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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(361)「第 79 回都市対抗野球大会」について
A baseball team from Kawasaki City is going to be in the 79th Intercity BaseballChampionship Series, or DAI NANAJŪKYŪ KAI TOSHI TAIKŌ YAKYŪ TAIKAI.
Held every summer, this is the championship tournament which determines who isthe best amateur baseball team in all of Japan.

the32 teams which have made it throughqualifying rounds will battle it out in Tokyo Dome in game after exciting game.

This year, Kawasaki’s Sports Promotion Partner team, Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki, is in the tournament.
This powerful team has won the championship on three occasions already.
The 79th Intercity Baseball Championship Series is scheduled to be played in Tokyo Dome over 12 days
beginning on Friday August 29th.
Kawasaki’s team, Mitsubishi Fuso Kawasaki, will play Kitakyushu’s team, JR Kyushu, in the 3rd game onSunday, August 31st.
So come on out and support your hometown team as they strive for victory in Tokyo Dome.
For more information you can call the Citizens’ and Children’s Affairs Bureau, Office ofCity Marketing and Public Relations, or SHIMIN KODOMO-KYOKU ‘CITY SALES’KŌHŌ SHITSU (市民・こども局シティセールス・広報室), at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 2 4 5 .

(362)「2008 川崎国際多摩川マラソン大会」について
The call for participants has been issued for the 2008 KAWASAKI KOKUSAITAMAGAWA MARATHON.

The races will be run on Sunday November the 16th, but if

you’d like to participate the time to sign up is now.

This year the start and end points of

the races will be the top-class track and field facility known as Todoroki Athletics
Stadium.
There are four events to choose from: the half marathon, the 10-kilometer run, the 3-kilometer run,and the parent-child 1-kilometer run.

Everybody who runs will get a T-shirt, and everyone who makes itto the end of their race will get a certificate of their official time with a photograph of themselves crossing
the finish line.
For more detailed information there’s a pamphlet with application guidelines which you can pickup at ward offices, civic halls, libraries and places like that.
September the 19th.

The deadline for applying is Friday,Wouldn’t it be nice to take a run in the fresh autumn breeze of the Tamagawa River?
For inquiries or to apply, call the KAWASAKI KOKUSAI TAMAGAWA MARATHON ENTRY
CENTER (川崎国際多摩川マラソンエントリーセンター) at 0 3 – 3 7 1 4 – 7 9 2 4 .

(363)「秋の動物園まつり」について
Yumemigasaki Zoological Park’s annual fall festival is coming up soon!
The festival, called AKI NO DŌBUTSUEN MATSURI, will be held on Tuesday September 23rd from 10amto 3pm.

This happens to be a public holiday in Japan: Shūbun no hi (秋分の日), the Autumn Equinox Day.

On this day the keepers will be your Relay Guides, explaining the special characteristics of the animals
they take care of.

There will be a ‘hands-on corner’ where you can touch a specimen of deer horn, forexample, or feed some of the animals yourself. There will be a petting zoo, and many other things to do atthe festival.

And admission is free.

So why not come on out and meet all the cuteanimals?
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theYumemigasaki Zoological Parkby taking a city bus from thewest exit of

Station and getting off at a stopcalledDŌBUTSU KŌEN MAE” (夢見ヶ崎動物公園前).

JR Kawasaki“YUMEMIGASAKI

Otherwise it’s a 20-minute walk from JR Kashimada

Station, or a 15-minute walk from JR Shin-Kawasaki Station.
Please note that visitors WILL NOT be able to park their cars at the zoo.

So, please use public

transportation to attend the fall festival at the zoo.
For more information you can call the Yumemigasaki Zoological Park; their phone number is 0 4 4 – 5 8 8–4030.

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 a company/branch of foreign company, getting licenses for business, etc.
Date & Time: 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm Place: Kawasaki International
CenterPlease 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/