Feb. 2007

No.56

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA

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

MOVING?

In Japan many people move in March and April
because of their new school or job. If you are
moving, you need to begin your moving process asfollows, so that you can have a comfortable startat your new place.

e-mail moriintl@nifty.com
http://www.e-morioka.com/~moriintl/top.html

Ask a mover
Ask for estimates from more than one mover andpick one that suits your condition including themoving fee. Or you can rent a car and move byyourself.

Look for a new apartment / rented house

Alien registration

When you look for an apartment or a rented

Go to the municipality office of your new address

house, real estate agents will help. Find an agent
in the city/town you're going to live and tell them,
1) up to how much rent you can pay, 2) how many
bed rooms or floor space you need, 3) the distanceand transportation to your school or work, and4) if you need a parking space or not. The agent
will show you the properties that you want to see.
When you find an apartment or a rented housewithin 14 days after you move in and change youraddress in your registration information. Take
your Alien Registration Certificate to the office. If
your new address is in Morioka, go to the Resident
Registration Division at the 1st floor of the city hall.
(Phone: 651-4111 ext.2133)

that would suits you, sign the lease. Generally you

Health and Welfare

need someone who goes security for you to sign aIf you receive an allowance or benefit below, or youlease. You also need the following costs;*Deposit (Shiki-kin)----- One to three months’
rent to be paid to the owner. The deposit will
be used to compensate for the unpaid rent orrepairs, and the rest will be returned to you
when you leave.
*Key money (Rei-kin)----- One to two months’
rent to be paid to the owner at the time ofsigning. The money will not be returned.
*Commission (Chukai-ryo)----- Fee to thereal-estate agent. About one month’s rent.
When you are going to leave the apartment /rented house, you need to tell the agent or ownerat least one month before leaving.

have National Health Insurance, notify the city
office of your moving.
In Morioka:*Child benefit (Jido Teate) ----- the Child welfare
Division at the 5th floor, the main building of thecity hall. Phone: 626-7511*Disability certificate (Shogaisha Techo) ----- theWelfare Division for People with Disabilities atthe 5 th floor, the main building of the city hall.
Phone: 626-7508*Infant medical allowance (Nyuyoji Iryo) ----- the
1st and 2nd sections of the health and welfare, theMedical Assistance Division, at the 1st floor, theannex of the city hall. Phone: 626-7528*National Health Insurance (Kokumin KenkoHoken) ----- the National Health Insurance &Pension Division at the 1st floor, the annex of thecity hall. Phone: 626-7527

Children’s transfer to a new school

MailIf you have school children, they need theYou can have your mails to your old address

procedure for the transfer to the school of yournew address. For the transfer in Morioka, go tothe School Management Division, Morioka School

forwarded to your new address by informing thepost office of your old and new addresses. Go to anearby post office and fill in the form for relocation.

rdOr mail or take to a post office a postcard that has

the city hall. Phone: 639-9044

information of 1) date of notification, 2) old and new

Utilities / Telephone

date to start forwarding and 5) your seal.

Board of Education at the 3 floor, Tonan Office ofaddresses, 3) names of all the family members, 4)Tell your utility companies / telephone carrier
your name, old/new addresses, phone number andrelocation date. Your client number (OkyakusamaBango ) on your utility bills or "notice of electricity/gasconsumption" will help the process.

Utility companies/offices in Morioka are:*Electricity ----- Morioka Office of Tohoku Denryoku .
*WaterPhone: 0120-175-266(toll free)----- Waterworks Department of Morioka*GasCity. Phone: 623-1411----- Morioka Gas. Phone: 653-1241*Telephone ----- If you are a subscriber of NTT,

Massive garbage generated when moving
You cannot put out a large amount of garbage tothe collection point of your neighborhood. Take it to
the garbage treatment facility by yourself or ask agarbage collector. For more information, contact:*Morioka Area ----- the Sanitation Affairs Division(Seiso Gyomuka ) at 622-2911*Tonan Area ----- Morioka-Shiwa Kankyo Shisetsu

Kumiai Seiso Center at 697-3835*Tamayama-ku----- Zeimu-Juminka of the Tamayama
Branch Office of the city hall at

dial 116. If you are a subscriber

683-3874

for any other carrier, call yourcarrier.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Takuboku Memorial Day ----- Fri. April 13

Morioka Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Viewing)----- Mid-April ~ Early May

For the anniversary of the death of Ishikawa
Takuboku , a well-known poet from Morioka ofover a hundred years ago, a Buddhist service
is held at Houtokuji Temple that is associatedwith Takuboku in memory of the poet who diedyoung.

At the cherry-blossom-viewing season of theyear you’ll find a lot of stalls in Morioka Castle
Site Park (Moriokajo ato Koen ) and Takamatsu
Pond. "Ishiwari Zakura " a national naturalmonument that has grown splitting a huge
granite rock, will be at its best around this timeof the year.