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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION

223（総合コンタクトセンターについて）This General Contact Center, "Thank you for calling Kawasaki" Service has been running sinceNovember 2005. Its purpose is to answer various questions about Kawasaki, to take your opinions,consult with you about matters related to Kawasaki, its administrative systems, different municiple
procedures, facilities, events that might be happening and so on. The "Thank you for calling Kawasaki"
Service is also offered in English. If they are unable to answer your question straight away they will thenlook up the information and call you back afterwards.
The "Thank you for calling Kawasaki" service is only capable of answering your questions.
The phone number is 044-200-3939.
This service is available is 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday, except Saturdays, Sundays, national
holidays during the year-end and New Year holidays .
It is also possible to fax, email or post your questions to this service.
The fax number is 044-200-3900.
The e-mail address is www.contact.city.kawasaki.jp
Another source of information about Kawasaki is the Kawasaki City homepage. If you can find thishomepage you should see an icon for frequently asked questions. Click on this and you will be able to readup on things like legal procedures, national health insurance, family register information and so on.
For more details please phone the Citizens Information Counter at the Sogo Bureau at 044-200-2291.

224（子供の音楽祭典について）
The Children’s Music Ceremony will be held at the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall on Sunday,
January 22nd, 2006. The reason for holding this Children’s Music Ceremony is to give the children ofKawasaki, who are the bearers of the future, the chance to enjoy music and help raise them to always
enjoy music. The idea is based on the "Music Town, Kawasaki" promotional campaign.The Children’sMusic Ceremony is divided into two parts : the "Children’s Music Contest" section and the "Attraction"section. In the "Children’s Music Contest" there will be (announcements of) music performances under
the themes of "The Fun of Music" by elementary school children, "Progress in Musical Ability" by juniorhigh school students and "Musical Expressions" by high school students.
The "Attraction" part of the Children’s Music Ceremony is the special performance of the piece "The
Tune of Kawasaki" which won the top prize of the "Music Town, Kawasaki" theme music competition thatwas held amongst citywide elementary, junior high and high school students.
Furthermore, a march version of " March, The Tune of Kawasaki" will be performed for the first time by
the Young Kawasaki Joyful Band. So please try come to this Children’s Music Festival at MUZA
Kawasaki. It really helps children to grow up realizing the fun of music.
All tickets to this event cost 1000 yen. Tickets may be bought through Ticket Pia.
For more details about Children’s Music Ceremony, please contact the Education Committee at044-200-3243.

225（ドッグラン施設整備）
A new dog-run facility currently being set up by Kawasaki City for dog owners and their dogs is an area
where people can walk their dogs without having to keep their doggie on a lead.
The dog-run area is now in the process of being built at Higashi-Ougishima Park in Kawasaki Ward andis expected to be finished by March 2008.
The dog-run is being built on the same spot as one of the joint projects by Kawasaki City and theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport , which will be used as a disaster prevention supply point
facility at the same time.
This dog-run park is the first public facility of its type in Kawasaki City and it is being built inaccordance with the demand from the increasing number of dog owners in Kawasaki City. Researching
the conditions of the park, the opinions of the dog owners and the people in the vicinity, there were too
many difficulties and problems to build up a dog run park newly in an existing ordinary public park.
Higashi-Ougishima Park is at the seafront area of Kawasaki. It is a 16hectare area of reclaimed landthat is being used for camping, sporting, and so on.
A part of this park is also to be used as a relay base for emergency supplies to the Tokyo area in theevent of a big disaster and has been set up an area for rescue dogs to stand by and to have a drinking
water supply, which place will be used as a dog-run park in normal times. There will be a fence enclosing
an area of 1,800 square meters. It will be free to use and will officially open in April 2008.
For more details please telephone the Bayside Bureau at 044-200-3061.

We, Gyouseishoshi Lawyer, offer foreign residents the consulting services on the following.

◆Contents of Consultation
Visa problem, Extending period of stay, Changing status of residence, Certificate of eligibility,
International marriage/divorce, Extraordinary permit of residence by Minister of Justice,Establishing a company/branch of foreign company, Getting licenses for business, etc.
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Date: 1st Saturday from 2:00P.M. to 4:00P.M.
Place: Kanagawa Volunteer Support Center2-24-2 Tsuruya-cho, Kanagawa ward Yokohama-shiBDate: 3rd Sunday from 2:00P.M. to 4:00P.M.
Place: Kawasaki International Center
2-2 Kizuki Gioncho Nakahara ward Kawasaki-shi
2006 Schedule: January 15 (Sunday)
February 19 (Sunday)
March 19 (Sunday)

Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
2-2 Kizuki Gion Cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-0033

Kawasaki International Center

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