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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATIONNEWSKawasaki City runs three holiday resorts in three different locations including
Hakone. They are available for use at a reasonable price to people who live ,workor study here in Kawasaki City. The following is information on the three resorts.
The "Midori Sanso" resort at Hakone. To get there, take the Hakone Tozan Tetsudo Railway Line fromOdawara Station and get off at Oohiradai Station. "Midori Sanso" is a 5-minute walk from Oohiradai
Station. This resort has natural hot spring baths (onsen). Altogether there are 16 rooms where up to 70people can stay.
The "Akagawa-So" citizens resort in East Izu Take the Izu-Kyuko Line to Kataseshirata Station anda courtesy bus is available and is just 5 minutes away. The Akagawa Sanso has baths with natural hot
spring water. There are 16 rooms with space for up to 68 people.
The "Shimin-Kyuka-Mura" (Citizens Resort Village) in Yatsugadake .In order to get there, take theJR Chuo-honsen Line and get off at Kobuchisawa Station and then take a courtesy bus in about 20
minutes. "Shimin-Kyuka-Mura" is on a plateau and you can look off at the Southern Alps in thedistance . There aren’t hot springs at the "Shimin-kyuka-Mura", but there are lots of Hot Springs in thearea easily available to get to in a daytrip rom the resort.
The daily charge for the resorts varies from ¥4200 to ¥5000 for adults, including Junior High Schoolstudents. For children from 3 years old to elementary school students the price varies from ¥3900 to¥4600.
To use the citizens resorts you must pay through the Fureai Net system. For more information aboutthe Fureai Net tune in next week . Go along and have a nice relaxing time at any of the resorts.

In order to to reserve or use Kawasaki City facilities such as the Citizens Resorts.
you must register with this Fureai Net System.
You can get the necessary documents at your nearest ward office, Shiminkan andso on. Please fill in these documents with the revel vent information and complete
the procedures for organizing bank transfer payments and return all the documents to the ward office.
Then a Fureai Net user card will be issued to you. Then using this user card you can apply to reservea Kawasaki facility on a particular day and time by merely using your computer, a push-system phoneor any of the special terminals located at ward offices etc. Then, a few days later, a computerized lottery
will select the people who will be allowed to use a particular facility. In the case where the facilities areavailable they can be used on a first come first served basis, depending on the results of the lottery.
For a more detailed explanation of the Fureai Net System ,please read the Fureai Net pamphlet
available at your local ward office, Shiminkan etc or telephone the Fureai Net Unyo Center at044-200-8416.
When you register with the Fureai Net you can use the Kawasaki City Citizens resorts and otherfacilities at a reasonable price. Also you will be able to reserve meeting rooms or sports facilities at theShiminkan etc.

The Kawasaki City Museum was opened in 1988 under the theme of "The Cityand the People". Along with speciaal exhibits and temporary exhibits there arealso permanent exhibits on show. Among the permanent exhibits you can see
the Hamada Shoji's collection, a special exhibit room and a folk history
exhibit space. With the theme of "Water and the Community" the folk history exhibit space displays
different forms and periods of Kawasakis history along the Tama River.
This exhibit is divided into 6 sections, the first being " Water of The Villages". Here you can see how
life was like at a farming village on the banks of the Tama River where the growing of rice was the basisof village life. In the "Hostel and Travel" section you can view a replica model of the Edo period
Kawasaki Hostel. At the "City and Water section you can see visual images of the existence of waterfrom an urban and from a humans point of view. The other sections are "Water and Life Style", "TheRiver and Burial Culture" and "Tama River and the Village".
Also at the Kawasaki City Museum you can use the Video Library to view a wide variety of videos freeof charge.
The Kawasaki City Museum is located in the center of the Todoroki Green Area. It’s a 10-minute ridefrom Musahi-kosugi Station. The cost for viewing the permanent exhibits is ¥500 for adults, ¥300 for
students and free for those over 65 years old or under Middle School age students. The Kawasaki City
Museum is closed on Mondays, but if Monday is a national holiday then it will be open on the Monday
but will close the following day.
Please discover more about the history of Kawasaki and see some interesting art at the Kawasaki CityMuseum.

Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
237-1 Kizuki Gion Cho,Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
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