Newsletter

No.356

AbikoJune 1, 2024
Excerpts from the Newsletter issued by Abiko City

Tel: 04-7185-1111

Looking for participants for “Unakichi Cup” and “Kappa Festival”○Unakichi Cup
Date: November 30 (Sat)※ rain or shine, cancelled in case of stormy weather

Place: Teganuma Aquatic Park・Advertisement for sponsors
Sponsorship fee (from 5000 yen), Providing goods
As a thank you for your cooperation, you can put your company logo on runners’ clothbibs, PR on the stage etc.
Application: accepted by September 30 (Mon)If you want us to put your company’sname on the poster and fliers, apply for the sponsorship by June 21 (Fri).
・Advertisement for food / goods stalls
10 food/goods stalls, charge: 1000 yen
Applications:

From June 3 (Mon) to 14 (Fri) (shops in Abiko), June 17(Mon) to July 31(Wed)(the rest shops)
Inquiry: 04-7185-1604, Culture and Sports Section, Broad of Education○Kappa Festival
Date:

August 31 (Sat) 10:00 ~ 20:00

cancelled in case of stormy weather

Place: Teganuma Park・Performers
Any individual or group can participate for free・Advertisement for food/goods stalls for a fee
20 food stalls, 10 food trucks, and 10 goods stalls
Applications: by June 30 (Sun)Use the application form on the festival website.

Inquiry: 080-4914-5416, Festival executive committee

Tokatsu Sports & Rec Festival

NEW SPORTS in Abiko

Would you like to try a new-sport or para-sport that you can’t usually experience?
1Date:

June 29 (Sat) 9:30 ~ 12:00

Place: Keyaki Plaza
Curolling, Table tennis volleyball, Bocce (indoor sports shoes and drinks are required)
Fee:

Free

Applications:

Apply through City official LINE by June 21 (Fri)Inquiry: 04-7185-1604, Culture and Sports Section, Broad of Education

Be Aware of Photochemical Smog!
Photochemical smog occurs on sunny day with high temperatures and light winds.
When a photochemical smog advisory is issued, we will notify you via disaster prevention
administrative radio, the city’s official LINE and Chiba prefectural website.
Avoid exercising outdoors while a warning is in effect.
Inquiry: 04-7185-1130, Public Hygiene Section

EVENTS
Saturday, June 15 (Sat) is “Prefectural Citizen’s Day”
Admission fee and usage fee for the following facilities become free!
1. Sugimura Sojinkan Memorial Museum (9:00 ~ 16:30)
Inquiry: 04-7187-1131
2.

Bird Museum (9:30 ~ 16:30)

Inquiry: 04-7185-2212
3.

Mizu-no-Yakata Planetarium (①10:00 ②11:00 ③13:00 ④14:00 ⑤15:00 ⑥16:00)

Screening time is for about 20 minutes, up to 50 people per screening.
Inquiry: 04-7184-0555
4.

Rental bicycles around Teganuma

9:00 ~ 17:00※ rain out

Rental locations: ① Teganuma Park, Cycle Park Abiko South, Teganuma Aquatic Park
(Parking lot), ② Roadside Station Shonan, Kitakashiwa Furusato Park
Inquiry:①04-7188-2204, Silver Human Resource Center ②04-7128-4780,Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section, Kashiwa City
5.

Citizen Gymnasium (9:00 ~ 21:00)

Inquiry: 04-7187-1155
6.

Teganuma Park Mini Railway (9:30 ~ 12:00, 13:00~17:00) ※ rain out

Inquiry: 04-7188-2204 (Mon through Fri), 090-4520-3603 (Sat and Sun), Silver Human
Resource Center2

Individual Number Card Services on Weekends (Issuance by reservation only)
Call the Civic Section at 04-7185-4326 (8:30 ~ 17:00 on weekdays except national holidays)
for a reservation one day or more in advance.

