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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(382)「川崎・しんゆり芸術祭」について
From April 24th to May 10th, a period centering around Golden Week, ‘Shinyuri, Town ofthe Arts’ will be host to Arte Ricca Shinyuri 2009.

Nine venues in the area aroundShin-Yurigaoka Station will have things going on during this festival of the performing
arts.
“Arte Ricca” means, in Italian, “rich in art”, and this aptly describes Shinyuri during thisfestival.

The Teatro del Giglio Showa in the Showa Academia Musicae will hold performances of theopera Yuzuru (夕鶴 : The Twilight Heron) and of Hayashiya Shozo (林家正蔵) and Sayama Masahiro (佐山雅弘) doing something they call ‘jazz rakugo’. The Art Center Arterio Movie Theatre, local movie houses,
and the Japan Academy of Moving Images will also have things going on.

In all, ninedifferent venues will screen films or hold performances of music, plays, musicals, kyogen
comedy, et cetera.
Tickets are selling well, so by all means get yours today.

To do so, or to get more

information about Arte Ricca, call the special ticket number of the executive committee
for the festival (the Kawasaki Shinyuri geijutsusai 2009 jikkō i-in kai senyō diaru: 川崎・しんゆり芸術祭 2009 実行委員会専用ダイヤル ) at 0 4 4 – 9 5 2 – 5 0 2 4 .

Or you cango to the website for the event, at www.artericca-shinyuri.com(383)「東京交響楽団の川崎名曲全集」についてEvery year Kawasaki City’s franchise orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, holds a very popularseries of concerts known as “Meikyoku” (名曲) at Musa Kawasaki Symphony Hall. And the 2009 – 2010season of the Meikyoku series is set toTicket packs for five concerts in theon January 22nd, and tickets

begin on Wednesday April 29th.
first half of the series went on sale to the publicforindividual

concerts

will

becomeavailable from February 5th.
This is an excellent chance tohear music that’s very easy to like,

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Symphony Orchestra, in the world-class venue of Musa Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
You can sign up for tickets in person at the concert hall itself, or by calling the Tokyo Symphony Ticket
Center at 0 4 4 – 5 2 0 – 1 5 1 1 .
For additional information about tickets or the performance schedule you can check the website of Musa
Kawasaki Symphony Hall: www.kawasaki-sym-hall.jp Or you can telephone the concert hall at 0 4 4 – 5 20–0200.

(384)「外国人市民による日本語スピーチコンテスト」について
A Japanese-language speech contest for foreigners is to be held right here in Kawasaki
City.

It’s called the “gaikokujin shimin ni yoru nihongo speech contest” (外国人市民による日本語スピーチコンテスト), and it will take place on Saturday February 14th, from
10am to half past noon.

The place is the Kawasaki International Center, orKawasaki-shi kokusai kōryū center (川崎市国際交流センター).
People from overseas who have been in Japan for less than five years will speak about their experiencesin this country, or tell us about their own homelands, or just say whatever it is they have to say. You don’t
need a ticket to go and hear the speakers, but the audience is limited to 200 people, so go early to makesure you get a seat.
After the contest itself there will be a reception for the contestants and the audience.
Anybody can attend, but you do have to get a ticket at least one day in advance whichcosts 500 yen.
Tickets to the reception are available from the Kawasaki International Association,or Kawasaki kokusai kōryū kyōkai (川崎国際交流協会); their phone number is 4 3 5 – 7000.

Or their fax number is 4 3 5 – 7 0 1 0 .

For more information you can also callthe Kawasaki Contact Center Municipal Information Hotline, also known as “Thank You
Call Kawasaki”, at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 3 9 3 9 .

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 Place: Kawasaki InternationalCenter
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/