【に ほ ん ご】自治会 【English】 a residents’ association 【Español】 Asociación de vecino                              く                           じょうほうし  さいたま暮らしの情報誌  Information for Living in Saitama CityFolleto	  de	  Información	  de	  Vida	  en	  Saitama
No.  45      (2015.3)

  じ ち か いかにゅう            自治会に加入しましょう  	  	  	  Join a residents’ association.
Vamos a afiliarnos a la asociación de vecinos.
じち かい

自治 会 ってなに？   
かつどう

What is a residents’association?
What sort of activities
does it do?

はっこうもとこうえきしゃだんほうじん

どんな活動 をしている の？  

¿Qué actividades
realiza?

かんこうこくさいきょうかい

こくさいこうりゅう【発行元】	  公 益 社 団 法 人 さいたま観 光 国 際 協 会 （STIB）国 際 交 流 センター	 ばしょ¿Qué es la asociaciónde vecinos?

し う ら わ く ひがしたかさごちょうかい	  	  	  	  	  	  場所：さいたま市浦和区 東 高 砂 町 11-1	  	 コムナーレ 9階 	 	 	 	 	 	 TEL：048-813-8500	  	 FAX：048-887-1505	 	 	 E-mail	 :	 iec@stib.jp	  	 URL	 :	 
http://www.stib.jp/kokusai	 The Saitama Tourism and International Relations Bureau(STIB)International Exchange Center(IEC)【Place】	  	 9th floor of the Comunale Complex, Higashi Takasago-cho 11-1, Urawa-ku, Saitama City
【Publicado por】Buró para el Turismo y las Relaciones Internacionales de Saitama (STIB)
Centro de Intercambio Internacional【Domicilio】
Piso 9 de Comunale, 11.1 Higashi-Takasago-cho, Urawa-ku, Saitama【Published】

【に ほ ん ご】自治会 【English】 a residents’ association 【Español】 Asociación de vecino

Japan has been struck by many disasters even after the Great East Japan Earthquake that   caused
serious damage to the nation. Thus, the importance of a mutually supportive community is realized again.
The foundation of such community is activities of a residents’ association.
A residents’ association systematically conducts various activities in order to create a community in whichpeople can live without anxiety.                                  Its activities to build a community in which people can safely live include;                 	 ☆ Traffic safety・anti-crime activities ☆                   ☆ Disaster prevention activities ☆   preventing traffic accidents,
protecting a community from
crime through anticrime
patrols, and watching
students’ going to and leavingfrom school

holding disaster drills andtraining the operation ofevacuation shelters in
preparation for disasters
such as earthquakes	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 	  ☆ Environmental beautification activities ☆
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	   managing and cleaning
designated pickup areas,and cleaning and planting
flowers in roads or parks☆ Recreational activities ☆ 	 holding festivals or sports
meetings where many people
from children to the elderly
can enjoy and deepen
exchanges☆ Information service activities ☆ 	  	  	  	  	  	 providing community related
information by issueing
residents’association’s public
relations magazines or by
circulating notifications froma city hall

There are more than 850 residents’associations in Saitama City. Each of them carries out activities suited
to its individual needs. A membership fee differs among resident s’associations.
Why don't you join a residents’association and help create a mutually supportive community in whichpeople can live with peace of mind. You can also make friends through recreational activities there. Ask anearby residents’association member about an application.
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