The 34th Fireworks Display
No. 182 July 1, 2012
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: 162,756 Male: 81,088 Female: 81,668 Households: 72,308 Foreign Residents: 3,200
(As of May 31, 2012)
Population and No. of Households in Urayasu
The 34th Fireworks Display
▶Date and Time: July 28 (Sat.), 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Note: In case of inclement weather, the
ireworks display will be postponed until July 29 (Sun.). The decision to postpone or go on with the display will be made at 11 a.m. on the day of the event.
▶Location: Hinode area (See map.)
▶Number of Fireworks: Approximately 6,500
▶Bicycle Parking Lots: Akemi Minami Elementary School grounds, Hinode Junior High
School grounds, and Sogo Park parking lots Note: Bicycles will not be permitted into the venue.
▶Regulated Trafic: 5 to 9:30 p.m. (from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. near the launching site) Note:
There is no parking available near or at the site. When coming to the event, please use either the free shuttle bus or the public bus.
▶Free Shuttle Bus: There will be buses operating between the site and bus stops near
Urayasu Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line (see map) and Shin-Urayasu Station on the JR Keiyo Line. (Hours buses leave the stations for the event site: 5 to 8 p.m.; hours buses leave the site for the stations: 8:30 to 10 p.m.)
▶Inquiries: Urayasu Local Activities Promotion Council, inside the Local Network Section
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Irifune-bashi Bridge
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Takasu-bashi Bridge
Akemi-bashi Bridge
Symbol Road Shin-Urayasu Sta.
Hinode Juinor High School
Memorial Park
Bicycle Parking Lot Restricted Area
Viewing Site
Shin-Urayasu Sta. Rotary Courtesy Bus Service
Courtesy Bus Service
Sogo Park
Vehicles Prohibited 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. 5 to 9:30 p.m.
Vehicles Prohibited Other than Designated Vehicles
Launching Site
Akemi Minami Elementary School
T
he ireworks display, which is produced by Souke
Hanabi Kagiya (a pyrotechnic company), consists
of seven themes. The vivid ireworks will change
with each theme, and a collaboration of lights and sound
dramatized with announcements and background music
will color the summer night sky. For more information,
s u c h a s d e t a i l s
about the program,
please either visit the
Urayasu City website
or call the office
below.
Municipal Swimming Pools Open
In public pools, the use of inner tubes is permitted, but all other toys, glass goggles, suntan oil, alcoholic beverages, and food are not allowed. Children who are not toilet-trained are not allowed to use the pool. Because the parking lot is expected to be crowded, please come to the pool using public transportation, such as buses.
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Higashino Pool
There are a total of four pools, including a 170-meter long lowing pool, two 50-cm deep pools for children, and a 25-meter pool.
Date and Time: July 14 (Sat.) to September 2 (Sun.), 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (admission until 4 p.m.; up to two hours per person per session)
Fees: ¥150 for adults and ¥50 for junior high school students and younger
Note: Children in the 3rd grade of elementary school and younger must be accompanied by an adult (16 years of age or older).
Inquiries: Higashino Pool, Tel: 352-6891 (July 14–September 2 only)
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Sports Park Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools
Date and Time: July 1 (Sun.) to September 15 (Sat.), 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fees: ¥510 for adults, ¥260 for junior high school students and younger (Fees are for a two-hour use. After two hours, there is an additional fee of ¥120 for adults and ¥60 for children for each additional 30 minutes.)
Note: Children in the 3rd grade of elementary school and younger must be accompanied by an adult (18 years of age or older). Up to two children can be accompanied by one adult.
Inquiries: Indoor Swimming Pool, Tel: 304-0030
It’s Summer!
Let’s Play at the Outdoor Pool!
Date and Time: July 23 through 27 (except July 25), 9:10 to 10:10 a.m. (total of four times)
Eligibility: 30 elementary and junior high school students
Program: Athletic underwater games at the outdoor pool
Fee: ¥1,300 (including admission and insurance)
Application: Apply in person or send a reply-paid postcard (on the sending side, write the course name and your child’s name [with
furigana], gender, age, and school grade along with your address and telephone number and on the return side, write your name and return address) to the Indoor Swimming Pool (2-27 Maihama 279-0031) no later than July 9 (Mon.; must arrive by this date).
