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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(340)「日本語学級」についてJapanese language classes have been set up in Kawasaki City for the benefit of foreign nationals andreturnees who live and/or work here in Kawasaki.

Here students can learn and refine the conversation,

reading and writing skills necessary for daily life in Japan.

Designed to be enjoyable and interesting, theclasses also cover everyday customs and manners.
These are one-year courses which run from April of 2008 to March of 2009, held in civic halls and similarplaces.

For details about classes in your area, or to sign up to attend, please contact the venue nearestyou:
Education Culture Hall （教育文化会館） 2 3 3 – 6 3 6 1
Saiwai Civic Hall （幸市民館）5 4 1 – 3 9 1 0Nakahara Civic Hall （中原市民館） 7 2 2 – 7 1 7 1
Takatsu Civic Hall （高津市民館） 8 8 8 – 3 9 1 1
Tama Civic Hall （多摩市民館）9 3 5 – 3 3 3 3
Asao Civic Hall （麻生市民館）

951–1300

Fureai Hall （ふれあい館）2 7 6 – 4 8 0 0
Kawasaki International Center （国際交流センター）4 3 5 – 7 0 0 0(341)「アジア交流音楽祭 2008」についてSome of the best musicians from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand and elsewhere are coming together atMuza Kawasaki Symphony Hall this April to weave a wonderful tapestry of sound and culture for us.

It’s

the “Kawasaki, City of Music, Asian Musical Exchange Festival: Asian Healing 2008” (or ONGAKU NO
MACHI – KAWASAKI, AJIA KŌRYŪ ONGAKUSAI ‘ASIAN HEALING 2008’), and it’s happening on
Saturday the 19th of April.
The performers will include Natsukawa Rimi (夏川りみ), Agatsuma Hiromitsu (上妻宏光) and TeshimaAoi (手嶌葵) from Japan; Woojoo (宇宙) from Korea; Jiang Xiaoqing (姜小青) from China; and Ice Saranyu
from Thailand.
Admission is 5,800 yen for ‘S’ seats, 4,800 yen for ‘A’ seats, and 3,800 yen for ‘B’ seats.

You can now buy

tickets at any Playguide.
Inaddition, on Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of April a number of public stages will be set up,

for example in the Galleria area of Musa Kawasaki and in La Cittadella.

These will be the venues for avariety of free performances of both ethnic music and pop music from all over Asia. You’ll be able to hear
Chinese music played on the pipa, erhu, and matouqin; songs from Mongolia; and Indian sitar music, forexample.

There will be dancing from Bali and all sorts of other performances.

No tickets or reservations

are required to enjoy these.
So why not come on out and see what’s going on?
For more information you can call the Kawasaki Contact Center Municipal Information Hotline ( サンキューコールかわさき、THANK YOU CALL KAWASAKI in Japanese) at(342)「２００８044–200–3939.

かわさきアジアン・フェスタ」についてThis festival of Asian culture is happening in a number of locations in the area around JRKawasaki Station on Saturday, April 19th and Sunday, April 20th.
Purveyors of Asian foods will have stalls set up near the Kawasaki Shinyō
Kinko Fureai Hiroba (かわさき信用金庫ふれあい広場), while Korean vendors
will set up in La Cittadella near the Piazza Centrale.

Merchants with products

from Okinawa and elsewhere in Asia will be selling their wares in the Azalea
underground shopping center and other places.
In addition, on both days this weekend there will be public stages set up in seven different places in thearea around the station, including Azalea, La Cittadella, and LeFront.

A variety of free public live

performances will be held on these stages; you’ll be able to hear Thai ethnic music, for example, or watch
Balinese dance.
So why not come out and enjoy the Asian atmosphere in downtown Kawasaki on the weekend of the 19thand 20th?
For more information you can call the Kawasaki Contact Center Municipal Information Hotline (サンキューコールかわさき, THANK YOU CALL KAWASAKI in Japanese) at

044–200–3939.

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 ofJustice, Establishing a company/branch of foreign company, getting licenses forbusiness, 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/