AUG. 2006

No.54

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA

MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION〒 020-8531 MORIOKA-SHI WAKAZONO-CHO 2-18
TEL 019-626-7524

All non-Japanese nationals scheduled toreside in Japan for 90 days or more are
required to apply for alien registration.
Japanese nationals have the family registerand the Basic Resident Register systems thatcover personal information on birth, parent-childrelationship and marital relationship and are used
for identification and administrative services. On
the other hand, there are no such register systemsfor foreign nationals living in Japan. Instead theyhave the alien registration system.

■ Alien Registration Card

After your registration is completed, your alien
registration card, which is a plastic card with yourphoto on it, is issued in about two weeks. You arerequired to carry the card with you at all times. If
you are under 16 years old, an alien registration
card without a photo is issued on the day ofapplication, and you're not required to carry it.
The registration procedure is free of charge.

■ Where do I apply for the registration?
For the registration, you should go to:●Shimin Toroku-ka (the Citizens Activities
Promotion Division) of Morioka City Hall:phone 651-4111 (ext. 2133)●Zeimu Jumin-ka (the division of tax andcitizens' affairs) of Tamayama Sogo Jimusho( t h e Ta m a y a m a B r a n c h O f fi c e ) : p h o n e
651-4111 (ext. 116)
In principle you should go and apply in person.
However, if you are under 16 years old, someone
living with you can apply on behalf of you.

■ Initial Registration
Apply for your initial alien registration within 90
days after your arrival in Japan. A baby born inJapan needs to apply within 60 days after his/herbirth.
For application you need your passport and two

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45mm by 35 mm photographs. When you apply
for the registration for a baby born in Japan, youneed his/her birth certificate, too.

■ Changes in your registered information
When any change arises to your registeredinformation, you need to notify them.
1) You need to notify within 14 days if there
arises any change to your name, nationality,
occupation, residence status, period of stay,address, your employer, work address, orname of your work place.
2) You can notify the changes of your passportnumber, issuance date of your passport,address in your home country, name of thehead of your household and relationship to
the head of your household at the same time
when you notify any other changes.
To notify the changes above, you need yourpassport and documents that evidence thechanges. You also need two 45mm by 35 mm
photos for the changes of your name and/ornationality.

■ Confirmation of registration

A confirmation of registration should be madewithin 30 days after the fifth birthday since yourarrival in Japan. If your period of stay scheduled
to be less than one year at the time of the initial
registration has been extended later, you need toconfirm your registration between the date when ayear has passed since your initial registration and
30 days after that.
If you are under 16 years old, you need to makethe confirmation within 30 days after the date you
turn 16.
You need your passport and two photos for theconfirmation.

■ Certificate of Alien Registration
When you need to submit somewhere a certificate of alien registration, apply for the issuance of a copy of thecertificate at :Shimin Toroku-ka of Morioka City Hall,
Zeimu Jumin-ka of Tamayama Sogo Jimusho
Shimin-gakari (the department of citizens' affairs) of Tonan Sogo Shisho (the Tonan Branch Office)
You will need your alien registration card. You in person or family member living with you should go for theapplication.
Fee: \300 a copy
For more information on alien registration, contact Shimin Toroku-ka at 651-4111 (ext. 2133)

Information from the Morioka International Relations Association
Join us in "Kokusai Koryu Hiking & Barbecue (International Friendship Hiking & Barbecue)"!
When? : 8.45~15.00, Sat. September 9. Meet at 8:45 am at the city hall.
Where do we go? : Morioka-shi Tonan Tsudoi no MoriFee: Adult ¥1,000 (Supporting member of the association: ¥500)
Student ¥500 (elementary ~ university/college)
To join us, let us know by Friday, August 25, by phone at 626-7524 (Japanese only) or by email tomoriintl@nifty.com (Japanese or English.)

UPCOMING EVENTS
following day is also a must-see event. Shooters in● The 16th Takuboku-no-Sato Fureai Marathon 2006
【 Sun. September 3, at Shibutami Undo Koen,the samurai attire compete by shooting arrows fromMorioka City】
galloping horses.
(Takuboku is a famous poet from Tamayama. Sato山means hometown.)
車Runners start at Shibutami Undo Koen to compete in
盛 岡 あ き ま つ り
20 categories of four events: half marathon, and 10, 5
and 3 kilometers. To celebrate the merger of Morioka ● Morioka Handicraft Square Festival (MoriokaCity and Tamayama Village earlier this year, Eric
Tezukurimura Matsuri)
Wainaina, the silver medallist at the Sydney Games, 【 T h u . 2 1 - M o n . 2 5 , S e p t e m b e r a t M o r i o k a
is invited as a guest runner. Let's go and cheer the Tedukurimura】
runners.
You can enjoy various events, such as displays ofworks by craftsmen from Iwate, exhibition and saleof their newly developed crafts, quoits and farmers'● Morioka Hachiman Shrine Festival【Thu. 14- Sat. 16, September, at Hachiman Shrine
market. On Friday a giant Nambu sembei (cracker)
and other places】
is made for visitors.
The annual festival dates back to Edo period,
over 150 years ago, when people celebrated the ● Michinoku International Mystery Film Festival
completion of the city development in Nambu-han, 【 Fri. 13 – Sun. 15, October at Eigakan Street】
which is the old name of the area covering most of
The 10th Michinoku International Mystery Film
Iwate and eastern Aomori. In the autumn festival,
Festival will be celebrated with new mystery films,
floats decorated in the traditional manners marchtalk shows and more, joined by various guests. The
individually through the town accompanied bytheme for the 10th festival is "Celebration of the 10thJapanese drums and flutes. From 6.00 pm on Friday,
Anniversary of the Mystery Film Festival – From
all the floats get together and march through Odori
Morioka with Love for Films."
Street.
("Michinoku" is the northeastern region of Honshu.)
Yabusame horseback archery scheduled on theOur e-mail address has been changed. New address is: moriintl@nifty.com
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