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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(268)「かわさき生活ガイド」についてThis week we are pleased to announce the publication of the 2006 – 2007 edition of thecomprehensive guide to living in Kawasaki City.
The booklet, called “KAWASAKI SEIKATSU GAIDO”, contains information on all kinds of city
services and public facilities. It’s packed full of features: there’s a map of places of interest to families
with children, info on crime and disaster prevention measures, a list of hospitals and clinics, and lots ofother useful things. In addition, there’s information on specialty products from Kawasaki.
This single publication gives you access to all kinds of useful information, and helps you rediscover
the charm of Kawasaki City.
The guide is being distributed for free at ward offices, civic halls, libraries and similar places.
For details please call the Kawasaki City Office of Marketing and Public Relations (the SHIMIN-KYOKU“City Sales” KOUHOU-SHITSU in Japanese) at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 2 8 3 .

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保育所の入所案内についてApplications are now being accepted for children to start attending nursery school in April of 2007.
If your child is already on a waiting list for a nursery school for 2006, you will receive documents needed
for the application for next year in the mail.
The deadline for the application is January 12, 2007; you need to get your completed application into the local Health and Welfare Center – at your Ward office – or Regional Health and Welfare Station bythat date.
If you want to enroll your child in nursery school for the ‘07-‘08 school year, please contact theWelfare Center nearest you for more information. The phone numbers for the Centers follow:
Kawasaki Ward Health and Welfare Center, 0 4 4 – 2 0 1 – 3 2 8 7Daishi Regional Health and Welfare Station, 0 4 4 – 2 7 1 – 0 1 5 0
Tajima Regional, 0 4 4 – 3 2 2 – 1 9 8 4
Saiwai Ward, 0 4 4 – 5 5 6 – 6 6 8 8Nakahara Ward, 0 4 4 – 7 4 4 – 3 2 6 3
Takatsu Ward, 0 4 4 – 8 6 1 – 3 2 5 0
Miyamae Ward, 0 4 4 – 8 5 6 – 3 2 5 9Tama Ward, 0 4 4 – 9 3 5 – 3 2 9 7
Asao Ward, 0 4 4 – 9 6 5 – 5 1 5 8

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登戸行政サービスコーナー開設について

A new Administrative Service Corner is going to open up very soon in Noborito, Tama Ward.
The office, called the NOBORITO GYOUSEI SAHBISU KOHNAA in Japanese, will open to thepublic on the first of December of this year. It will be open early in the mornings and late in theevenings on weekdays, and will also be open on Saturday and Sunday. It will be able to issue copies ofyour resident registration, seal registration certificate, certificate of registered items in the resident
registry, and various other official documents.
There will also be sightseeing maps of Tama and Asao Wards, a computer on which you can searchfor places of interest in Kawasaki City, etc. You’ll also be able to return books borrowed from city libraries
here.
The Noborito Administrative Service Corner will be right in front of the ticket gates of JR Noborito
Station. It will be open from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM Monday thrugh Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, and9 AM to 1 PM on Sunday.
For more information please call the Citizen Affairs Bureau, District Promotion Section (theSHIMIN KYOKU CHI-IKI SEIKATSU KA in Japanese) at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 2 6 0.

New Counseling Services for non-Japanese will start in October, 2006 at the two ward offices. The
same services will continue to be provided at the Kawasaki International Center. The schedule ofconsultation services are as follows:
Asao Ward OfficeLanguage

Day

Kawasaki Ward OfficeHour＊ Language

ChineseTuesday

9:30-12:00＊

ChineseTagalog

Wednesday

14:00-16:30＊ Tagalog

EnglishThursday9:30-12:00＊

EnglishDay

Hour

Tuesday

14:00-16:30

Wednesday 9:30-12:00
Thursday

14:00-16:30

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