hojin Sukusuku Doronko no Kai

Inquiry: Ogura Sukusuku Hoikuen Opening Preparatory Office, Ogura Sukusuku Hoikuen

Kaisetsu Junbi-shitsu (Tel.42-5901)

Kick Off the New Year with The 40th Inzai New Year Marathon:

Run for “Minamisanriku Town” Hit by Great East Japan Earthquake

Date & Time: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 9:35am～

＊ Registration is accepted between 8:20am and 9:00am

＊ The event will be postponed to Friday, January 3, 2014 if it rains.

Place to Assemble: Tonegawa Teibo Kioroshikashi Hiroba

(located on the bank of Tone River and behind Choshiya Ryokan)

Category: ・Marathon (1.5km, 3km, 5km and 10km)

・Family marathon (1km)

・Walking (4km)

Entry Fee: ・¥1,000 for adult (¥500 for donation)

・¥500 for high school student and younger

・Free for preschooler

Application: Call or fax Sports Promotion Division, Sports Shinko-ka. Registration is accepted

on the day of the event as well.

＊Volunteer staffs are also wanted for the event. For more detail, contact

Mr.Yamaguchi of Yagai Katsudo Kyokai.

Inquiry: Sports Promotion Division, Sports Shinko-ka (Tel.42-8417 / Fax.42-8427)

On and after Saturday, December 28, please call or fax Mr. Susumu Yamaguchi of

YagaiKatsudo Kyokai (Tel. 42-2272, Fax. 42-8384).

Inzai Female Chorus: X’mas Mini Concert

Let’s sing together!

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 11, 12:00noon to 12:30pm

Place: Chuo Community Center (Ohmori)

Program: Jingle Bell, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Akahana no Tonakai), Taisetsu na

Mono, and more

Application: No application required. Please come on the day

Inquiry: Ms. Hattori of Inzai Female Chorus (Tel.42-2773)

Tokyo Christian Institute: Christmas Concert

Date & Time: Friday, December 13, 7:00pm～ (6:30pm open)

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Place: Tokyo Christian Institute (Uchino)

Program: Christmas Cantata, Cantata No.117, O Holy Night (Sayaka ni Hoshi wa Kirameki)

Admission: Free

Application: Not required. Please come to the venue on the day

Inquiry: Mr. Tomidokoro of Tokyo Christian Institute Church Music Academy (Tel.46-1131)

SINCS Christmas Charity Concert

“Irohamadura”, a sparrow dance (suzume odori) company of Aoba Matsuri Festival will join the

concert all the way from Sendai. Part of the concert proceeds will be donated to “Donation to

assist reconstruction effort after Great East Japan Earthquake, Higashi Nihon Daishinsai

Fukko Shien Gienkin” of Japanese Red Cross Society and other donations. Please come and

enjoy our concert.

Date & Time: Saturday, December 14, 2:00pm～ (1:30pm open)

Place: The large hall, dai hall, of Shiroi Culture Hall, Shiroi-shi Bunka Kaikan

Program: Ballet, jazz dance, original dance (sosaku dance), sparrow dance (suzume odori),

baritone solo by Mr. Naoki Sunada, chorus and more

Admission: ¥999

Application: Reservation accepted. Tickets also available on the day. Please contact following

person for more detail

Inquiry: Ms. Hirata of SINCS (Tel.080-4727-8718 / Email.sincs_sincs@yahoo.co.jp)

Health

Subsidy for Rubella Vaccination

Inzai city will cover part of the cost for rubella vaccine if you have received it voluntarily.

Eligibility: Resident of Inzai City who is 18 years old or older and who meets one of the

following conditions.

① Woman who wishes to be pregnant

② Spouse of ①

③ Spouse of pregnant woman

＊The subsidy will be paid to those who received or will receive rubella vaccine

between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014

＊Pregnant woman can’t get the vaccine

Subsidy: The subsidy will be paid one time only

・¥3,000 for rubella vaccine

・¥5,000 for measles-rubella vaccine (MR)

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Application: Bring following documents to either Chuo Health Center, Inba Health Center or

Motono Health Center.

