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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(358)「ヒロシマ・ナガサキ原爆展」について

The Kawasaki Peace Museum is now hosting an exhibition about the atomicbomb.
The exhibition is called “Hiroshima / Nagasaki Genbaku Ten”, and it willcontinue through Sunday August 31st.

The museum is open from 9am to 5pm

Tuesdays through Sundays; it is closed on Mondays and on Tuesday, August 19th.
The exhibition takes up the theme of the two atomic bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima andNagasaki during the Second World War.

Put together cooperatively by the cities of Hiroshima andNagasaki, the exhibition includes a number of panels with information and photos about the bombings.
There are also reproductions of pictures of the bombings and their aftermath made by the residents of
those cities, as well as other exhibits.
The exhibition is another opportunity for us to once again reflect upon the horrors of war and thepreciousness of peace.
The Kawasaki Peace Museum (川崎市平和館) is an eight-minute walk from Musashi-Kosugi Station. For
more information you can call 0 4 4 – 4 3 3 – 0 1 7 1 .

(359)「市民をスーパー陸上にご招待」についてThis week we have a way for you to get free tickets to a big track and field event in Kawasaki City.
The meet is called SUPER RIKUJŌ 2008 KAWASAKI (スーパー陸上 2008 川崎), or “Super Meet” inEnglish, and it’s happening at Todoroki

Athletics Stadium on Tuesday the 23rd of September.

(This happens to be a national holiday:

Shūbun no Hi, 秋 分 の 日 , the Autumn

Equinox Day.)

from the Beijing Olympics will be among theMedalists and finalists

competitors at this noteworthy

event.

And 300 tickets are to be given

away to people who live, work orstudy in Kawasaki City.

To apply for a free ticket you

would write your name, age, and phone

number on a reply-paid postcard

and send it to: Board of Education, Sports

Division; Kawasaki City, postal

code 210-8577.

The card must be received

by Friday the 22nd of August to be valid, so don’t delay. Up to two persons may apply for free tickets on
one reply-paid postcard.
Wouldn’t you like to watch top-class athletes as they bound towards victory? This September, on the day

of the Autumn Equinox, you could be doing just that.
If you have any questions you can call the Board of Education, Sports Division (known as the KYŌIKUI-IN KAI SUPŌTSU KA, 教育委員会スポーツ課, in Japanese) at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 3 3 2 2 .

(360)「岡本太郎美術館企画展」について

An exhibition currently at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art explores the influence of Korea
upon the famous artist from Kawasaki.
It’s called “Korea Through Taro Okamoto’s Eyes 1964, 1977” (岡本太郎が見た韓国 1964・1977)
and it’s running until Sunday, September the 28th.
In 1964, and again in 1977, Taro Okamoto visited Korea.

The current exhibition follows inthe artist’s footsteps as he meets Korean people and learns about their culture and lifestyle,becoming deeply impressed with both.

On display are about 70 photographs Okamoto took while in Korea

along with masks and other folk objects from that country.

Together with related works of art by Taro

Okamoto, there are about 200 items in total.
So come on out to the lush greenery of Ikuta Park to the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, and see Korea
through the artist’s eyes.
The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki is about a 17-minute walk from
Mukogauka-Yuen Station on the Odakyu Line.
For more information you can phone the museum, called the OKAMOTO TARŌBIJUTSUKAN (岡本太郎美術館) in Japanese, at 0 4 4 – 9 0 0 – 9 8 9 8Gyouseishoshi 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 a company/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/