Koho Tokai 10 March, 2015
1. Medical Services on Weekends in March
2. Extension of Administrative Service Time
3. Public Bus will start operating from April, 2015
4. Hello from SC Smile TOKAI
5. National Health Insurance Card for fiscal 2015 will be sent
6. To Receive The Balance Amount caused by Revision of Child Rearing Allowance
7. Exhibitions at Tokai Station Gallery
8. Deadline of Vaccination Coupons
9. Toaki- mura Junior Chorus Group Concerrt
10. Musical Festival 2015
11. Let’s Talk with the Mayor
12. Science Café in Ricotti
13. The 25th Japan Ground Self- Defense Forces Engineers School Band Concert1. Medical Services on Weekends in March
Hours: 9:30a.m.- 2:00p.m., except noon-1:00p.m.(Hours are available for all locations.)
Sun. 15: Ishii Orthopedics (Seikeigeka) Clinic ph. 029-270-5141
Sat. 21: Higashihara Clinic, ph. 029-283-2301
Sun. 22: Ibarakihigashi National Hospital, ph. 029-282-1151
Sun. 29: Tokai Village Hospital, ph. 029-282-2188
Ibaraki Prefecture 24 Hour Emergency Medical Information Control Center, ph. 029-241-4199
Ibaraki Children's Resource Line, ph. #8000 (touch-tone phones and mobile phones) or 029-2549900: everyday 6:30p.m.-00:30a.m., Sundays, public holidays, 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

2. Extension of Administrative Service Time
Date: Every 1st and 3rd Thursday
Time: 8:30a.m.-7:00p.m.
Services and Sections:
Civil Registration Section; Resident registration, seal (hanko) registration, passport issuance,and publishing of other certifications and permissions.
National Health Insurance and Pension Section; Procedures of national health insurance andnational pension plan, issuance of Mother and Child Health Handbook (boshi kenko techo)Social Welfare Section; Procedures for day-care center, application of children allowance andchild-rearing
Welfare and Nursing Care Section; Application of long-term care insurance and support of the1

elderly.
Accounting Section; Payment of tax(except national tax, prefectural tax and national pensionpremiums) and royalties.
Tax Section; Issuance of certifications, (local) taxpayer assistance (needs reservation)
Waterworks Section; Procedures to supply public water, payment of water and sewage bills.

3. Public Bus will start operating from April, 2015
Tokai- mura is promoting the enhancement of public transportation.
In collaboration with the private sector, Tokai- mura will start to provide bus service for residents
and visitors who want to come in and out of Tokai-mura.
4 new bus routes will be added from this April.
Public transportation services in Tokai- mura are as below.
(1) Ainori-kun ( Tokai- mura taxi on demand)
Ainori-kun is a demand taxi service started from April, 2006 that will take registered resident
anywhere in Tokia-mura.
Eligible people: Resident who is registered to use.
Fare:
300 yen per ride
100 yen per ride applies to anyone as following:1) Anyone with physical, mental, or intellectual disabilities
2) Anyone certified for receiving nursing care (yokaigo)
3) An attendant for a passenger 1) and 2)
4) Children under six accompanied by guardians and guardians accompanying children younger
than six (one guardian per child).
One guardian per child will be charged 100 yen(2)- 1 Route bus
Eligible people: Anyone
1) Existing route
A. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Floresta Suwama
Fare: 170- 310 yen
B. Route: Between Tokai Station West Exit and Ibaraki University by way of Mito Station
Fare: 170- 930 yen2) New route2

A. Route: Tokai Station West Exit by way of Kasamatsu Sports Park; Circulator route
Fare: 170- 280 yen
B. Route: Between Tokai Station West Exit and Hitachi Osakana Center (Roadside Station ofHitachi City)
Fare: 170- 380 yen
Transit available to Hitachi BRT ( Bus Rapid Transit)
C. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Ibarakihigashi National Hospital
Fare: 170- 330 yen
D. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Hitachi Seaside Park
Fare: 170- 520 yen
Transit available to other transportation as below
JA Nagasuna: Smile Aozora Bus
Joyful Honda West: Route busJoyful Honda East: Route Bus and Smile Aozora BusHitachi Seaside Park: Route Bus, Smile Aozora Bus, Expressway Bus, Shuttle Bus(2)- 2 Expressway bus1) Existing route
A. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Tokyo Station
Fare: 2,240 yen
B. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Sendai Station
Fare: 4,600 yen ( weekday)(2)- 3 Airport limousine
1) Existing route
A. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Narita Airport
Fare: 3,100 yen
B. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Haneda Airport
Fare: 3,800 yen
C. Route: Between Tokai Station East Exit and Ibaraki Airport3Fare: 1,230 yen(3) JR Joban Line
Fare: Depends on distance(4) Taxi
Area: Area: In and out of Tokai-mura
Fare: Depends on distance
Inquiries:
About operation diagram and fare; Ibaraki Transportation Co. Ltd., ph. 029-272-7311
HP http://www.ibako.co.jp/ ( Automatic translation system)
About public transportation of Tokai- mura;
Community Development Promotion Section of Tokai-mura, ph. 029-282-1711 ext. 1342
HP http://www.vill.tokai.ibaraki.jp/