・ Application form and claim form (available to download from the city website)

・ Document to prove you’ve got the vaccination

(e.g., Yobosesshuzumisho, Shinryohoshu meisaisho)

・ Original receipt

・ Account information of applicant (vaccinated person)

・ Personal seal, Mitomein

＊ Please call Chuo Health Center in advance if you want to apply by mail.

＊ Visit the city website for more information.

Inquiry: Chuo Health Center (Tel.42-5595)

National Health Insurance and National Pension

Please Pay National Health Insurance Tax, Latter-Stage Elderly Medical

Insurance Fee and Nursing Care Insurance Fee by Wednesday, December 25

Please remind that Wednesday, December 25 is due date of the sixth term of national health

insurance tax, “kokumin kenko hokenzei”, latter-stage elderly medical insurance fee, “koki

koreisha iryo hokenryo”, and the fifth term of nursing care insurance fee, “kaigo hokenryo”.

Please check the balance if you pay them by account transfer. If you have a problem paying

these tax and fees, don’t hesitate to contact following divisions for consultation.

If you fall behind in your payment, you may not benefit fully from services these insurances

have offered.

Inquiry: [National Health Insurance Tax] National Health and Pension Plan Division, Kokuho

Nenkin-ka (Ex.281～284), [Latter-Stage Elderly Medical Insurance Fee] National

Health and Pension Plan Division, Kokuho Nenkin-ka (Ex.288&299), [Nursing Care

Insurance Fee] Nursing Care and Welfare Division, Kaigo Fukushi-ka (Ex.277)

Garbage Collection Schedule During Year-End and New-Year Holiday

You Can’t Bring Out Waste to Collection Station

From Tuesday, December 31 to Friday, January 3

Inzai Clean Center will close from Tuesday, December 31 to Friday, January 3. Please don’t

bring garbage to collection stations during this time as there will be no trash collection. Please

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check out the last and the first collection day of your area before and after year-end and New

Year holiday on the chart below.

During year-end holiday season, every household does year-end house cleaning (ohsoji) and

larger volume of trash is generated. Please make a plan to put out waste to avoid filling up the

garbage collection station. Please note that you should make an appointment early if you have

bulky waste to be collected as appointments will be filled early this time of the year.

Please remind that Inzai Clean Center doesn’t collect personal computers, TV sets, air

conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, washers and clothes driers. Please ask the shop where you

bought the appliance or a city-licensed collection contractor for collection.

Follow Rules When You Dispose of Garbage

If you don’t follow garbage rules when you dispose of waste, it will cause various environmental

and hygienic problems in the community such as attracting stray cats, emitting unpleasant

smell and causing pest outbreak. Please check out what day your garbage is to be collected and

how to separate garbage for keeping your community clean.

How to Bring Out Garbage

・Put out garbage to a designated garbage collection station by 8:30am on a collection day. Don’t

leave garbage in the station except collection days.

・Sort out trash according to the rules. Put each of the sorted waste in a designated bag before

you bring it out. If you use a wrong bag, it will not be collected.

・When you dispose of cooking gas canisters or spray cans, use them up completely and pierce a

hall in the container to release remaining gas. Put them out as non-combustible garbage,

moyasanai gomi. If you skip this process, it may cause a garbage truck fire and it is very

dangerous.

How to Dispose of Recyclable Items

① Rinse out bottles, cans and PET bottles with water. Bring them to a garbage collection

station and put each of them in a designated collection bag installed there. Don’t leave

foreign object like cigarette butts in containers. Before you dispose of PET bottle, remove

cap and label, and crush the bottle. Do not take away the collection bags from the station as

these bags are for everyone to use in the community.

② Clean plastic containers and wrapper by washing or wiping dirt. If they are dirty, they may

not be recycled.

