NewsletterNo.355

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

Tel:04-7185-1111

Enjoy Teganuma! 2024
Date:

May 12, 9:00～15:30

Venue: Teganuma Aquatic Park,

Mizu-no-Yakata, and Bird Museum

This is an event where visitors can have a fun day with canoeing and small yachting
experiences, bird-watching, and other activities while feeling connected to Lake Teganuma.
There will also be food and drink stalls and stage events.
[Experiences, play and sales]
Bird-watching party, bird rubber band crafts, Access Dinghy (small sailboat), canoe,
rubber boat, face painting, coloring, display of coconut board tatami mats, play with NEC
Green Rockets TOKATSU, disaster mitigation car, Stamp Rally, sun-watching, release ofyoung fish, sale of soap, hometown products and food and drink, etc.
[Stage show]
There will also be dance performances by some groups,Japanese drums performances, song and music shows
and a Teganuman show.
On May 12 (Sun) admission to the Bird Museum
and Planetarium at Mizu-no-Yakata is free.
Inquiry: 04-7185-1484, Taganuma section1

EVENTS
30th Anniversary Teganuma Eco-marathon
This year, in addition to the "Half Marathon" (21.0975km), a "5-Mile Race" (approx. 8km)
will be newly established.
Guest runner, Ms. NIIYA Hitomi who is the Japanese record holder of 10,000 m and HalfMarathon will join.
Date: October 27 （Sun） 10:00 a.m. -*Rain or shine

Course: Start in front of Kitakashiwa Furusato Park - Goal at Kashiwa Furusato Park
Eligibility:⚫ Half Marathon:Amateurs at age 18 and over who can complete the race within 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Capacity: Resident (people who live, study, and work in Abiko-and Kashiwa cities)
quota, first 2,500 people; General quota, first 5,000 people⚫ 5-Mile Race:High school students and above who can complete the race within one hour.
Capacity: Resident quota, first 200 people; General quota, first 300 people
Fee: Half Marathon, JPY7,000-; 5-Mile Race, JPY5,000- (JPY3,000 for high schoolstudent)
Online Entry Application: Both will be available from 20:00 on May 10 (Fri）to 24 (Fri）for Resident quota, and from 20:00 on June 1 (Sat) to 15 (Sat) for General quota on theRunNet website on the Teganuma Eco-marathon website.
Inquiry: Culture and Sports Section, Board of Education, Tel 04-7185-1604
RUNNET Support Center, Tel 03-3714-2768

Let's get started!

Green Curtain

Abiko city will give away bitter gourd (goya) seedlings.
Date and Time: May ① May 11 (Sat) 14:00～, ② May 12 (Sun) 10:00～
Venue: ① ABISTA ② Garden Court, Abiko Shopping Plaza 1st floor
Number distributed: First 200 seedlings each day (up to 2 seedlings per person)
Information on how to grow goya and to make green curtains is available.

ABISON SUGAR GARDEN 1st AnniversarySpecial menu items will be sold and original goods will be given away to those whopurchase products. Part of the proceeds from the event will be donated to support therecovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024.
Date and Time: May 16 (Thu) - 19 (Sun) 11:00 – 17:30*Rain or shine

Individual Number Card Services on Weekends (Issuance by reservation only)2

Call the Civic Section at 04-7185-4326 (8:30a.m. ~ 5:00p.m. on weekdays except nationalholidays) for a reservation by the day before.

Dates and Hours

Reservation will be acceptedMay11 (Sat)9:00 ~12:00

Jun09 (Sun) 9:00 ~12:00

Accepting reservations
from 9:00 on May 22 (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 your ID (residence card, special permanent resident
certificate, driver’s license, health insurance card, bank passbook, etc.)

Advisory Services- May, 2024
Item

Date/Time* Reservation required
LocationContact

Legal Advice

May 9, 16, 21 23,
and 289:30 ~ 15:30

Civic ConsultingRoom, 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 – May, 2024 Tel:04-7185-1126*
Item

Date

Maternity Class (Welcome
Baby Gakkyu)

May 10,17 and 24 (Fri)Reservation required*

Expecting women of 20
weeks or over, and theirfamilyConsultationfor 4-month-old children

May 7 and 14 (Tue)Children born in December
2023

3Eligibility

Health Checkup
for 18-month-old children

May 9 and 16 (Thu)Children born between Sep
19 and Oct 30, 2022

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

May 23 (Thu)Children born in Sep in 2021

Health Checkup
for 3-year-old children

May 9 and 16 (Thu)Children born between Sep
19 and Nov 2, 2020

Dental Checkup
for 5-year-old children

May 23 (Thu)Children born between May
2 and 31, 2019

Baby Food Classfor 4 to 6-month-old babies

May 31 (Fri)Reservation required*First 30 applicants (parents)

Baby Food Classfor 8 to 9-month-old babies

May 15 (Wed)Reservation required*First 20 applicants.
Children born in Aug 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 thephone 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 aboutthe 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.355

May 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 https://www.e-aira.jp4