MAY. 2006

No.53

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA

MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION〒 020-8530 MORIOKA-SHI WAKAZONO-CHO 2-18

e-mail moriintl@eins.rnac.ne.jp
http://www.e-morioka.com/~moriintl/top.html

TEL 019-626-7524◆ How to Sort out and Put out Your Garbage
Each municipality has its own rules on how to put out household garbage. In Morioka, the Morioka area, Tonan
area and Tamayama-ku all have different rules. This issue shows the rules of Tamayama-ku, which has been
merged into Morioka.
＊ Tamayama-ku includes: Matsunai, Ohdai, Kobukuro, Kohma, Nonaka, Imodamukai , Kohmahigashi,Motokohma, Nagai, Shimodakawasaki, Yamada, Shibasawa, Funada, Oide, Ohira, Himekami,Maeda, Terabayashi, Makibori, Babajougoya, Budou, Sawame, Imoda, Shibutami, Monzenji,Shirasawa, Jonai, Yamayakawame, Hinoto, Kuginotai, Kawamata, Sotoyama and Yabukawa.

◆ Rules for Putting Out Garbage in Tamayama-ku
・Collection days are scheduled differently for each neighborhood. Find the schedule for your neighborhood inthe "Tamayamakunai Gyoji Calendar", or on the website of Morioka City.（http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp）
・Put out your garbage at the collection point designated in your neighborhood by 8.30 am of collection days.
・Put the garbage in a transparent or semi-transparent plastic bag.
・For more information, call Zeimu Jumin-ka, Tamayama Sogojimusho at

019-683-3874.

＊ Garbage to be put out at the collection pointTYPESCONTENTSFOR COLLECTION
Dry branches/twigs and cut them 5cm or less in diamkitchen garbage, waste paper, wood- eter, 30 cm or less in length.
Burnablechips, cloth, foam polystyrenePlastics with any of the sides 30cm or longer are collected on large-size garbage day.
ceramics, glass, metal objects, small Small home appliances are roughly 1x1x0.7m or smallNon-Burnable
home appliances, small furnitureer.
Bottles, cans and PET bottles should be put in separate
glass bottles, cans, plastic (PET) bottransparent bags. Rinse the inside with water.
tles
Remove the lid and put out a plastic lid as burnable.
Recyclable
newspapers, magazines, cardboard Strap the newspapers, magazines cardboards and paperboxes, paper cartons, white Styrofoam cartons crosswise separately.
food tray
Put white food trays in a transparent bag.
bikes, large furniture, large home apLarge Sizepliances, mattresses/bed quilts, blan- Remove batteries. Remove springs from sofas and beds.
kets, carpets
D a n g e r o u s / lighters, spray cans, gas bottle, ﬂuoPunch spray cans and gas bottles. Use up lighters.
Harmfulrescent lamp, dry batteries＊ Garbage not to be put out at the collection point
TYPES
Should Be Recycled

Dangerous/Hard toDispose ofCONTENTS
air conditioners, TV's, refrigerators,
washing machines, PC's

FOR COLLECTION
Ask the store where you bought it for collection or
waste disposal services for disposal (You are charged.)
Ask the manufacturer for recycle of your PC.
Take them to the store where you bought them or to a

motorbikes, compressed gas cylin- waste disposal service and ask for disposal ( Some serders, ﬁre extinguishers, tires, batter- vices charge you.) Fire distinguishers and car batteriesies, etc.

can be brought in to Iwate Tamayama Seiso Jigyosho(phone:019-682-0552.) : ¥500 per unit.

◆ Part of the garbage rules in Morioka Area Changed
Starting in April 2006, you need to pay to have your large-size garbage collected. To ask forcollection:1) Call Seiso Gyomu-ka (019-622-2911) to apply for collection. (Up to Three items at one time.)
Hours:8.30 am 〜 5.00pm (Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end/NewYear holidays)
2) You need to pay ¥600 per item. Buy a collection ticket and stick it on the prominent part of thegarbage. Stick two tickets on a garbage whose width, depth or height is two meters or longer.
3) Collection tickets are available at the city hall, Iwate Co-op stores, Aeon, Maruichi, Big House,Sunday, Yakuohdo, Circle K Sunkus, Daily Yamazaki, Family Mart and Lawson.

◆ MOTTAINAI! Reduce your garbage.
Throwing away something? Wait!
Can't it be recycled?
Recycling is a good way to preserve and conserve
our limited resources.
Reduce, reuse and recycle with the spirit of MOTTAINAI.

◆ Upcoming Events＊ CHAGU CHAGU UMAKKO (Saturday, June 10)＊ Rubber Boat Race in the Kitakami River(Sunday, late July)In this traditional annual event, colorfully dressedhorses and their owners march from Sozen Shrine
Rubber boats race against each other, going downin Takizawa Village to Morioka Hachiman Shrine,
the eight-kilometer course from Shijushida Dam towalking for about four hours. Horses reﬂected on
Kaiunbashi Bridge. In addition to the race, enjoy
the water of paddy ﬁelds with freshly planted rice
watching unique decorations of the boats and perseedlings are beautiful. It is celebrated to appreciformances of the participants.
ate the labor of horses in farm work. In Iwate farmers have loved and valued horses as members of ＊ SANSA ODORI (Tue. 1 〜 Fri.4, August)
Dancing to the drums and ﬂutes, a lot of people
the family.
march through the street. A total of 12,000 drums,
largest number in Japan, perform in the parade,which makes the parade vigorous and energetic.

◆ Morioka International Relations Association has moved to its new ofﬁce.
We moved from the 6th ﬂoor of the city hall to
the 2nd ﬂoor of the city hall's annex ofﬁce inWakazono-cho, as in the map below.
New address:〒 020-8531 Morioka-shi Wakazono-cho 2-18
(Our phone number and email address remainunchanged.)

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