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Restricted Traffic

Lanes on Symbol Road

No. 193

June 1, 2013

http://www.city.urayasu.chiba.jp Published by the City of Urayasu

1-1-1 Nekozane, Urayasu-shi, Chiba 279-8501 047-351-1111

Population: 162,503 Male: 80,733 Female: 81,770 Households: 73,058 Foreign Residents: 3,113

(As of April 30, 2013) Population and No. of Households in Urayasu

U

rayasu City is starting restoration and recovery construction on the

locations that were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

As of May, due to restorative construction and liquefaction

countermeasure construction on Symbol Road (between Irifune

Intersection and La Finesse Shin-Urayasu), traffic lanes will be

restricted.

Since traffic is expected to be slow during construction, please

use the detour routes as much as possible. We apologize for the

inconvenience, and we would appreciate your understanding and

cooperation.

Future schedules for restoration and recovery construction will be

announced in turn in the Urayasu City website and other publications.

Please check the schedule before going out.

Inquiries: Road Maintenance Section

Vaccination Period

May 1 (Wed.) to October 31 (Thu.), 2013

Note: If you received a rubella vaccine or an MR vaccine betw een A p ril

1 and A p ril 30, 2013, and fuli ll the elig ibility r

eq uirem ents below , p leas e

bring the orig inal receip t for the vaccine, a cop y

of the vaccinations

com p letion certii cate (is s ued by the m edical ins ti

tution), and your i nancial

account inform ation (for the account that you w is h

the s ubs idy to be

dep os ited into), and com p lete the ap p lication p roce

dures in p ers on betw een

May 1 and D ecem ber 27 , 2013, at the H ealth P rom otio

n S ection (H ealth

C enter 1F ). In this cas e, the s ubs idy am ount w ill b

e half the am ount of the

actual ex p ens e (w ith a m ax im um ceiling of ¥3,000 fo

r the rubella vaccine

and ¥5 ,000 for the MR vaccine; w ith am ounts les s th

an ¥10 rounded dow n).

Eligibility:

Thos e w ho live in U rayas u C ity, are reg is tered in t

he bas ic res ident

reg is try of the city, are 18 years of ag e or older,

have never had rubella, and

have never received the rubella vaccine or MR vacci

ne.

In addition, the follow ing p eop le am ong thos e for w

hom the rubella

antibody titer is cons idered to be falling :

(1) A w om an w ho is p lanning to or w ould lik e to bec

om e p reg nant

(2) The hus band of (1) or of an ex p ectant m other

Subsidy Amount (one-time only)

Typ e of V accine

S ubs idy A m ount

R ubella vaccine

¥3,000

MR vaccine

¥5 ,000

Vaccination Procedures:

A p p ly in p ers on or by m ail no later than October 31

(Thu.; m us t be

p os tm ark ed by this date) by s ubm itting a com p leted

ap p lication form

(available at the H ealth P rom otion S ection and avai

lable for dow nload at the

U rayas u C ity w ebs ite) and ¥8 0 p os tag e for return m a

il (only for thos e w ho

ap p ly by m ail) to the H ealth P rom otion S ection, U ra

yas u C ity H all 27 9

-8 5 01. A p re- check up s lip w ill be is s ued after your

ap p lication is received.

L ater, s ubm it the p re- check up s lip to a m edical ins

titution des ig nated

by U rayas u C ity (call the ofi ce below or s ee the U

rayas u C ity w ebs ite for

m ore inform ation), receive the rubella vaccine or M

R vaccine, and p ay the

difference after deducting the s ubs idy am ount at th

e s ervice counter of the

des ig nated m edical ins titution.

Inquiries: H ealth P rom otion S ection

C urrently, in the Tok yo m etrop olitan area and w ithi

n C hiba P refecture, there is an ep idem ic of rubella

on a s cale never before s een am ong adults . If a

w om an w ho is not im m une to rubella catches the illn

es s during p reg nancy, the unborn child m ay develop

an illnes s called cong enital rubella s yndrom e (C R S )

,

the m ain s ym p tom s of w hich are deafnes s , heart illn

es s , and cataracts .