4. Hello from SC Smile TOKAISC Smile TOKAI is a sports club promoting to create a community of lifelong sports throughmany sports activities since 2007.
Activities:
Sports classes for children;
Kidsbics, aerobics for competition, junior golf, junior gymnastics, junior tennis, junior valley ball,junior athletic sports, mini basketball
Sports classes for adults;
Aerobics, exercises, step exercises, soft( light) exercises, hiking, body care, yoga
Members wanted for SC Smile TOKAI
Eligible people: Those who are living, working (including family member who are living with) or
going school in Tokai-mura.
Annual fee( for individual member):
Small children, elementary school students; 2,400 yen for a new member, 2,000 yen after the yearof initiation.
Students of junior high school and high school; 3,600 yen for a new member, 3,000 yen after theyear of initiation.
University students and adults: 6,000 yen for a new member, 5,000 yen after the year of initiation.
Application: Please fill out the form available from Tokai-mura Gymnasium. After the application4

at the gymnasium, pay the annual fee through a post office transfer. The receipt of the payment
will be the tentative member’s card until authorized member’s card is sent.
Classes and activities for members and non-members;(1) Aerobics Classes
Date & time: Every Tuesday ( 7 classes/ term), 7:45- 8:45 p.m.
Place: Tokai-mura Welfare Center “Kizuna”
Eligible people: Those who are living, working (including family member who are living with) in
Tokai-mura or member of SC Smile TOKAI and 18 years old and over.
Capacity: 30 people ( first-come-first-served-bases)
Cost: 3,500 yen for Smile TOKAI member, 7,000 yen for non-member.
(2) Step exercises
Date & Time: Every Thursday( 7 classes/ term), 7:30- 8:30 p.m.
Place: Tokai-mura Welfare Center “Kizuna”
Eligible people: Those who are living, working (including family member who are living with) inTokai-mura or member of SC Smile TOKAI and 18 years old and over.
Capacity: 30 people ( first-come-first-served-bases)
Cost: 3,500 yen for Smile TOKAI member, 7,000 yen for non-member.
(3) Exercises for adults
Date & Time: Every Friday( 7 classes/ term), 1:30- 3:00 p.m.
Place: Tokai-mura Welfare Center “Kizuna” and other facilities
Eligible people: Those who are living, working (including family member who are living with) inTokai-mura or member of SC Smile TOKAI and 18 years old and over.
Capacity: 30 people ( first-come-first-served-bases)
Cost: 3,500 yen for Smile TOKAI member,7,000 yen for non-member.
(4) Hiking
Date: April through December, 2015 ( 7 times)
The first time hiking will be organized as below.
Mt. Takayama (Tochigi Pref. )Date: Sat. 18 Apr.
Others:For more details, the next Koho Tokai 25 March, 2015 issue.
Each hiking will be posted on further Koho Tokai.
(5) Trial classes of exercise “Enjoy health up!”
Date: Thursdays from 9 April, 2015 to 10 March ( 37 classes: almost 3 times in a month/ term)
Time: 9:30- 11:00 a.m.
Place: Tokai-mura Welfare Center “Kizuna”
Eligible people: Residents who wants to start playing sports and is aged between 40 and 64 years

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old.
Participle term: Within a year or until 65th birthday month.
Cost: Free
Application:
For (1), (2) and (3): Apply after 9:00 a.m. on Thursday 19 March at Tokai Gymnasium with theparticipation fee.
For (5): Apply anytime at Tokai-mura Gymnasium
Application time; 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. except Monday. ( Tuesday will be closed if Monday is apublic holiday
Inquiries: Tokai-mura Gymnasium. ph. 029-283-1001

