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Contents

No. 204
IssuedSeptember 10, 2024

Page 2: Be Careful of Food Poisoning
Page 3: International Exchange Salon ♪, Challenge Yourself! Reduce Waste 2024, Utsunomiya Food Education Fair,
Let’s Amigo, etc.
Page 4: Interview of Monika from Austria, International Exchange Plaza Services

The National Health Insurance Card (Insurance Card)
format has changed to a new format starting August 1, 2024
(The new insurance cards are purple)
The expiration date for all cards isJuly 31, 2025

As of December 2, 2024 health insurance cards will no longer be issued. Starting in August 2025, persons who
don’t have a My Number card will be issued a Certificate of Eligibility, to enable them to continue to receive medicalcare.

◆Be sure to confirm the content of your new health insurance card when it arrives◆
1. Please confirm the content written on the card.
2. Have you been sent a health insurance card of a person enrolled in health insurance at your workplace?
3. Have you been sent a health insurance card of a person who has moved or passed away?

※The expiration date may be sooner than July 31, 2025
1. Persons whose 75th birthday will be before July 31, 2025 will have an expiration date the day before theirbirthday.
2. For foreign nationals, if the expiration date of their stay is before July 30, 2025, the expiration date will bethe next day after the expiration date of their stay. Upon extension of their period of stay, foreign nationals
must take their residence card and health insurance card to complete the procedures for renewal of thevalidation period of their health insurance card.
■■■As of December 2, 2024 health insurance cards will no longer be issued■■■〈Persons with a My Number card〉
When going for medical care at a hospital, etc., please be sure to take your My Number card with you.

〈Persons without a My Number card〉
A Certificate of Eligibility will be issued to you. You don’t need to apply. You can receive medical careusing your Certificate of Eligibility.

【Inquiries】Insurance & Pension Division (Hoken Nenkin-ka)－1－☎028-632-2320

Daily life information

Be Careful of Food Poisoning

Food poisoning occurs not only at restaurants, but also at home. Make an effort to prevent food poisoning inyour daily life.
Please acquire proper knowledge about food poisoning.
Food poisoning is caused by eating foods that are infected with bacteria, viruses, or contain harmful substances.
To prevent food poisoning, please confirm the “6 points” below.

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6 points to prevent food poisoning〇Point 1: When purchasing food▼Check expiration dates, and purchase fresh raw foods.
▼Separate meat and fish from other food, and put them in a plastic bag.
Point 2: Storing food at home
▼If you stop somewhere while you are out shopping, bacteria in the food you bought will increase. Put
food in your refrigerator or freezer as soon as you get home.
Point 3: Food preparation▼Before cooking or after you have touched raw meat, etc. with your bare hands, wash your hands withsoap.
▼Carefully wash knives or cutting boards you will use with raw foods prior to use. Carefully wash themafter cutting meat and fish as well.
▼Do not let food thaw naturally.
▼Disinfect cooking utensils, such as kitchen knives and dishcloths, with bleach or hot water.
Point 4: When cooking▼Raw meat and fish contain germs, so grill them sufficiently. That will kill germs.
Point 5: When eating▼Many germs and viruses stick to your hands, so wash them with soap before eating.
▼Wash your hands with soap after using the toilet as well.
Point 6: Leftover food
▼Separate leftover food and store it in the refrigerator.
▼Eat preserved food after heating it up sufficiently.
▼Throw away food that has been around for a long time.

Inquiries: Public Health Division (Seikatsu Eisei-ka)－2－☎028-626-1110

Fun events! ♫♪
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Challenge Yourself!

International ExchangeSalon♪


September 28 (Sat)

Reduce Waste 2024♪

4:00PM - 6:00PM

Every 4th Saturday☺

September 21 (Sat) 10:00AM - 2:00PM☺

・Craft-making
・Try using a solar cooker
・Handmade bread for saleFree
Utsunomiya City Environmental
Learning Center(Utsunomiya-shi Kankyo Gakushu Center)(777-1 Mobara-machi)

An opportunity to enjoy interacting withCostpeople from various countries.

