ｄNewsletter

No.358

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

Tel: 04-7185-1111

Symbols of Peace in Teganuma Park to be Passed on to Future
Generations
There are some symbols of peace given by Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City in Teganuma
Park. We’d like you to visit there and think about the preciousness of peace and thetragedy of war by looking at and touching them in person in Teganuma Park.
Abiko City sends municipal junior high school student delegation to the A-bombed sites
every August. This year they will attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on
August 6. On August 10, at Abiko peace prayer ceremony, the students sent there willreport what they felt in Hiroshima. Please join the ceremony.
Abiko City is engaged in various peace projects to convey the preciousness of peace to thefuture generations. We hope that many people will think about peace and realize the world
without wars and nuclear weapons.
Mayor of Abiko HOSHINO Junichiro.
[Peace Monument]
In 1985, the side wall and the paving stone of former Hiroshima City Hall exposed to Abomb were given to Abiko. In 1986, the city built the peace monument using them. Thepeace prayer ceremony has been held every August since then.
[Pheonix and Camphor Trees Grown from the Seeds of a Tree Exposed to the A-Bombs]
In 2012, a Phoenix sapling was given by Hiroshima and a Camphor sapling, by Nagasaki.
Those saplings were planted by the students sent to the A-bombed sites.
[SASAKI Sadako and her Paper Cranes]
In 2015, the family of SASAKI Sadako, who is the model of “the children’s peace monument”
in Hiroshima, donated a paper crane Sadako folded in hope of her recovery from illness
caused by the A-bomb. It is regularly displayed in Abista.
[Peace Light]
In 2015, the seed fire from light of peace in Hiroshima was given to Abiko and lit in hopeof eternal peace.

1[Cherry Tree for Peace]
In 2016, a cherry tree was planted by the Peace Monument by Abiko A-bomb Victims
Association as the symbol of peace.

Traffic Accident Mutual Aid
This is mutual aid system in that some compensation is provided when you get involvedin traffic accident. Join or renew the mutual aid.

※ This is not the Bicycle LiabilityInsurance.
Mutual aid period: September 1 (Sun), 2024 through August 31 (Sun), 2025
Targets: Abiko residents and their dependents
The mutual aid covers car, motorcycle and bicycle accidents for which a traffic accident
certificate has been issued.
Annual Fee: ¥700 (Traffic accident certificate issuance fee is not included.)Compensation: ¥1,500,000 for death, ¥20,000~¥500,000 for damage, ¥500,000 for
physical disability (level 1 & 2). ¥100,000 for an orphan
Application at Traffic Policy Section and Administrative Service Centers
Inquiry: Ext. 533, Traffic Policy Section

Call for AIRA Speech Contest Entries
Date: September 29 (Sun) 13:00 ~Venue: Civic Plaza

Content: speech about international exchange within 5 minutes, Title is free. Those whose
native language is not Japanese should give a speech in Japanese.
Targets: people who live, go to school, or work in Abiko City and are junior high school
students and older
Application and Inquiry: E-mail an application form and your speech manuscript
to AIRA. Tel:04-7183-1231, e-mail: info@e-aira.jp

Sunflower Event
Date and time: August 10 (Sat), 11 (holiday), 17 (Sat) and 18 (Sun) 7:00 ~ 11:00※ Cancelled in case of heavy rain or depending on growth of sunflowers
Venue: Nedo Shinden, 25-minute-walk from Abiko station
Admission free, picking sunflowers (charged), sale of local fresh vegetables
Inquiry: 04-7185-1481, Agricultural Policy Section

Kohokudai Summer Festival
Date: August 18 (Sun) 10:30-14:30
Content: shaved ice, draft beer, water balloon, quoits, shooting, somen, movie for children
Venue and Inquiry: 04-7187-1122, Kohokudai Community Center2

Individual Number Card Services on Weekends (By reservation only)
Call the Civic Section at 7185-4326 (9:00 – 17:00 on weekdays except national holidays)
for a reservation.
Dates and Hours

Reservation will be accepted

August 25 (Sun) 9:00 -12:00

From 9:00, August 7 (Wed)

Location: Civic Section (Abiko City Hall, 1F)
Services: Application (reservation not required) and Issuance (reservation required) ofIndividual Number Cards, Renewal of electric certificate (reservation not required)
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- August 2024
Item

*Reservation required

Date/TimeLocation

Contact

Legal Advice

Civic Consulting
Aug. 8,15,20, 22, andRoom, 2F, Abiko27
City Hall
9:30 ~ 15:30
Or by telephone

Secretarial Section* Tel: 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: 7185-1821

Domestic Violence

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

West Annex 2F

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

Consultations for
Foreign ResidentsSun, Mon, Tue, Wed,
AIRA OfficeFri, Sat (except
Abiko Civicnational 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 –August 2024 Tel:04-7185-1126*
Item

Date

Eligibility

Welcome Baby Classes

Aug 3,10 and 17 (Sat)Reservation required*

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

Aug 6 (Tue) and 8 (Thu)Children born in Mar, 2024

3Health Checkup
for 18-month-old children

Aug 1 (Thu)Children born between Jan 6and Jan 26, 2023

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

Aug 22 (Thu)Children born in Dec, 2021

Health Checkup
for 3-year-old children

Aug 1 (Thu)Children born between Dec
28, 2020 and Jan 16, 2021

Dental Checkup
for 5-year-old children

Aug 22 (Thu)Children born between Apr
2, 2019 and Apr 1, 2020

Baby Food Classfor 4 to 6-month-old babies

Aug 30 (Fri)Reservation required*First 30 applicants (parents)

Baby Food Classfor 8 to 9-month-old babies

Aug 21 (Wed)Reservation required*First 20 applicants.
Children born in Nov, 2023—

Urgent Health Care Consultations—1. Sudden Illness at Night or on Holidays: hospital introductions
Call Fire Station at 7184-0119. They will advise you of an appropriate holiday/night-time
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 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.358

August 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