③ Sort papers by type such as newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, milk and juice

cartons, and leaflets according to the garbage rules, and tie each of sorted paper in a bundle.

Don’t bring papers out when it rains. Leaflets and flyers can be put in an unwanted paper

bag to keep them together.

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④ Put fabric in a clear plastic bag, or a bag for plastic container and wrapper (yellow bag), and

write “布” (fabric) on the bag. Don’t bring it out when it rains. Fabric must be clean. Quilted

fabric is not accepted.

⑤ Used cooking oil is collected at following places. Please fill oil in a container like a PET

bottle and bring it to the collection box set at these facilities. Check out their holidays

before you visit.

・Clean Promotion Division, Clean Suishin-ka

・Inba branch office, Inba Shisho

・Motono branch office, Motono Shisho

・Chuo Community Center

・Kobayashi Community Plaza

・Fureai Culture Center

・Chuoekimae Chiiki Koryukan

・Inba Community Center

・Motono Community Center

・Takino local office

・Hiraka local office

・Funaho Community Center

・Kikari Friendly Plaza

・Eiji Plaza

・Health and Welfare Center

Inquiry: Clean Promotion Division, Clean Suishin-ka (Ex.382)

Inzai Area Environmental Improvement Project Association,

Inzai-chiku Kankyo Seibi Jigyo Kumiai (Tel. 46-2732)

Garbage Collection Calendar

During Year-End and New Year Holidays

Area

Year End (last collection day) New Year (first collection day)

Combustible garbage

Non- combustible & hazardous

waste

Recyclable items

Combustible garbage

Non- combustible & hazardous

waste

Recyclable items

Ohmori, Nishiyawara, Nanasewari, Rokken, Nakanokuchi, Hossakukami, Hossakushimo, Kamenari

Mon.Dec30 Tue.Dec24 Fri.Dec27 Mon.Jan6 Tue.Jan14 Fri.Jan10

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Nishinohara, Hara (Chiba New Town) Higashinohara, Makinohara, Makinodai

Mon.Dec30 Wed.Dec25 Tue.Dec24 Mon.Jan6 Wed.Jan8 Tue.Jan7

Kioroshi (Kamicho, Shimocho, Saiwaicho), Kioroshi-higashi, Takefukuro, Kioroshi-minami

Mon.Dec30 Fri.Dec27 Wed.Dec25 Mon.Jan6 Fri.Jan10 Wed.Jan8

Shichikenya, Uchikawa, Teradai, Nakanogawa, Kashiwagidai, Hara (Sofuke), Ketsuenji, Matsuzaki, Soho, Ishidodai

Fri.Dec27 Fri.Dec27 Wed.Dec25 Sat.Jan4 Fri.Jan10 Wed.Jan8

Kaguro, Izumi, Sofukekami, Tatarada, Funao, Tokami, Tokamidai, Muzai, Muzaigakuendai, Chuominami, Chuokita, Uchino, Harayama, Takabana

Fri.Dec27 Wed.Dec25 Mon.Dec30 Sat.Jan4 Wed.Jan8 Mon.Jan6

Koshinden Fri.Dec27 Thu.Dec26 Mon.Dec30 Sat.Jan4 Thu.Jan9 Mon.Jan6

Bessho, Narusawa

Fri.Dec27 Thu.Dec26 Wed.Dec25 Sat.Jan4 Thu.Jan9 Wed.Jan8

Hongo, Miyauchi, Shirahata, Urahatashinden, Ogura, Izumi, Kikari, Makinokido, Ohtsuka, Oguradai

Sat.Dec28 Mon.Dec23 Thu.Dec26 Sat.Jan4 Mon.Jan13 Thu.Jan9

Hiraoka, Baba, Kobayashibokujyo, Kobayashidaikata, Kobayashishinden Sunada, Kobayashikita, Kobayashisengen, Kobayashidaimon-shita

