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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(316)
川崎駅周辺で行われる秋祭りについて
This week we have three fall festivals to announce, all taking place in the areaaround Kawasaki Station.
They’re happening over two days, Saturday October 20th and Sunday October 21st,
between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. They’re called “Iijan-kawasaki” （いいじゃんかわさき）、 “Ren-ren-ren tsunagou Kawasaki” ( 連連連つなごうかわさき)and “Ginryugai –Ginzagai Aki Matsuri” (銀柳街・銀座街秋祭り).
“Iijan-kawasaki” is happening in and around Higashida Park in Higashidacho, Kawasaki Ward. Thelocal shopping district is holding several events, including a stamp rally and a parade.

“Ren-ren-rentsunagou Kawasaki” will be held in the parking lot in front of Kawasaki City Office Building Number One.
It will feature an exhibition of Kawasaki’s industrial heritage, a robot festival, and so forth.

“Ginryugai –Ginzagai Aki Matsuri” will be held inside the Ginryugai and Ginzagai shopping arcades in front ofKawasaki Station.

There will be charity events, an exhibition of artwork by local elementary schoolstudents, and other things going on.
So come on out and see what’s happening at the fall festivals this year in the area around Kawasaki
Station.
Questions about any of these events may be directed to the Economic Affairs Bureau, Commerce andTourism Section, which in Japanese is the KEIZAI-KYOKU SHO-GYO KANKO KA (経済局商業観光課);
their phone number is 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 3 5 6 .

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カワサキハロウィーン ２００７
This huge Halloween event is happening this year from Saturday October 20th toSunday October 28th in the area around La Cittadella, on the East side of JRKawasaki Station.
During the week of

Kawasaki Halloween 2007 the shopping district around

La Cittadella will play host to numerous events, including a face-painting andspecial makeup booth, an anime character show and performance, and more.
The main event will be the Halloween parade on Sunday the 28th: over 3,000 people
are expected to show up in monster costumes to parade around the Kawasaki Station area.
For a detailed schedule of events, or for any questions concerning this festival,
Kawasaki Halloween Project at 0 4 4 – 2 3 3 – 1 9 3 4 .

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第３０回かわさき市民まつりについて
This large festival will take place over three days, from Friday November
2nd to Sunday November 4th, in and around Fujimi Park in Kawasaki
Ward.
The festival site will be divided into five sections:

FURUSATOKORYU HIROBA ( ふ る さ と 交 流 広 場 ) or “regional exchange plaza”;
OMATSURI HIROBA (おまつり広場) or “festival plaza”; FUREAI HIROBA (ふれあい広場) or “meetingplaza”; ASOBI NO HIROBA (あそびの広場) or “play plaza”; and KENKOU NO HIROBA (健康の広場) or“health plaza”.

Each section will have a number of things going on, such as musical performances,product exhibitions, food and drink, and so forth.
On Saturday November 3rd, starting at 11o’clock, there will be a parade featuring portable shrines,unicycles and more.
Further, while the festival is going on the Kawasaki City Gymnasium near there will be converted into aplanetarium. The Megastar II projector will clearly and vividly display four point one million stars and willallow you to see the night sky like you’ve never seen it before.

In addition, on Sunday the 4th there will bea Doraemon show especially for the young ones.
Fujimi Park is about a 15 minute walk from either the JR Kawasaki Station or the Keikyu Kawasaki
Station.
Questions about the Kawasaki Citizens’ Festival can be directed to the Citizen Affairs Bureau, Citizen
Cultural Affairs Office, or SHIMIN-KYOKU SHIMIN BUNKA SHITSU (市民局市民文化室) in Japanese;
their phone number is 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 3 0 8 .

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 of Justice, Establishing acompany/branch of foreign company, getting licenses for business, etc.
A: Date & Time: 1st Saturday, from 2:00pm-4:00pm (Sept/1, Oct/6, Nov/3, Dec/1)
Place: Kanagawa Volunteer Support Center
B: Date & Time: 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm (Aug/19,Sept/16, Oct/21, Nov/18, Dec/16)
Place: Kawasaki International Center
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/