Note: One postcard should be used per person. A lottery will be held if the number of applicants exceeds the capacity. If you apply in person, please bring a self-addressed postcard.
Inquiries: Indoor Swimming Pool, Tel: 304-0030
Outdoor Swimming Pool Event
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Hello to all!
Hideki Matsuzaki, Mayor of UrayasuNo. 182 July 1, 2012
●Recyclable Waste Disposal Schedule for July
Collection Area
PET plastic bottlesBottles/Cans/ Newspapers/MagazinesNekozane, 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)
Urayasu Foreign Residents
Association (UFRA) Culture Day:
60th Anniversary of Diplomatic
Relations between India and Japan
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Japan, the history of exchanges between India and Japan and the culture of India will be spotlighted through lectures and songs (the lectures will be in English only).
Date and Time: July 7 (Sat.), 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Location: Shimin Plaza middle hall
Capacity: 80 people on a come,
first-served basis
Lecturer: Representative from the Embassy
of India and others
Application/Inquiries: Call the UFRA Ofice
(inside the Local Network Section)
International Center Exhibition
Date and Time: July 1 (Sun.) through 29 (Sun.)
Location: International Center (inside
Shin-Urayasu Il Mare)
Program: Exhibition of photographs of
children’s educational programs conducted by the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, and ethnic clothes and crafts of Syria
Inquiries: International Center, Tel: 306-5181
Urayasu International
Friendship Association (UIFA)
English Café
Date and Time: July 8 (Sun.), 2 to 4 p.m.
Location: International Center (inside
Shin-Urayasu Il Mare)
Eligibility: 30 people who are high school
students or older, on a irst-come, irst-served basis (those with reservations will receive irst priority)
Program: Enjoy conversing only in English
with native English speakers.
Fee: ¥500 (with tea and confections)
Application: Call the UIFA Office, Tel:
381-5931 (weekdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.).
Inquiries: UIFA Ofice
Seeking a Thousand Cranes to Be
Donated to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Urayasu City issued a peace city antinuclear proclamation in March 1985 and is currently wor king on various antinuclear peace programs. One such program being carried out again this year is the solicitation of origami cranes, which will be donated to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How to Submit Your Donation: Bring a string
of 50 origami cranes directly to the Local Network Section (Urayasu City Hall Main Bldg. 4F) between July 2 and 27. Note: Name
Invitation to Japanese Language Program
Urayasu International Friendship Association (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 June 15, 2012)
Class Location Time Vacancy Monday night Tomioka Kominkan (Public Hall) 7:00–8:30 p.m. 1
Note: Urayasu International Center is located on the second loor of Shin-Urayasu Il Mare.
tags are not necessary. All donations will be marked “Donated by Urayasu City.”
Inquiries: Local Network Section
Welfare Center for the Aged
(U Center) Summer Festival
As a program open to the community, a summer festival will be held in which welfare center users and everyone in the community can participate. Come join the fun!
Date and Time: July 14 (Sat.), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: U Center
Program: Festival vendors, a bounce house,
children’s games, origami classes, Hawaiian band and other music performances, Jido Center Happy Theater Group performance, bon-odori dancing, and more
Note: Please refrain from coming by car.
Please use the bus or some other form of public transportation.
Inquiries: U Center, Tel: 351-2096
Yukata
Dressing Class
Date and Time: July 21 (Sat.), 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Youth Center
Eligibility: 20 ladies from the fifth grade of
elementary school up to 22 years of age, on a irst-come, irst-served basis Note: Families can participate together.
Program: Learn how to wear yukata (summer
kimono).
Instructors: NPO Young de Assist
What to Bring: A matching yukata and obi, a
towel, and a tank top
Application: Apply by telephone or in person
at the Youth Center from 9 a.m., July 2 (Mon.),
Tel: 700-6203
Inquiries: Youth Center (Closed on Tuesdays)
Indoor Swimming Pool Will Be
Temporarily Unavailable for
Individual Use
Due to the city residents’ swimming meet to be held on July 8 (Sun.) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Indoor Swimming Pool will not be available. General admission will resume from 1 p.m.
