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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION「日本の伝統行事おもちつき」

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On Sunday the 23rd of December, the Emperor’s Birthday, the Kurokawa Youth Outdoor Activity
Center will host an “o-mochitsuki”, or rice-cake-making, starting at 10 in the morning.
The fee to participate in the mochi-pounding is 400 yen per person, and that includes one pack of mochi, aserving of “kenchin-jiru” vegetable stew, and insurance.
At the same event you’ll have the chance to try “takeuma” stilts, games with spinning tops, and othertraditional Japanese games.

There will also be a crafts booth where you can make a “shimekazari” New

Year’s decoration out of straw and paper, or other things. And of course there will be food: Japanesevegetable chowder, “ishi-yaki-imo” which are sweet potatoes baked in hot pebbles, et cetera.
For the games and the crafts, when you get to the event you’ll need to sign up for the ones you want to try.
And if you want to pound the rice cakes, you’ll have to make a reservation for that in advance.
The Kurokawa Youth Outdoor Activity Center, known as the KUROKAWA SEISHO-NEN YAGAI
KATSUDO SENTAA (黒川青少年野外活動センター) in Japanese, is about a 3 – minute walk fromKurokawa Station on the Odakyu Tama Line.
For reservations, or if you have any questions, please call the Kurokawa Youth Outdoor Activity Center at
044–986–2511.

アメリカンフットボール X ボウル市民招待について(323)

The American Football X Bowl will be played on Monday, December 17th at Tokyo Dome.

Kickoff isscheduled for 7pm.
The X Bowl is the game that determines which Japanese professional American football team is number
one in Japan.

The team that wins here will go on to play the top college teamin Japan in the Rice Bowl on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008.
Kawasaki City is going to make tickets to the X Bowl available to five
thousand Kawasaki residents.

If you’d like a ticket, on game day report toGate 22 at Tokyo Dome.
If you have any questions you can call the General Planning Bureau, Urban
Management Department (called the SOGO KIKAKU KYOKU TOSHIKEIEI-BU, 総合企画局都市経営部 in Japanese); their phone number is044–200–2347.

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川崎市観光写真コンクール作品の募集について
The Kawasaki City Tourism Photography Competition is putting out its
Call for Submissions.
The theme of this year’s competition is “The Essence of Kawasaki In OurHearts”.

The organizers are looking for images that express the particularcharm of Kawasaki City.

So, pictures of natural scenery, urban scenes,

traditional events, festivities – any kind of photo that shows part of whatmakes Kawasaki City special would be suitable.
Entry is limited to original photographs which were taken inside Kawasaki City and which have not been
published elsewhere.

Prints should be 25.4 by 30.5 centimeters, or 25.4 by 36.8 centimeters. Kawasaki

City retains the copyright to winning photos. Pictures submitted cannot be returned.
To enter, mail your photos by January 31, 2008 to the Commerce and Tourism Division, Economic Affairs
Bureau of Kawasaki City, postal code 210-8577.

On the back of the photo you need to include thefollowing information: your name, address and telephone number (including the furigana for your name);
your age and occupation (or the name of your school if you are a student); the title of the picture, where andwhen it was taken, and whether it is a digital or film photograph.
For more information you can call the Commerce and Tourism Division, Economic Affairs Bureau ofKawasaki City (in Japanese it’s the KAWASAKI-SHI KEIZAI-KYOKU SHOGYO-KANKO-KA, 川崎市経済局商業観光課) at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 3 2 7 .
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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.
Date & Time: 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm (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/