Dates and Hours

Reservation will be acceptedJune

9 (Sun)9:00 ~ 12:00

Accepting reservations

July20 (Sat)9:00 ~ 12:00

from 9:00 on July 3 (Wed)

Location: Civic Section (Abiko City Hall, 1F)
Services:

Application (reservation not required) and Issuance (reservation required) of

Individual Number Cards, etc.
Requirements: notification card, 2 kinds of ID (residence card, special permanent resident
certificate, driver’s license, health insurance card, bank passbook, etc.)

Advisory Services for June, 2024
Item

* Reservation required

Date/TimeLocation

Contact

Legal Advice

June 6, 13, 18, 20
and 25
9:30 ~ 15:30

Civic Consulting
Room, 2F, AbikoCity Hall
Or by telephone

Secretarial Section* Tel: 04-7185-1714
Call for an appointment

Daily Life Advice

Weekdays (exceptnational holidays)
8:30 ~ 17:00

Social WelfareSection
West Annex 2F

Social Welfare Section
Ext. 394

Child Matters inGeneral

Weekdays (exceptnational holidays)
8:30 ~ 17:00

West Annex 1F

Child Consulting Section
Tel: 04-7185-1821

Domestic Violence

Weekdays (exceptnational holidays)
8:30 ~ 17:00

West Annex 2F

Support Office for DV
Social Welfare Section
Tel: 04-7185-1113

Consultations for
Foreign ResidentsSun, Mon, Tue, Wed,
AIRA OfficeFri, Sat (except
Abiko Civic
national holidays)Plaza
10:00 ~ 16:30

E-mail: info@e-aira.jp
Tel: 04-7183-1231
Leave your name & phone
number, and a counselor
will call you back later.

Public Health Care Center Programs – June, 2024 Tel:04-7185-1126*
Item

Date

Maternity Class (Welcome
Baby Gakkyu)

June 8, 15 and 22 (Sat)Reservation required*

3

Eligibility
Expecting women of 20
weeks or over, and theirfamilyConsultationfor 4-month-old children

June 4 and 11 (Tue)Children born in Jan,2024

Health Checkup
for 18-month-old children

June 13 (Thu)Children born between
Oct 31 and Nov 26, 2022

Dental Checkup for 2-year
and 8-month-old children

June 18 (Tue)Children born in Oct, 2021

Health Checkup
for 3-year-old children

June 13 (Thu)Children born between
Nov 3 and 22, 2020

Dental Checkup
for 5-year-old children

June 18 (Tue)Children born betweenJun 1 and 29, 2019

Baby Food Classfor 4 to 6-month-old babies

June 28 (Fri)Reservation required*First 30 applicants (parents)

Baby Food Classfor 8 to 9-month-old babies

June 12 (Wed)Reservation required*First 20 applicants.
Children born in Sep, 2023

—Urgent Health Care Consultations

1. Sudden Illness at Night or on Holidays:—hospital introductions

Call Fire Station at 04-7184-0119. They will advise you of an appropriate holiday / nighttime emergency hospital or pediatrician.

Before going there, talk with the hospital on

the phone about your sickness or injury. In urgent cases, call 119 for an ambulance.
2. Child’s Sudden Illness at Night:

telephone consultation with a nurse

Call #8000 or 043-242-9939 Hours:

19:00 ~ 8:00 next day A nurse will advise you

about the care to be taken for your infant/child.
3. Sudden Illness at Night and Holidays: telephone consultation with a nurse
Call #7119 or 03-6810-1636. Hours: weekdays and Saturdays 18:00 ~ 8:00 next day
Sundays, Holidays, and year-end/New Year holidays: 9:00 ~ 8:00 next day
4. Illness or Toothaches on Holidays: contact Holiday Clinic at 04-7187-7020(1) Dentist: 9:00 ~ 11:30 (2) Internal Medicine & Pediatrician: 9:00 ~ 11:30,13:00 ~ 16:30
Note: Holidays: Sundays, national holidays, year-end/New Year holidays
Please do not hesitate to call for an ambulance in case of serious injury or acute illness.

Newsletter AbikoNo.356

June 1, 2024

Published by: Abiko City Hall
https://www.city.abiko.chiba.jp
Edited & Translated by: Abiko International Relations Association (AIRA)
Tel: 04-7183-1231 Fax: 04-7183-2005
E-mail: info@e-aira.jp

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