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Zenjimaru Persimmon Wine from Kawasaki
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2005`s Zenjimaru Persimmon Wine is now on sale at alcohol stores within Kawasaki city.
The Zenjimaru persimmons grown at Kakio area here in Kawasaki are said to be the oldest
sweet persimmon in Japan. It is said that the first sweet persimmon tree was discovered during the early part of
the Kamakura Period in and about the area of Kakio. The name Kakio is itself derived from the Japanese wordfor persimmon : “KAKI”.
For over 15 years about 2200 Zenjimaru persimmon trees have been cultivated in the Kakio area. It is about
ten years since the first batch of Zenjimaru Persimmon Wine was released on a trial basis by the Kaki Zenjimaru
Persimmon Conservation Society. It has been on sale since 1997. Each 720 ml bottle of Zenjimaru Persimmon
Wine is produced from about 1 kilogram of persimmon and undiluted white wine.
Kakio Zenjimaru Persimmon Wine is a wine that drinks well, has a distinctive smell and a full body. It has amoderate amout of sweetness that makes it popular with ladies. Last year’s bumper harvest means that 2760
bottles of Zenjimaru Persimmon Wine were bottled. The wine is made with the know-how from the experts atYamanashi Katsunuma Brewery.
The wine bottle itself has a label with a picture of the Zenjimaru Persimmon and is sold in a persimmon
colored box. One bottle costs 1,300 yen. You can buy it at the JA Keizai Center or at liquor stores in the Western
district of Kawasaki.
For more details please phone the Kakio branch of JA Sales Kawasaki at 044-988-1131.
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Building a Museum to Fujiko F. Fujio
There is a plan to build an exhibition museum in order to display the lifetime works of Fujiko F. Fujio.
Fujiko F. Fujio was a manga artist who created and wrote famous comics such as “DORAEMON” and“PAAMAN”. He passed away at the age of 62 in 1996 having spent about 40 years living in Tama ward.
In 1999 his family kindly donated Fujiko F. Fujio’s original artwork and drawings to Kawasaki City. With thehelp of Fujiko Productions and other people concerned Kawasaki City held discussions on how to best usethese drawings. Based on the wishes of Fujiko F. Fujio’s family that the artwork should be introduced anddisplayed to the general public in an area of natural greenery and beauty it was decided that the best place to doso would be to locate the museum on the former site of Mukogaoka-yuen Amusement Park and the location is in
Tama Ward’s Ikuta Ryokuchi Green Area which is close to where Fujiko F. Fujio lived. It is estimated that themuseum will open within 5 years.
The building of the museum and the management of the copyright to the art will be in the hands of private
individual such as the Fujiko Productions. The site of the museum, the building itself and the day to day
running of the museum will be organized by Kawasaki. On display will be the table and work equipment thatFujiko F. Fujio used as well as a selection from 40,000 drawings that he drew.
The temporary name for the museum is the "Fujiko F. Fujio Art Works". An appeal for another name is being
looked into at the moment. The plan to build the "Fujiko F. Fujio Art Works" is part of a city plan to create
attractions in Kawasaki that will have worldwide appeal. It will add to the other attractions in Ikuta Ryokuchi suchas the Okamoto Taro Museum.

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Saiwai Ward Office in Kawasaki has issued two pamphlets recently.
The first document that Saiwai Ward has issued is to do with advice about early schooling. It is aimed atexpectant mothers and guardians of pre-school children. The title of this pamphlet is " Check it out !
Info on Raising Kids in Happy Saiwai" ( in Japanese it is " (Miru) Ko-Sodate Joho Saiwai").
This pamphlet is in fold-up type pamphlet . It displays photographs of elementary schools on one side of thepage and on the other photos from infant play areas and pre-schools. You can get to know about theatmosphere of child care related places in Saiwai Ward such as the pre-schools and the Child Culture Center.
Photographs showing lessons, school lunches and events, information on the events held at Saiwai Ward’s 14
public elementary schools as well as information on how to arrange on visits to pre-schools in order to checkthem out are all contained on this pamphlet.
This pamphlet is published twice every year and is freely available at Saiwai Ward Office, Saiwai Shiminkan
and other institutions.
If you would like more information please contact the General Support Officer (Sogo Shien Tanto) at Saiwai
Ward Office. The phone number to call is 044-556-6693.
The next is a leaflet called "A Letter from Puppy-Dog" ( in Japanese "WANKO KARA-NO TEGAMI").
This explains in an easy to understand way the behaviour of dogs and ways to take care of your dog. It is written
in the way that a puppy would write to its owner. It has handy notes and good ideas for dog owners. It explains
hints such as "you should first let a dog sniff the lower part of your hand and then start to stroke the dog from itsshoulder". Cute illustrations show how to handle and discipline your dog.
The pamphlet also advises on the toilet manners for your dog when you go for a walk with him or her. Over all
the pamphlet aims to improve dog keeping manners for owners.
The pamphlet is in an A5 sized 14paged booklet form. It is freely available at most public institutions in SaiwaiWard. It is also on the city homepage.
For more details please contact the Health and Medical Section of Saiwai Ward Office at 044-556-6681.

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