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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(331)「かわさき花ごよみ展」についてWithin the Kawasaki city limits there are quite a few places to go to enjoy
beautiful flowers or the other gifts of bountiful nature.

Right now you can see

some of them in a photography exhibition called KAWASAKI HANA GOYOMI(かわさき花ごよみ), or “A Floral Calendar of Kawasaki”.

It features photos of the seasonal flowers andgreenery of our fair city, including the cherry trees which have been favorites ofphotographers for manyyears now.
From January 30th to February 3rd the exhibition will be at the Kawasaki City Museum, and fromFebruary 19th to the 24th it will be at Art Garden Kawasaki in Kawasaki Ward.
The Kawasaki City Museum is a 10-minute bus ride from Musashi-Kosugi Station; get off at the SHIMINMUSEUM MAE (市民ミュージアム前) bus stop.
East exit of JR Kawasaki Station.

Art Garden Kawasaki is just a 2-minute walk from theAt either place, admission to the exhibition is free.

For more information you can call “k – press” at 0 3 – 3 4 3 0 – 6 6 1 7 .

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ホームタウンスポーツの応援について
The NEC Red Rockets, a women’s volleyball team and one of Kawasaki City’sHometown Sports Promotion Partner teams, is really showing what it can doin the ‘V-league’.

So, why not come out and cheer them on?

Two more games in the march towards the national championship are to takeplace on Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th of February in Todoroki Arena inNakahara Ward.
The NEC Red Rockets will play the Okayama Seagulls on the 16th, and the Takefuji
Bamboo on the 17th.

Please come out and cheer for your hometown team!

Tickets are now on sale through Ticket Pia.
For more information you can call the Sports Section of the Kawasaki City Education Committee (calledthe KYO-IKU I-IN KAI SPORTS KA, 教育委員会スポーツ課, in Japanese); their phone number is044–200–3245.

(333)「市民ミュージアム企画展」について

An exhibit of Japanese comic book art is coming soon to the Kawasaki Museumof Art!

It begins on Saturday February 16th, and it’s called “Shojo Manga! GirlPower!” in English, or SHOUJO MANGA PAWAA!

TSUYOKU, YASASHIKU,UTSUKUSHIKU (少女漫画パワー！つよく・やさしく・うつくしくー) in Japanese.
The exhibit features the work of twenty – three manga artists who have beenespecially influential in the genre of comics for girls, including Tezuka Osamu,Ikeda Riyoko and CLAMP, among others.

The 100 artworks on display, some of them the originals, makeit clear why girls’ comics in Japan are so appealing to so many.
Admission is 800 yen for adults, 500 yen for high school or college students and those 65 years of age orover.

Elementary and junior high school students get in free.

The Kawasaki City Museum is about 10 minutes by bus from Musashi-Kosugi station; get out at theSHIMIN MUSEUM MAE (市民ミュージアム前) bus stop.
Questions may be directed to the Kawasaki City Museum; their phone number is 0 4 4 – 7 5 4 – 4 5 0 0 .

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 statusof residence, Naturalization, Permanent visa, Long Term resident visa, Certificate ofeligibility, International marriage/divorce, Extraordinary permit of residence byminister of Justice, Establishing a company/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/