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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(373)「しんゆりイルミネーション」について
Shin-Yurigaoka continues to evolve into a Town of the Arts.
Building on last year’s successful event, this year again the area aroundShin-Yurigaoka Station will host a display of fantastic holiday lights from Saturday
November 22nd to Saturday February 14th. It will be called kirara-to art shinyuri

2008 (ｋｉｒａｒａ＠アートしんゆり２００８).
This year the illuminations will make use of low-power-consumption LED bulbs
which are gentle to the environment.
During the display period, major area stores will be hosting various events.
will be holding the award ceremony for its flag contest.

Nearby Senshu University

Candy stores will have a stamp rally. There will

be musical performances and movie showings, and all kinds of other things going on.
The lights will be turned on at 5:30pm on Saturday the 22nd of November in a ceremony held in the
middle of the Shin-Yurigaoka Station pedestrian deck, just outside the Shin-Yurigaoka Station on theOdakyu Line.
For more information please call the Community Promotion Division of the Asao Ward Office – that’s theasao kuyakusho chi-iki shinkō kai (麻生区役所地域振興会) in Japanese – at 0 4 4 – 9 6 5 – 5 3 7 0(374)「市民ミュージアム企画店」について

There’s an exhibition at Kawasaki City Museum until November 30th of the work of a famous Japanesepotter.

The subject is Hamada Shoji (濱田圧司), Living National Treasure.

It has been thirty years since the Kawasaki-born ceramicist passed away.

He was the first human being

to be designated a Living National Treasure.
This artist once said, “I found my path in Kyoto, began my journey in England, studied my craft in
Okinawa, and brought my work to fruition in Mashiko.” The current exhibition takes a look at all thestages of Shoji’s career, and features works by him from all four places.
So don’t miss this chance to see the work of a Living National Treasure with your own eyes.
Admission is 800 yen for adults, 500 yen for high school and college students and for those 65 and older.
People of middle school age and younger are free.
For more information you can call Kawasaki City Museum (called the Kawasaki Shimin Museum, 川崎市民ミュージアム); their phone number is044–754–4500.

(375)「川崎市外国人市民代表者会議オープン会議」について
About 2 percent of the population of Kawasaki, or about thirty thousandpeople, are foreign residents.

In order to make sure their voices are heard

by the city government, and to advance the development of Kawasaki
as a multicultural city, the Kawasaki City Representative Assemblyfor Foreign Residents was set up by municipal ordinance in 1996.
The assembly is made up of 26 Kawasaki residents who do not holdJapanese nationality.

They serve for two-year terms.

The assembly

meets nine times a year, and they discuss various problems related to the lives of foreign residents andissue reports of their deliberations.
Under the slogan, “A city comfortable for foreign residents is a city comfortable for Japanese as well,” the26 members of the 7th Assembly began their work this April.
In addition to the regular meetings, once a year there is an Open Meeting for city residents (foreign orJapanese) to come and express their opinions so that the Assembly may be guided by them.
This year, the Open Meeting is on Sunday December 14th from 2 to 5pm in the large conference room (daikaigi shitsu, 大会議室) in Takatsu Civic Hall (takatsu shimin kan, 高津市民館), in front of Mizonokuchi
Station.
Admission to the Open Meeting is free.
meeting.

No reservations are required, just show up on the day of the(Admission is limited to 200 people, however.)The Open Meeting is an excellent opportunity for Japanese and foreign residents to meet, interact, andexchange ideas.

A large turnout on December 14th is hoped for.

For more information call the Human Rights and Gender Equality Office, Citizens’ and Children’s Affairs
Bureau (the shimin kodomo kyoku jinken danjo kyōdō sankaku shitsu, 市民・こども局人権男女共同参画室in Japanese); their phone number is 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 3 5 9 .

Gyouseishoshi Lawyer Organization is offering the consulting services for foreign residents as thefollowings. Please feel free to come and consult what you are worrying about now.
Contents of Consultation: Visa problem, Extending period of Stay, Changing status of residence,
Naturalization, Permanent visa, Long Term resident visa, Certificate of eligibility,
International marriage/divorce, Extraordinary permit of residence by minister ofJustice, Establishing a company/branch of foreign company, getting licenses forbusiness, etc.
Date & Time: 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm Place: Kawasaki InternationalCenter
Please call 044-955-6657 (Urata Office) or 044-811-2436(Takeshita Office) for further information.
Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
2-2 Kizuki Gion Cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
Tel 044-435-7000 Fax 044-435-7010 Ｅ-mail:kiankawasaki@kian.or.jp HP URL:http://www.kian.or.jp/