Therefore, as an em erg ency m eas ure to p revent C R S a

nd further p rotect ex p ectant m others , U rayas u C ity

is offering s ubs idies for p art of the cos t to thos e

w ho w ould lik e to receive the rubella vaccine or th

e m eas les - rubella com bination vaccine (MR vaccine).

Emergency Measure!

S ubs idies for R ubella V accination F ees

Restricted Traffic

Lanes on Symbol Road

Construction on Symbol Road

Detours for ordinary vehicles in times of heavy traffi c

(You can head toward Motomachi without using Symbol Road.)

Detours for ordinary and large vehicles in times of

heavy traffi c

(You can head toward Route 357 or Urayasu-bashi Bridge without using Symbol Road.)

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Hello to all!

Hideki Matsuzaki, Mayor of Urayasu

No. 193 June 1, 2013

● Recyclable Waste Disposal Schedule for June

Collection Area

_{PET plastic bottles}Bottles/Cans/ Newspapers/_Magazines

Nekozane, Kitazakae, Todaijima

Every Tue.

Every Mon.

Horie, Higashino, Fujimi, Maihama

Every Wed.

Every Sat.

Kairaku, Mihama, Irifune, Hinode, Akemi

Every Thu.

Every Mon.

Tomioka, Imagawa, Benten, Tekkodori, Takasu, Minato, Chidori

Every Fri.

Every Sat.

* Please put out your garbage between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. It is against the rules to put it out earlier or later than this designated time as it could become a nuisance in your neighborhood.

* Bulky items will be collected separately on request by phone. Call the Bulky Items Reception Center, 305-4000. For inquiries, contact the Garbage-Free Section.

(ext. 1665)

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International Center Exhibition: Republic of Niger

Date and Time: June 3 (Mon.) through 28 (Fri.)

Program: Exhibition of folk art and ethnic costumes of the Republic of Niger Nigerien Storytelling

Date and Time: June 15 (Sat.), 3 to 5 p.m.

Capacity: 40 people on a irst-come, irst-served basis

Program: Old tales of Niger. Leaving in the middle of the program is permitted.

Application: Call the International Center (inside Shin-Urayasu Il Mare), Tel: 306-5181

Location/Inquiries (common for the both events above): International Center (Local Network Section)

UIFA provides a Japanese language program. It’s a once-a-week, 90-minute private lesson for beginners. Tuition for one term of six months (April to September or October to March) is ¥1,800 paid in advance at the time of application.

A new registrant who wants to start in the middle of the term should pay a monthly-calculated tuition (¥300 a month). Application forms are available at the Local Network Section on the fourth loor of the Urayasu City Hall. Current vacancies are shown below. Sign-ups are on a irst-come, irst-served basis.

For up-to-date information, please look at the UIFA homepage or contact the City Hall.

Classes and Vacancies (as of May 10, 2013)

Class Location Time Vacancy

Monday morning Urayasu International Center 10:00–11:30 a.m. 2

Monday night Tomioka Kominkan (Public Hall) 7:00–8:30 p.m. 2

Thursday morning Urayasu International Center 10:00–11:30 a.m. 5

Thursday night Urayasu International Center 7:00–8:30 p.m. 2

Friday night Urayasu International Center 7:00–8:30 p.m. 3

Note: Urayasu International Center is located on the second loor of Shin-Urayasu Il Mare.

Invitation to Japanese Language Program

Community Cats and Animal Welfare Promoters

C ats nap p ing in a p atch of s p ring s

un-s hine… When I think of catun-s , thiun-s iun-s the

im ag e that com es to m ind.

On S aturday, A p ril 20, I attended a

m eeting of U rayas u C om m unity C at A s s

o-ciation—a g roup that is nick nam ed

Yuru-Neko no Kai (“cuddly” cat as s ociation) and

is j us t g etting s tarted w ith 32 m em bers —at

a m eeting room in C huo K om ink an (P ublic

H all).