Inquiries: Indoor Swimming Pool, Tel:
304-0030
Special Suspension of City Hall
Services on Sunday, July 8
Urayasu City Hall will suspend services on July 8 to modify its systems to prepare for the revisions made to the Basic Resident Registration Act. While we imagine this may cause you some inconvenience, we would appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Inquiries: General Affairs Section
Celestial Show
On Monday, May 21, I woke up illed with hope and expectation. I imagine I was not the only one who was disap-pointed with the unfortunate cloudy sky that blocked our view of the sun. The disappointment was even greater because it was the irst time in 932 years that the day’s celestial show could be seen over such a widespread area.
When I woke up before 6 a.m. on that day, the clouds were so thick that I gave up hope. As time went on, however, I could ind rays of sunlight between the clouds, and I was able to see the eclipse with my own eyes, using the eclipse glasses that I had prepared. At the peak of the eclipse at 7:34 a.m., even without the eclipse glasses, I was able to see the beautiful ring of the sun through the wispy clouds, and I enjoyed the annular eclipse to my heart’s content for the irst time since my elementary school days.
This was the second time this year I was able to enjoy a celestial show. The
irst occasion was on the night of Chil-dren’s Day, when a friend of my wife called her on her cell phone and asked her, “Are you watching the moon now?” Without understanding what the friend meant, we opened the window and looked up at the sky. We were amazed by a full moon that was more beautiful than any we had seen before. The next day, we learned from the newspaper that what we saw was a “super moon”— a full moon that was larger and clearer than usual. Apparently, it was seen around the world this year on May 5 and 6. According to the National Aeronau-tics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, when the full moon is closest to the earth, it looks 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than when it is at its farthest.
I was able to look up at the sky and enjoy the awesomeness of the heavens twice during May. For me, it felt like the irst time in a long time since the great earthquake of last year that I was able to enjoy such things.
The three important points for preventing food poisoning all pertain to the bacteria that cause food poisoning: do not touch them, do not allow them to grow, and eliminate them. Let’s learn speciic ways that we can protect ourselves from and prevent food poisoning.
● Do not touch bacteria (keep things clean and disinfected)
・ Before cooking or eating, or after touching your pet, be sure to wash your hands. ・ To handle raw meat, use a separate pair of chopsticks from those that you use for eating.
● Do not allow bacteria to grow (handle food quickly and keep it cool)
・ Keep your refrigerator at 10°C or lower.
・ Avoid keeping foods at room temperature for a long period of time.
● Eliminate bacteria (heat and sterilize)
・ Make sure you cook meat and ish thoroughly all the way to the center.
・ Sterilize utensils with boiling hot water after you handle meat, ish, or other raw food. If you suspect that you may have food poisoning, or if you have symptoms such as frequent diarrhea or repeated vomiting, make a note of when the symptoms started, what kind of symptoms you have, and what you ate, and get examined by a doctor.
Inquiries: Health Promotion Section
Beware of Food Poisoning
○Those who are self- employed, work part-time, etc. (regular collec-tion [individual payment])
Please pay your taxes in four installments during the year by taking the payment slip enclosed with the city/prefectural resident’s tax notiication, which was mailed June 11, to your local inancial institution, Japan Post Bank, or post ofice. You can also choose to pay the entire amount within the irst term.
Payment Deadlines for FY2012
1st term: July 2 (Mon.); 2nd term: August 31 (Fri.); 3rd term: October 31 (Wed.); 4th term: January 31 (Thu.), 2013
Note: You can also choose to have your
taxes debited from your financial account. Please call for more information.
○Those who are full-time employ-ees and are paid a salary (special collection [payment through the em-ployer])
The amount written on the notification
of special collection of city/prefectural resident’s tax, which was mailed by Urayasu City Hall to your employer on May 7, is deducted from your salary each month.
○Those who are 65 years of age or
older as of April 1, are pension recipients, and are subject to city/prefectural taxes (special collection [payment by pension deduction])
Taxes are deducted from the pension six times per year when the pension is paid. The deduction amount is written on the city/prefectural resident’s tax notification, which was mailed on June 11.
○Cautionary Note to Those Who Have Changed Jobs or Retired
If taxes cannot be deducted from your salary, you must pay the taxes through regular collection. If you have changed jobs, please consult your new employer as to how you can make your payments.