＠FreeUtsunomiya International
Exchange Plaza(4-1-1 Babadori)☎028-616-1563

Cost

＠

☎

19th Utsunomiya Food
Education Fair

Flowers & Greenery Festival Utsunomiya

2024 “Happy Gardening Workshop”
October 12 (Sat) 1:00PM - 2:30PM☺

A lecture on how to enjoy different plants
depending on your lifestyle
FreeApprox. the first 100 people
Call by phone starting September 4Orion Square
Flowers & Greenery Town Development Promotion Council Secretariat(Hana to Midori no Machizukuri Suishin
Kyougikai Jimukyoku)
028-632-2597

CostLimitSign up＠☎☺

・Booths and stage entertainment from 10countries!
・Tooth and body health & daily life consultation
for foreign nationals
・Belly dancing & African dancing, etc.
・Magic, taiko drumming performance, etc.
Tochigi Prefecture Youth Center Concere(Tochigi-ken Seinen Kaikan Concere)(1-1-6 Komanyu)
Tochigi Prefecture Youth Center,
Planning Division (Tochigi-kenSeinen Kaikan, Jigyo-ka)
028-624-1488

＠☎October 6 (Sun) 10:00AM - 3:00PM☺

・Stage events
Tomato cooking contest, etc.
・Exhibition booths
Experiential booths, food sales, etc.
・Stamp rally ♪
Light Cube, Miya Mirai Light Hill
Utsunomiya Food Education Fair
Executive Committee Secretariat(Utsunomiya Shokuiku Fair JikkoiinkaiJimukyoku)
028-626-1128☎Famous Film Viewing

Let’s Amigo
Oct 14 (Mon) 10:00AM - 3:00PM (Rain or shine)

＠International Festival

028-655-6030

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どよ っかにち

11月)～4(日)10:00～16:00
Sept
28日
(Sat)
① 2:00PM～3日(土ぎょうざまちうつのみや
ぎょうざまつ「餃子」宇都宮祭りで“TheBrokenの餃子Commandment”☺ の町ぎょうざたShimazaki
masterpiece has
いろいろな餃子を食Toson’s
べてみましょう♪
been made into a movie for the firsttime in 60 years
Cost Free
う つ の み や じょうしこうえん ほんまるちょうFirst 300 people
Limit 城址
宇都宮公園(本丸 町 1-15)
Numbered tickets distributed 45 minutes
before the start of the screening
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じっこう い い ん か いTawara
Community宇都宮餃子
祭り実行委員会 Plaza
＠
Audiovisual
Library(Shichokaku Library)028-632-2445(1 Kamitawara-cho)☎028-638-5704－3－Interview

Monika from Austria

We asked Monika about special products of Graz, Austria, similarities with Japan,
what she likes about Tochigi Prefecture, what she was confused about, what activities
she is doing, what she is teaching, and what she wants to do in the future.
Hallo! Hello in German.

UCIA: Have you even been confused about

Monika came to Japan to work 16 years ago. She isanything in Japan?

from Graz, Austria.

Monika: I don’t understand how to answer when asked
a question in a negative form. For example, when

UCIA: What kinds of special products are there inasked, “Aren’t you tired?” and responding inGraz?

affirmation, the German response would be “Yes,Monika: Seed oil made by squeezing pumpkin seeds is

I’m tired”, but in Japanese it is “Yes, I’m not tired”,

popular. It smells like nuts and I like to eat it byso the answer is reversed.

putting it on salad. It’s quite expensive, so I carefully
ration it, eating it little by little.

UCIA: What kinds of activities are you doing now?
Monika: I specialize in teaching violin, and also teach

UCIA: What aspects are similar with Japan?
Monika: There are many mountains. The scenery ofGerman. Many students go to Europe, so I teachLake Chuzenji in Nikko and the rivers flowing

them how to ride trains and German expressions

through the valley are also similar. The Alps occupythat aren’t rude.

about two-thirds of Austria’s land. There are few
large cities like Vienna and Graz, and there are

UCIA: What do you want to do in the future?

many small villages.

Monika: I want to be good at Japanese and horseback
riding. I would like to experience skydiving by

UCIA: What do you like about Tochigi Prefecture?

jumping out of an airplane sometime.

Monika: I like mountains, such as Mt. Kogashi and Mt.
Nantai, and I often climb mountains and hike.

UCIA: Monika, danke! (Thank you.)

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Clipart provision: Pages 1 & 3 by Sachie Kin, and pages 4 by Yurika Usui & Natsuki Nemoto－4－“Oh-i!” is available in easy
Japanese, English, Chinese,
Portuguese, Thai, andVietnamese. You can also
read it on the Utsunomiya
International Exchange
Association’s (UCIA’s) website
at https://www.ucia.or.jp.