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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 protected])
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.