The concep t of “com m unity cats ” is

s till relatively new . It refers to cats that

are m aintained and tak en care of m ainly

by volunteers in the com m unity. The term

“com m unity cats ” does not refer to s tray

cats that do not have a s p eciic ow ner. C ats

in the com m unity that are s im p ly fed are

not referred to as com m unity cats . The

com m unity cat cam p aig n w as s tarted in

19 9 7 by Y ok oham a C ity res idents w ho

loved cats . In this cam p aig n, res idents not

only took care of s tray cats tog ether, but

als o took s tep s s o that the cats w ould not

increas e in num ber. This typ e of p rog ram

is s p reading acros s Jap an.

U rayas u C ity es tablis hed the com m unity

cat w elfare p rom oter s ys tem in A ug us t

2008 . U nder the s ys tem , s tray cats are p

ro-tected as com m unity cats , and s tep s s uch

as s teriliz ation and neutering are actively

tak en s o that they w ill not increas e in num

-ber. This is a p rog ram that s tarted from

the idea that w e do not w ant to increas e

the num ber of cats w ithout ow ners and is

in accordance w ith the U rayas u C ity s tray

cat s teriliz ation/ neutering s ubs idy p rog ram

that s tarted in is cal 2008 .

In the irs t is cal year, there w ere only 4 6

cats involved in this p rog ram . L as t fis cal

year—the ifth year of the p rog ram —139

cats w ere involved. The s ubs idy am ount

w hen the p rog ram irs t beg an w as half the

ex p ens e. H ow ever, becaus e res idents had

to donate the other half of the ex p ens e and

the anim al w elfare p rom oters w ere

cover-ing the cos t them s elves , w e chang ed the

p rog ram in is cal 2011 s o that the s ubs idy

covers all ex p ens es .

Today, there are 115 anim al w elfare

p rom oters reg is tered in U rayas u C ity.

D ep ending on the com m unity, how ever,

there are s till s om e s erious m is

under-s tanding under-s . I heard that

Yuru-Neko no Kai

m em bers s om etim es conduct their

activi-ties under g reat s tres s , w ith s om e p eop le

yelling at the m em bers . The underlying

m is unders tanding is that s om e p eop le s ee

the activities that are conducted to p revent

the increas e in the num ber of s tray cats as

activities that p am p er the s tray cats and

therefore m ak e their num bers increas e.

Jus t as p et ow ners can be divided into

dog lovers and cat lovers , the dog s and

cats them s elves have com p letely different

habits . There are p roblem s that only cats ,

w hich roam freely outdoors , can caus e,

and thes e p roblem s are occas ionally s p

ot-lig hted as a s ocial is s ue. In the irs t p lace,

it is s aid that the cus tom of letting cats

roam freely outdoors today can be traced

back to the ordinance of the K eicho era

w hen the Tok ug aw a S hog unate es tablis hed

their g overnm ent in E do and p rohibited the

tying of cats .

A t the m eeting , p rog ram s w ere

intro-duced to res olve com p laints concerning

cats as m uch as p os s ible w hile tak ing into

cons ideration the habits of cats , s uch as a

p rog ram to us e p lanters as outdoor toilets

for cats . A t the m eeting , I felt com p lete

adm iration for the s teady efforts of the coadm

-m unity cat w elfare p ro-m oters .

June 15 (Sat.) is Chiba Prefecture residents’ day. There will be various events in which children and families can participate at community facilities throughout the city.

Folk Museum

• Children’s Challenge Special Edition Date and Time: (1) 10 to 11:30 a.m., (2) 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Program: Let’s enjoy the museum with a hands-on program that will be conducted on this day only!

(1) Let’s make an origami Chiba-kun! (2) Let’s make a mobile of Urayasu ish! (1) and (2) Let’s Ride a Tenmasen_boat!

(1) and (2) A blast from the past for today only: water guns!

(1) and (2) Just for today, let’s visit the second loor of the cultural asset house!

Note: No reservations are necessary; simply come to the site on the day of the event.

Inquiries: Folk Museum, Tel: 305-4300

Chuo Library

• Special Picture Book Time Dates and Locations:

▶Chuo Library: 11 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m.