Sat.Dec28 Thu.Dec26 Tue.Dec24 Sat.Jan4 Thu.Jan9 Tue.Jan7

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Iwato, Ohba, Kamagari, Seto, Tsukuriya, Tsukuriyadai, Hagiwara, Hiraka, Hirakagakuendai, Maihime, Matsumushi, Mise, Moroto, Yamada, Yoshitaka, Yoshida, Wakahagi

Mon.Dec30 Tue.Dec17 Wed.Dec25 Mon.Jan6 Tue.Jan7 Wed.Jan8

Ajikibokkui, Izumiya, Oshitsuke, Kasagami, Kawamukai, Gyotoku, Koya, Sakanaobokkui, Sakurano, Sanoya, Shimoi, Shimozone, Shogen, Jinbe, Taki, Takino, Tateyawara, Tsunoda, Naka, Nakatagiri, Nakane, Nagatoya, Hagino, Matsuki, Midoridai, Motonokobayashi Monoki, Ryufukuji

Fri.Dec27 Wed.Dec18 Mon.Dec30 Sat.Jan4 Wed.Jan8 Mon.Jan6

＊For areas whose original collection day for combustible garbage (moyasugomi) is Tuesday or

Friday, temporary collection will be done on Saturday, January 4 as the first collection of New Year.

＊Please understand that collection truck may come later than usual if larger volume of garbage is

produced from year-end house cleaning.

Bulky Waste

Area Year End (last collection day) New Year (first collection day)

Urabe, Ogura, Izumi, Shirahata, Urahatashinden, Kosaishinden, Urabemurashinden, Kikari, Ohtsuka, Oguradai, Makinokido

Tue.Dec24 Tue.Jan7

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Funao, Muzai, Tokami, Tokamidai, Ketsuenji, Tatarada, Matsuzaki, Sofuke, Izumi, Takabana, Kobayashi, Kobayashikita, Kobayashisengen, Kobayashidaimonshita, Muzaigakuendai, Chuominami, Chuokita

Wed.Dec25 Wed.Jan8

Uchino, Harayama, Ajikibokkui, Izumiya, Oshitsuke, Kasagami, Kawamukai, Gyotoku, Koya, Sakanaobokkui, Sakurano, Sanoya, Shimoi, Shimosone, Shogen, Jinbe, Taki, Takino, Tateyawara, Tsunoda, Naka, Nakatagiri, Nakane, Nagatoya, Hagino, Matsuki, Midoridai, Motonokobayashi, Monoki, Ryufukuji

Thu.Dec26 Thu.Jan9

Kioroshi, Kioroshi-minami, Kioroshi-higashi,Takefukuro, Hiraoka, Bessho, Soho, Ohmori, Kaguro, Kamenari, Hossaku, Aijima, Sengenmae, Nishinohara, Hara, Higashinohara, Makinohara, Makinodai, Iwato, Ohba, Kamagari, Seto, Tsukuriya, Tsukuriyadai, Hagiwara, Hiraka, Hirakagakuendai, Maihime, Matsumushi, Mise, Moroto, Yamada, Yoshitaka, Yoshida, Wakahagi

Fri.Dec27 Fri.Jan10

＊Please make an appointment early for collection at Bulky Waste Collection Office, Sodaigomi

Shushu Jimusho (Tel.80-8686). Bulky waste is not collected from Tuesday, December 31, 2013 to Sunday, January 5, 2014.

Drop-Off at Inzai Clean Center

You can drop off household waste at Clean Center by 4:00pm, Monday, December 30. The center will open from 9:00am, Monday, January 6, 2014 after New Year’s holiday.

＊ A permit is required to bring in your garbage to the center. Please visit either city hall, a branch office (shisho) or a local office (shucchojyo) on and before Friday, December 27, and ask for the permit to issue. Permit can’t be issued during their New Year’s holiday.

＊ Drop-off waste is allowed only when you have a large volume of trash after a year-end house cleaning or special cases.