5. National Health Insurance Card for fiscal 2015 will be sentYour current National Health Insurance Card will expire on 31 Mar. The new card will be sentby simplified registered mail as below.
Addressee: Head of household
Term of post office delivery: Sat. 14- Mon. 30 Mar.
Reference date of insurance card preparation: As of 23 February, 2015
How to receive new card:
Simplified registered mail will not delivered if you are absent, in this case a notice will be left
instead. Please receive the mail in accordance with the absence slip or if you could not receive
the mail by Monday 30 March, bring your ID ( such as driver’s license, insurance card for fiscal
2014), personal seal to National Health Insurance and Pension Section in Tokai-mura Village
Office to collect your card, after 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday 31 March.
When you receive the new card, check the personal information printed on it and you may use it
from Wednesday 1 April. Contact National Health Insurance and Pension Section if you find any
mistakes or you have joined other health insurance schemes. Cut the old card up and discard it,or take it to the National Health Insurance and Pension Section after the expiration date.
(1) Those who moved from Tokai- muraAnyone who have moved away and have a resident’s card in another municipality to attend schoolor in any kind of welfare institution, can even join the Tokai-mura National Health Insurance
scheme. Also register at National Health Insurance and Pension Section if you have finishedschool and start to work or returned to Tokai- mura.
1) Students:
Bring student’s identification ( issued after 1 April, 2015), personal seal

62) People who is staying at welfare institution: Certification of enrollment ( check in advance if
the institution sends the certification directly to Tokai-mura Village Office or not), personal seal.
Attention: Please refer to National Health Insurance and Pension Section if student’s
identification or certification of enrollment of institution takes time to be issued.
(2) Expiration date of insurance card
The new insurance card expiration date is Thursday 31 March, 2016.
But people below have card that has different expiration date.
1) For anyone who is eligible for Retiree Health Care System and will be 65 years old
Expiration date: End of the birth month
The card will change to National Health Insurance card instead of Retiree Health Care Systemfrom the next month of the birthday month. The new card will be sent in the end of birthday
month.
2) For anyone who will be 75 years old
Expiration date: The day before birthdayWill be joined in late- stage medical care system for the elderly on 75th birthday. Participating
notice will be sent in middle of previous month.
3) For anyone who is foreign registered and the period of stay will be expired.
Expiration date: Expiration date of period of stay
Please bring your residence card at National Health Insurance and Pension Section and extend
your expiration date of insurance, after updating your period of stay.
4) For anyone who has unpaid insurance tax as of the reference date
Expiration date: Wed. 30 Sep., 2015
Apply at National Health Insurance and Pension Section to renew the insurance card after
Tuesday 1 September, 2015. Please refer to National Pension Section if you have difficulty for tax
payment.
Inquiries: National Health Insurance and Pension Section, ph. 029-282-1711, ext. 1132

6. To Receive The Balance Amount caused by Revision of Child Rearing Allowance
This allowance is to enhance welfare for child as listed below.
Child without father or mother as a result of divorce.

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Child without father or mother as a result of death.
Child whose father or mother has a disability.
Before the revision, those who are receiving public pension were not eligible to receive childrearing allowance, but after the revision as of last December, if the amount of the public
pension is less than the child rearing allowance, they are now able to receive the balance
amount.
Revised requirements (example cases) as of December, 2014:
Grandparents who are rearing a child and receiving a low amount old- age pension.
Single- father family where the child is receiving only a low amount survivor’s welfare pension.
Single- mother family, where father died after the divorce and the child is receiving only a low
amount survivor’s welfare pension.
Application: Anyone who is rearing a child without the child’s parent and wants to receive thebalance amount needs to apply at the Social Welfare Section of Tokai- mura Village Office.
Others: Anyone who wants to confirm whether they’re eligible to receive the allowance, inquireat the Social Welfare Section.
The allowance starts from the next month of application.
Those who could not receive child rearing allowance because of receiving a public pension but
meet revised requirements and apply by the end of March, 2015, will be able to receive theallowance retroactive to the 1 December, 2014. The allowance for December, 2014 to March,2015 will be paid in April, 2015.
Inquiries: Social Welfare Section of Tokai- mura, ph. 029-282-1711 ext. 1185

7. Exhibitions at Tokai Station Gallery
Place: JR Tokai Station (2F)
Inquiries: Community Facility Management Office, Tokai Station, ph. 029-287-3680(1) Sumi Kokoro Exhibition
40 calligraphy pieces by graduates of the Ibaraki University calligraphy club and Nangaku
Kawamata, the club advisor.
Date: Sun. 15 - Sat. 21 Mar.
Time: 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. ( closes 2:30 p.m. on the last day)(2) Ink painting Shuko no kai Joint Exhibition
It’s 4 years since Shuko no kai has started.
Enjoy individual expressed 25 pieces of ink painting.
Date: Sun 29 Mar.- Sat. 4 Apr.
Time: 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. ( closes 3:00 p.m. on the last day)8

