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2020.10

Japanese Language Course “Reading SchoolHandouts” for Foreign Parents and Guardians

Can you read the Japanese-language handouts that your childbrings home from school? This course will help you learn how toread handouts, find important information on them, and learn
the meaning of words commonly used at school. You can take thecourse in person in a classroom or online (with Zoom)!
Foreign parents and guardians with elementary and junior
Eligibility high school-age children
People with the ability to read hiragana and katakana.

WhenNovember 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2 (all Wednesdays)
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Childcare is available for children between 18 months andChildcare second grade in elementary school. Limited to the first 5applicants. Free of charge.

WhereConsumer Center Meeting Room No. 5(5-13-26 Kamata)

How to
apply

Cost

Free

CapacityFirst 15 applicantsGlobal City Ota Cooperation Association (GOCA)
Omori Machizukuri Suishinshisestu Bldg.
Inquiries
4th Floor, 2-3-7 Sanno, Ota-ku 143-0023
Where to☎03-6410-7981 FAX 03-6410-7982
applyE-mail mail@ota-goca.or.jp
Website https://www.ota-goca.or.jp/

Apply through the GOCA website: https://www.ota-goca.
or.jp/schoolnotice2020/
You may also apply by sending a fax or postcard to GOCA.

Daycare Center Applications (for Use from April 2021) and Consultations withChildcare Service Advisors
Applications for authorized daycare centers

Consultations with childcare service advisors

EligibilityChildren who are unable to receive childcare at home dueto their parent’s or guardian’s employment (including jobhunting), illness, childbirth, nursing care or caregiving duties,
school attendance, or other such reason

Distributionof required
documents

The 2021 “Daycare Center Application Guidebook” and forms
necessary for application will be available at the places forapplication beginning on October 1. Please read them toobtain the latest information on daycare centers.
The guidebook and forms will also be available for downloadon the Ota City website.
Confirmation of foreign nationals’ status of residence will berequired.

Importantmatters

November is always a very congested time of year. Because ofthis, and to help prevent COVID-19 infections, we ask that youchoose a less crowded time to apply.
When visiting a place for application, please limit the number ofpeople accompanying you to the minimum necessary.
If your child cannot eat certain foods for religious reasons,please indicate this at the time of application.

Sundayreception

9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday, November 8Applications will be received at the Nursery Services Divisionon the Ota City Office’s 3rd floor.

WhenFrom Thursday, October 1, to Monday, November 30, 2020

How to apply

Inquiries

Bring the necessary documents to one of the places forapplication listed below.

Childcare service advisors will provide information on childcare
facilities and advice on child-rearing matters.
A special consultation desk will be set up in the Ota City Office in
October and November. A reservation will be required to receive
a consultation.

Where to apply
Applications for authorized daycare centers
Nursery Usage Support Section, Nursery Services Division,
3rd floor of the Ota City Office
5-13-14 Kamata ☎ 03-5744-1280
Or visit the Consultation Section of your local Area Office’s Social
Welfare Division (document receipt only).
● Omori 1-12-1 Omori-Nishi ☎ 03-5843-1028● Chofu 4-6 Yukigaya-Otsuka-machi ☎ 03-3726-0791● Kamata 2-1-1 Kamata-Honcho ☎ 03-6715-8800● Kojiya & Haneda 1-21-15 Higashi-Kojiya ☎ 03-3741-6521
We recommend visiting the Nursery Services Division if there are
any items on the application form you do not understand or if you
wish to receive advice.
Making a reservation for consultation
with a childcare service advisor
Childcare Service Advisor, Nursery Usage Support Section,Nursery Services Division☎ 03-5744-1617

Nursery Usage Support Section, Nursery Services Division☎ 03-5744-1280 FAX 03-5744-1715
Website https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/seikatsu/kodomo/hoiku/index.html

Bicycle Safety Rules and Manners
Although the number of traffic accidents in Ota City is falling, the percentage of those involving
bicycles is climbing year by year. Remember that a bicycle is a vehicle and observe the following “fiverules for safe bicycle riding.”

Five rules for safe bicycle riding
1. As a general rule, ride on the road. Riding on a sidewalk is for
exceptional cases only.*
2. Keep to the left of the road.
3. Remember that pedestrians have priority on sidewalks. Whenriding on a sidewalk, proceed slowly and keep to the sidewalk’s
road side.

4. Observe safety rules.
• Do not ride when intoxicated,and do not ride double or abreast.
• Use lights at night.
• At intersections, observe traffic signals. Stop and make surethe way is safe before proceeding.
5. Children should always wear a helmet.

* Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk is permitted in the following cases:• When specified by traffic signs• When the rider is a child under the age of 13, a senior citizen aged
70 or older, or a person with a physical disability• When riding on the road is hazardous due to road construction
or traffic congestion

Inquiries

Road Safety and General Bicycle Planning Section, Urban
Infrastructure Development Management Division☎ 03-5744-1315 FAX 03-5744-1527
E-mail t-toshikan@city.ota.tokyo.jp
Website https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/seikatsu/
sumaimachinami/kotsuanzen/

Special Exhibit Commemorating Katsu Kaishu Memorial
Museum’s 1st Anniversary
The Experiences of Katsu Kaishu: 160 Years since the Kanrin
Maru Set Sail for San FranciscoThis year marks 160 years since Katsu Kaishu traveled to San Francisco
aboard the Kanrin Maru.
The Katsu Kaishu Memorial Museum will hold a special exhibit tocommemorate his journey. Drawing on materials relating to the Kanrin

Maru’s voyage and Kaishu’s personal notes, the exhibit will focus on what
Kaishu saw and felt in San Francisco 160 years ago.
The exhibit will also present the unknown stories of three ofKanrin Maru’s sailors whose graves can still be found in SanFrancisco, using materials shown to the public for the first time.

When
Cost
From Friday, September 4, to Sunday, December 6■ Museum hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm* Closed Mondays (the following day if Monday is a nationalholiday) and the year-end and New Year’s holidaysInquiries■ Admittance fee: General: 300 yen Elementary and juniorhigh school students: 100 yen(Various discounts are also available.)

Katsu Kaishu Memorial Museum☎ 03-6425-7608 FAX 03-6425-7610
E-mail kaishu@city.ota.tokyo.jp
Website https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/shisetsu/hakubutsukan/katsu_kinenkan/index.html

The 2020
National Census

Regarding Inhabitant Tax Payments(Third Payment)

Thank you for participating in the NationalCensus.

The third payment of the special city inhabitant tax andThe 2020 National Census was conducted nationwide on
October 1 (census base date). It covered everyone residing inJapan, regardless of age and nationality.
Ota City would like to thank everyone for their participation.

Inquiries

Statistics and Research Section, Community
Activities Promotion Division☎ 03-5744-1186
FAX 03-5744-1518
E-mail toukei@city.ota.tokyo.jp

metropolitan inhabitant tax (inhabitant tax) is due onNovember 2. Please be sure to make your payment by thedue date. The fourth payment will be due on February 1, 2021.
Please mark your calendar!
Visit the Ota City website if you have questions about tax
payments.

Inquiries

Tax Payment Division☎ 03-5744-1205
FAX 03-5744-1517
Website https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/seikatsu/zeikin/Ota Children’s Japanese Classes
Classes that teach children Japanese before they enter elementary or junior high school are available.

Eligibility

Kamata classChildren who meet all of the following requirements① to ③.
① Child with non-Japanese nationality who resides in Ota City.
② School-age child who is not yet enrolled in school (bornbetween April 2, 2005, and April 1, 2014) or child who isin a period that begins six months prior to enrollment inelementary school and ends with actual enrollment (bornbetween April 2, 2014, and April 1, 2015).
③ Child who lacks Japanese skills and is not enrolled in an Ota
City school.

Providing organization: Legato Ota
Place: Multicultural Society Promotion Center (mics Ota)
Address: Ota City Consumer Center,
5-13-26-101 Kamata, Ota-ku
Inquiries: ☎ 03-6424-8822 FAX 03-5710-6330
Days and times: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Omori class
Providing organization: Nihongo-Gururitto
Place: International Exchange Facility, Sanno Hall
Address: International Exchange Facility,
3-37-11 Sanno, Ota-ku
Inquiries: ☎ and FAX 03-5709-1347
Days and times: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Inquiries

Global City Ota Cooperation Association (GOCA)☎ 03-6410-7981 FAX 03-6410-7982
E-mail info@ota-goca.or.jp Website https://www.ota-goca.or.jp/The Cool OTA-KU
Ambassadors for 2020 havebeen appointed!

An appointment ceremony was held at the Ota City Office on Friday, August 28. Due to effects of COVID-19, only the six newly appointedambassadors were in attendance. They were presented with a certificate by Ota City’s mayor. Twenty-seven people have been asked toserve as “ambassadors”! They include the six new ambassadors plus twenty-one who have been reappointed or are continuing in theirsecond year. They come from Indonesia, China, the United States, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea, Hungary, Singapore, Brazil, Vietnam,Turkey, and Italy.
Cool OTA-KU Ambassadors present attractions, outstanding aspects, and fun events of Ota City that appeal to foreign nationals to Ota
residents and the people of the world! Ambassador profiles and accounts of their activities are posted on the International City Ota
webpage. Please take a look!
Inquiries

Internationalization and Multiculturalism Promotion Division☎ 03-5744-1227 FAX 03-5744-1323(https://www.city.ota.tokyo.jp/kokusaitoshi/ota_ambassador/index.html)

Published by the Ota city Internationalization and Multiculturalism Promotion Division
5-13-14 Kamata, Ota-ku 144-8621☎ 03-5744-1227 FAX 03-5744-1323