What is a Community Association (Ku-Kai) in Tsukuba City? It’s a voluntary
organization which is made up by the neighborhood community and conducts various
kinds of activities related to the citizens’ lives for the purpose of making the local
community happy, comfortable and peaceful. It is expected to be cooperative to build
the city and to be an organization for mutual aid for catastrophes. The most reliable
ones in a pinch are your neighbors. We recommend you join the Community
Association to have this relationship with your neighbors.
Information Activity
○Distributing &Circulating administrative information ○Cooperation for administrative survey & report ○Issuing bulletin of Community Association news ○Collecting residents’ requests and opinions
Disaster & Crime Prevention Measures
○ Checking dangerous places and distributing information
○ Securing shelters and make them well known
○ Activity of Voluntary organization for disaster prevention
○ Training for disaster and crime prevention
○ Maintenance of security outdoor lamps
Community Activities
○Cultural activities, sports events and recreation activities ○Annual events such as Matsuri, a festival
○Volunteer works
Traffic Safety Activities
○Checking dangerous spots
○Grinding convex mirrors at the corners of the streets ○Patrolling the district
Clean-up Campaigns
○Cleaning up garbage area ○Cleaning up the streets and parks
Would you like to join the Community Association?
If you join the Community Association of your district, you can get administrative information by
circulating and your neighbors will quickly help you in catastrophes because of the communications
as the members of the association.
Anytime you can join the Community Association. Please ask a member of the Community
Association of your district or your neighbors about the application.
If there is no Community Association in your district....
You can organize a new Community Association if there isn’t one in your district. If you are going
to organize one, first, you need to get consensus from the households which agree the aim of
establishment in your district. Second, you need to select the representative. Third, submit the necessary documents to the committee. Contact the Tsukuba Community Associations Union
Office for more information.
The Community Association in Tsukuba City
There are almost 600 Community Associations are functioning. The Union Organization of Community Association is organized with the superior organization, the Tsukuba City Community
Association Union and the branch Community Association Unions which were established in the six
towns before the merger.
In each union, they set up general meetings and trainings in which the presidents attend.
The Tsukuba Community Associations Union Office is set up in the Municipal Development Division of the City Hall.
Municipal Support to the Community Associations
*Subsidy for constructing and repairing the Community Centers...Municipal Services Division
*Subsidy for and repairing and electric bill of security lamps...Crisis Management Division *Subsidy for setting up garbage area...Waste Management Division
Call Tsukuba City Hall 883-1111 and appoint the division for more information about municipal support.
Contact: Tsukuba City Hall, Municipal Services Division
2530-2 Karima, Tsukuba-shi (D32-3, Kenkyu-Gakuen)