(3) Chuji Takahashi Exhibition
Chuji Takahashi started painting 55 years ago.
20 pieces of his abstract paintings, landscape paintings and portraits painted with oil, watercolors or acrylics will be exhibited.
Date: Sun. 5- Sat. 11 Apr.
Time: 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. ( closes 3:00 p.m. on the last day)

8. Deadline of Vaccination Coupons
You may not be subsidized, if you don’t receive vaccinations as below by Tuesday 31 March.
(1) Measles- Rubella Vaccination: Second shot
Eligible people: Children born between 2 April, 2008 and 1 April, 2009
(2) Combination (diphtheria and tetanus) Vaccination.
Eligible people: Children born between 2 April, 2002 and 1 April, 2003
(3) Chicken Pox Vaccination
Eligible people:Children who are between 36 months and 59 months old and haven’t received chickenpox
vaccination in the past are eligible for routine vaccination.
5 and 6 years old children (preschooler age) who want to receive the first shot and have thevoucher of optional vaccination.
(4)Mumps Vaccination
Eligible people: Children born between 2 April, 2008 and 1 April, 2009 and haven’t received
mumps vaccination.
(5) Pneumococcus Vaccinations for Adults
Eligible people: Those who meet one of the conditions below and have never received
pneumococcus vaccination( Pneumovax NP).
-1. Those who are between 60 and 64 years old and have disability in heart, kidney, respiratory
apparatus or immunity.
-2. Those who are 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 years old between 1 April, 2014 and 31 March,
2015.
-3. Those who are 101 years old and over.
Others: 4,000 yen self- pay for pneumococcus vaccination for adults.
Anyone who recently moved to Tokai- mura or who has not received the vaccination form, referto Tokai-mura Health Center.
Inquiries: Tokai- mura Health Center, ph. 029-282-2797

99. Tokai- mura Junior Chorus Group Concerrt
Tokai- mura Junior Chorus group will give a regular concert.
Date: Sun. 29 Mar.
Time: 1:30 p.m. (doors open 1:00 p.m.)
Place: Tokai Culture Center
ProgramPart 1: Tokai-mura Chorus suitePart 2: Chorus musical “Fuki(butterbur)”Part 3: “Yokai taiso No. 1” and others.
Entree Fee: Free
Others: No reservations are required
Inquiries; Lifelong Learning Section of Tokai-mura, ph 029-282-1711 ect.1423

10. Musical Festival 2015
The theater company Tomical is holding Musical Festival.
Date: Sat. 14 Mar.
Time: 2:00 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Place: Nakamaru Community Center
Entry fee: Free (Preschoolers are welcome.)
Inquiries:
Tomical, email; tomical.office＠gmail.com
Tokai Culture Center, ph. 029-282-8511

11. Let’s Talk with the Mayor
Anyone who wants to talk to Mayor Yamada on a one-to-one basis about politics and daily life ofTokai-mura,
Date: Sat. 21 Mar.
Time: 2:00- 5:00p.m.
Location: AEON 1F (Near the food section)
Others: No reservations are required but first-come-first-served basis.
The matters of discussion will be published (anonymously) on Tokai-mura website.
Inquiries: Planning and Management Section of Tokai-mura, ph. 029-282-1711 ext. 1333

12. Science Café in Ricotti

10Date: Sat. 14 Mar.
Time: 1:30- 3:00 p.m.
Place: Ricotti
Eligible people: High school students and over
Capacity: First 30 people
Program: “Frontier Science at J-PARC 2: Future Discoveries by Neutrons- Revealing Mysteriesof Materials and Life in Ibaraki ”
Lector: Dr. Shinichi Sakamoto, J-PARC Center
Prof. Toru Ishigaki, Frontier Research Center for Applied Atomic Sciences, Ibaraki University.
Cost: FreeOthers: Lecture will be given in Japanese.
Inquiries: General Affairs Section 2, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, ph. 029-282-3470

13. The 25th Japan Ground Self- Defense Forces Engineers School Band Concert
Enjoy concert of Japan Ground Self- Defense Forces Engineers School Band and gest
performance by Ms. Marina Kato who is a whistler.
Date: Sat. 28 Mar.
Time: 2:00 p.m. (doors open 1:00 p.m.)
Place: Ibaraki Kenmin Bunka Center ( 697 Semba-cho, Mito)
Program: Invicta Overture for Band, Spirited Away( Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) and else.
Entry fee: Free
Please note that seats are limited.
Inquiries: Public Relations, JGSDF Katsuta, ph. 029-274-3211

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