（ENGLISH/英語） No.４２
KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION
NEWSThere will be a Speech Contest in Japanese by foreign people. The
event is organized by the Kawasaki International Association. Thepeople taking part in the Speech Contest are foreigners who study Japanesein Kawasaki city’s Japanese classes and also foreign exchange and regular students who study atuniversities and colleges here in Kawasaki. They will give warm and interesting speeches with humour,sometimes with sadness, about the things that make them feel proud about their country and about theirimpressions of Japan.
The Speech Contest will be held Thursday, February 19th from 10:00am to 12:30pm at the Kawasaki
International Center. It’s free to come along and watch the Speech Contest. Also, after the Speech Contest
there will be a party where you can meet and mingle with the speakers. You have to reserve in advanceand pay ¥500 to join this party. You can contact The Kawasaki International Association at 044-435-7000
to apply for the party and also for more information.

“Lunch Time Concert” will be held at the Kawasaki City Hall (Shiyaku-sho) on the 1st floor lobby ofthe Daisan-chosha building of the City Office. The “Lunch Time Concert” will be held on Wednesday
February 18th from 12:15pm to 12:45pm. Ave Maria and other musical pieces will be performed on piano
and with a soprano chorus group.
At the Saiwai Ward Office on the first floor a “Dream Concert” will be held on Thursday, February 19th
from 12:10pm to 12:45pm. Musical pieces, such as “Esashi Oiwake”, will be performed on a Shakuhachibamboo flute.
These concerts are free and open to everybody. Please come along on the day and you will have a goodtime listening to beautiful music.

“The Flower Concert” will be held on the first floor lobby of theTakatsu Ward Office. This concert is on Tuesday ,February 24thfrom 12:10pm to 12:50pm. Students from the Senzoku University of Music
will perform classical pieces of music.
There will also be a lunchtime concert at the Miyamae Ward Office. It is entitled “TheMiyamae Lobby Concert” and it will be held on the 2nd floor lobby on Thursday, February
26th from 12:20pm to 1:00pm. Musical pieces, such as “Yume no Ato ni”, will be performed on
piano and cello.It’s free to come along and listen to these lunchtime concerts so please take thechance to come along and enjoy some good music.

An exhibition, “Domestic Treasures: Our Private Treasures and Mementoes
Inherited” is being held at the Kawasaki City Museum.
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Kawasaki City Museum ,theorganizers of this exhibition invited people from Kawasaki to send in their own
private treasures to show to the public. The private treasures that were submitted will be on display until
March 21st. Also there will be a display of the Civic Museums own collection, based around the treasuresdonated by citizens to the museum.
To view the exhibit costs ¥500 for adults, ¥300 for students, and free for people aged over 65 andJunior High School students.
To go to the Kawasaki City Museum, take the bus from Musashi-kosugi Station and get off at “ShiminMuseum”.

“In Unity 2004”. This is a live music contest that will be held at
Epoch Nakahara (in the Grand Hall) which is located beside theMusashi-nakahara station on the JR Nambu line. The
competing performers are armature bands and dance units from Nakahara ward.
The “In Unity” music competition has been held around this time of year
since 2000. This year, there will be 13 bands, 3 solo singers and 6 dance units who have been selectedfrom many applicants. The unique feature about this event is that the whole event, from the planningstage to the management of the event on the actual day, has all been organized by ordinary citizens whowere chosen by a committee.
The “In Unity 2004” will be held on Sunday,March 7th. The Hall will open from 11:30am and then thefirst part of the contest will start at 12:00 pm and continue on till 2:40pm.
The second part will start at 3:10pm and finish at 6:10pm.
The “In Unity 2004” concert is open to everyone to come along and see and it’s free ,so please come alongon the day and have yourself a fun time.

The “Miyamae Lobby Concert” will be held at the Miyamae Ward Office's 2nd floor lobby on Tuesday
March 16th from 12:20pm to 1:00pm. The performer will be Kawakubo Hidekazu who will be performingon the guitar and vocally. Kawakubo Hidekazu is a regular presenter on the Kawasaki Civic
Broadcasting Radio's FM K-City on the radio at 79.1FM. His program is called “Kawakubo Hidekazu's
Radio Uploader” and it is broadcasted every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from 3:00pm. Pleasecome along and enjoy the concert and or listen to Kawakubo's radio show.

Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
237-1 Kizuki Gion Cho,Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
Tel044-435-7000 Fax044-435-7010 Ｅ-mail:kian@bremen.or.jp HP URL:http://www.bremen.or.jp/kian/