▶Horie Branch Library: 10:30 to 11 a.m.

▶Nekozane Branch Library: 11 to 11:30 a.m.

▶Tomioka Branch Library: 3 to 3:30 p.m.

▶Mihama Branch Library: 1 to 1:30 p.m.

▶Todaijima Branch Library: 10:30 to 11 a.m.

▶Hinode Branch Library: 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

▶Takasu Branch Library: 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Program: Storytelling with children’s books and playing games

Inquiries: Chuo Library, Tel: 352-4646

Audio-Visual Library • Special Children’s Movie Date and Time: From 10:30 a.m.

Eligibility: Children of elementary school age and younger and their parents; 100 people on a first-come, irst-served basis

Program:Comet in Moominland_{(62 minutes)}

Inquiries: Audio-Visual Library, Tel: 380-6588

Sports Park Gymnasium • Sports Gathering for Everyone Date and Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Program: Various types of sports events, free use of the indoor pool, and taking pictures with Chiba-kun

What to Bring: Indoor gym shoes

Note: Please call for more information.

Inquiries: Sports Section

Culture Hall

• Come One, Come All! Kids Circus—With Romany Date and Time: From 2 p.m.

Program: Stilt dance show and juggling by Romany (street performance group), and hands-on street performance for families

Inquiries: Lifelong Learning Section

Youth Center • Game Competition

Date and Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Note: Climbing from 1 to 4 p.m.

Program: Climbing, throwing contest using a “dodge bee” (soft lying disc), bowling, Wii sports games, and hands-on experience sections

Eligibility: Those who live or go to school in Urayasu City and are 22 years of age or younger, and their parents

What to Bring: Comfortable clothing for sports

Note: No reservations are necessary; simply come to the site on the day of the event. Those who wish

to participate in climbing must wear socks.

Inquiries: Youth Center, Tel: 700-6203 (Youth Section)

Higashino Jido Center

• African Express (percussion version) Date and Time: 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Eligibility: Those 17 years of age or younger; 100 people on a irst-come, irst-served basis

Note: Preschoolers must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Program: Performance of songs and dancing using African musical instruments

Note: Numbered tickets will be distributed from 2 p.m. on the day of the event.

• Mr. Shibata’s Science Experiment Laboratory Date and Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (except from 12 noon to 1 p.m.)

Eligibility: Elementary school children

Program: Experiment using air cannons (Mr. Yasushi Shibata [sculptor])

• Japanese Spinning Top Experience and Contest Date and Time: 11 a.m. to 12 noon (experience); 12 noon to 1 p.m. (contest)

Eligibility: Children who are interested in Japanese spinning tops and their parents

• Scooping Goldish

Date and Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (except from 12 noon to 1 p.m.)

Eligibility: Those 17 years of age or younger

• Katanuki_(diecutting)

Date and Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (except from 12 noon to 1 p.m.)

• Train Game Time: 9:30 to 11:45 a.m.

Note: Preschoolers must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. No reservations are necessary; simply come to the site on the day of the event.

Inquiries (common for all of the above sessions):

Higashino Jido Center, Tel: 355-2736

Takasu Jido Center • Let’s Play in the Sports Room Time:

▶1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Let’s dance all together! (T-Style)

▶2:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Let’s play sports and games (Juntendo University Coordination Sports Club)

▶3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Let’s dance the hula (Takasu Hula Dance School)

Note: Preschoolers must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

What to Bring: Indoor gym shoes

• Let’s Play with the Entire Family Date and Time: 11 a.m. to 12 noon

Eligibility: Preschoolers and their parents

Program: Families play games together.

Instructor: Ms. Mitsuko Aramaki (Play School Harappa)

Inquiries (common for the both sessions above):

Takasu Jido Center, Tel: 304-0315

In addition, there are also various events conducted at each kominkan_{(public hall). For more}

information on public hall events, please read the March 25 issue of the Urayasu City public hall bulletin Renaissance_{(available at local public halls and}

available for download at the Urayasu City website).