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2021.7The “OTA! Ichioshi Gourmet” Pamphlet
The “OTA! Ichioshi Gourmet” certification
program recognizes outstanding eating anddrinking establishments in the Ota area.
A comprehensive pamphlet listing some 100
certified establishments is now available.
Satisfy your appetite by visiting these finerestaurants, cafes, pubs, and bars that havebeen selected by professionals.

Inquiries

Download the pamphlet here

Ota City Industrial Promotion Organization☎ 03-3733-6401 FAX 03-3733-6459
E-mail planning-pr@pio-ota.jp

Ota City’s “Community Cycle” System
This bicycle-sharing system lets you rent and return a bicycle atany bicycle port located within a service area covering 11 cities(special wards) of Tokyo, including Ota City. There are about 90
ports within Ota City alone. Use them to make your commuting,shopping, and sightseeing more convenient.
(Membership registration is required.)

When

Available 24 hours a day

WhereAround 860 locations in Tokyo (around 90 locations
in Ota City)

Cost

Single-use member: 165 yen for the first 30 minutes(110 yen charged for each additional 30 minutes)
Monthly member: 2,200 yen per month (good forunlimited rides of up to 30 minutes per time; 110
yen charged for each additional 30 minutes)
One-day pass: 1,650 yen (valid until 11:59 pm on theday of use)

Capacity

Each person who registers for membership can use
one bicycle.

How toapply

Register for membership
through the Ota City website.

Inquiries

Urban Infrastructure Development Management
Division☎ 03-5744-1315 FAX 03-5744-1527
E-mail toshikan@city.ota.tokyo.jp

A Reminder about Illegally Parked
Bicycles and Bicycle TheftPlease do not park your bicycle on streets or near train stations.
Unattended bicycles can obstruct pedestrians and block thepassage of emergency vehicles.
It’s also important to note that bicycles left on the street or neara station could be stolen or impounded by Ota City. Be sure topark your bicycle in a bicycle parking lot.
Streets are not the only places where bicycles are stolen.
Many are stolen from homes and parking lots. This makes it
important to lock your bicycle to make it harder to steal. UsingInquiries

two locks is even better, as it forces the thief to work longer.

Urban Infrastructure Development
Management Division☎ 03-5744-1315
FAX 03-5744-1527
E-mail toshikan@city.ota.tokyo.jp

Protect your bicycle by using two locks.

Regarding Resident Tax Payments
The second payment of the special resident tax andmetropolitan resident tax (resident tax) is due on August 31.
Please be sure to make your payment by the due date.
The third payment will be due on November 1.
Please mark your calendar!

Inquiries

Visit the Ota City website if you have questions about tax

Tax Payment Division☎ 03-5744-1205
FAX 03-5744-1517

payments.

Return of Medical Expenses after Loss of Eligibilityfor National Health Insurance
If you have joined your company’s health insurance scheme or moved out of Ota City, be sure to notify Ota City that you will leave the Ota
City National Health Insurance program and return the insurance card that was issued to you.
Joining your employer’s health insurance scheme or moving out of Ota City will cause you to lose your eligibility for the Ota City National
Health Insurance program from the date that you joined the other scheme or moved. This means that you will no longer be able to use
the insurance card for Ota City’s program.
If you visit a medical facility using the Ota City program’s insurance card without eligibility, you will be required to return the portion of
the medical expenses that were covered by Ota City (between 70% and 80% of the total medical expense) and personally make a claim forthat portion with your new health insurance scheme.
If you will visit a medical facility before your new insurance card is issued, please consult with the health insurance scheme that is processing
your card and notify the medical facility that your card is still being processed.

Inquiries

National Health Insurance andNational Pension Division☎ 03-5744-1211 FAX 03-5744-1516

Ota City’s Benefit-Type Scholarship Program forStudents Going on to High School, etc.
Ota City offers a “benefit-type scholarship” program for people planning to enter a high school, college of technology, specialized training
college, or similar institution who have difficulty attending school for economic reasons and who meet certain academic performance
criteria.
* All program requirements and selection criteria must be met. Please contact the office mentioned below for information on theserequirements and criteria.
* Please note that some applicants may not be selected even if they satisfy the selection criteria if many applications are received.

Application period: Tentatively scheduled for between early September and early October 2021

When

Timing of payment: Tentatively scheduled for bank transfer in March before enrollment

80,000 yen (one payment per eligible person)

Amount

How to apply

Bring in the necessary forms or send them bypost.

Whereto apply(Inquiries)

Scholarships Counter, Public Assistance Section,
Welfare Management Division
5-13-14 Kamata, Ota-ku 144-8621☎ 03-5744-1245
FAX 03-5744-1520

We encourage you to use the Ota City Garbage
Sorting App.
Ota City offers a free smartphone app that will help you make sense of recyclable waste and ordinary garbage. It provides many usefulfunctions, including a garbage collection calendar, a dictionary for finding answers to garbage-sorting questions, and an alarm settingthat notifies you of collection days (both on the day before and on the collection day). We’re certain you’ll find it useful.

Download it by searching for “OtaCity Garbage Separation” on App
Store or Google Play.

App Store

Google PlayInquiries

Sanitation Division☎ 03-5744-1628 FAX 03-5744-1550
E-mail kan-seso@city.ota.tokyo.jp

Special Exhibit “Hasui Kawase”
Hasui Kawase was an artist who lived and worked for much of his life in Ota City. He traveled on foot throughout Japan and createdseasonal prints of the places he visited. It is said that he produced over 600 works during his lifetime.
This special exhibit, which will be divided into two sections, will present works from Hasui’s entire career – from his start as an artist until
his later years – as well as his sketchbooks, diaries, favorite items, and photographs. The first section will mainly feature scenes of Tokyo,
Hasui’s birthplace and a place of special emotional attachment for him. The second section will present scenes of the places that Hasui
visited as an enthusiastic traveler.

We invite you to come and appreciate
beautiful scenes of Japan as captured
by Hasui Kawase.

WhenSaturday, July 17, to Monday, September 20, 2021 (September
20th is a national holiday)Museum hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed Mondays (However, the museum will open when a
Monday is a national holiday.)“Moon at Magome”
Twenty Scenes of Tokyo 1930

“Dawn at Lake Yamanaka”
August 1931

Cost

Free of charge

Ota City Folk MuseumWhere☎ 03-3777-1070 FAX 03-3777-1283(Inquiries)
E-mail kyodohaku@city.ota.tokyo.jp

Katsu Kaishu Memorial Museum Special Exhibit“Visualizing Kaishu from His Personal Belongings”
This special exhibit will present some of Katsu Kaishu’s personal items from the late Edo period that still survive today.
Among them are ceremonial garments, work tools, and vessels that he made himself.
Viewing the items will surely help you appreciate how times have changed and see Kaishu as a person who once lived and breathed.
We hope you will plan a visit.
WhenCost

Friday, July 2, to Sunday, September 12, 2021
Museum hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Closed Mondays (the following day if Monday is a national holiday)* The museum will be closed between Monday, June 28, and Thursday, July 1,for an exhibit changeover.
* Visit Ota City’s website for the latest information.
Admittance fee
General: 300 yen Elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen (Variousdiscounts are also available.)

Katsu Kaishu Memorial MuseumWhere☎
03-6425-7608 FAX 03-6425-7610(Inquiries)

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