Yokohama Current Events & Activities

There will be an exhibition and explanatory seminars on popular insects in the zoo and the Nanohana building. Japanese rhinoceros beetles will be given away on July 16.
Date&Time: ①Exhibition: Jul.8 (Fri)-Aug.31 (Wed), 9:30-16:30
②Beetle gift and its breeding seminar: Jul.16 (Sat); lottery tickets are distributed at 10:30 and a lottery will be held at 11:00 (20 pairs) and there will be a seminar for winners. *Cancelled in case of inclement weather.
Location: Kanazawa Zoo (bus from Kanazawa Bunko Stn on Keikyu Line to “Natsuyama Sakaue” stop and 6 min walk from the bus stop/buses are available from Kanazawa Bunko Stn to Kanazawa Zoo on the weekend and holiday)
Fee: Free *Admission to the zoo is \500 for adults.
To Apply: Please go directly to the location.
Inquiries: (045) 783-9101 (*J)

From the end of the Meiji era to the Showa era, scenic postcards were the tools to tell others about the scenery of their trip and also something people took home as souvenirs. This special exhibition shows some postcards of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
Date&Time: Jul.23 (Sat)-Sep.11 (Sun), 9:00-17:00
Location: Yokohama History Museum (5 min walk from Center-Kita Stn on Municipal Subway Blue Line)
Fee: \300 for adults \200 for university/ high school students \100 for elementary/ junior high school students
To Apply: Please go directly to the location.
Inquiries: (045) 912-7777 (*J)

The center will be closed on July 11 (Mon) and 12 (Tue).
①Children’s study Meet-up
Let’s study together with teachers and volunteers.
Eligibility: Elementary and Jr. high school children of foreign nationalities.
Date&Time: Jul. 9, 16, and 23 (Sat); 10:00-12:00
Fee: Free
②International Mothers’ Gathering
Date&Time: Jul.19 (Tue), 10:30-11:30
Fee: Free
③Hello Gathering
Date&Time: Jul.16 (Sat), 15:00-16:30
Fee: Free
④Seminar on Japanese Culture “Let’s try on Yukata, summer Kimono”
Date&Time: Jul.9 (Sat), 14:30-16:00
Fee: Free for foreign nationals, \500 for others
Limit: 30 people *First come, first served.
To Apply: Call the lounge.
Location: ①-④ Hodogaya International Exchange Center, Iwama Shimin Plaza (3 min walk from Tenno-cho Stn on Sotetsu Line)
Inquiries: (045) 337-0012 Fax (045) 337-0013
E-mail:toiawase@hodgaya-kokusai.com
http://www.hodogaya-kokusai.com

A great opportunity to meet people over a cup of coffee.
Date&Time: Aug.7 (Sun), 10:30-12:00
Location: Aoba International Lounge (Aoba-ku Kumin Koryu Center) (1 min walk from Tana Stn on the Tokyu Den-en Toshi Line)
Fee: Free
To Apply: Please go directly to the location.
Inquiries: (045) 989-5266 FAX：045-982-0701
E-mail:aobaloungeintl89h1@t07.itscom.net
http://home.h00.itscom.net/aobalnge/

Language wanted: ①Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Tagalog ②Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and English. *After 4 days of seminars and training (Sep.10, 17, Oct.1, and 15), there will be screening.
Fee for Seminar: ①\3,000 ②\6,000
Limit: 60 people
To Apply: Download an application form from the website, fill in, and send it to MIC Kanagawa with self-addressed return envelope with 90 yen stamp by Jul. 25 to : 〒221-0835 Kanagawa-ku, Tsuruyacho 3-30-1-503
Inquiries: (045) 314-3368 E-mail: mickanagawa@network.email.ne.jp
URL: http://mickanagawa.web.fc2.com/

①Notice of settlement for this year’s National Health Insurance Premium will be sent out mid-June.
②Deregulation for involuntary unemployment workers: there may be a deduction of payment for those who left work after Mar.31, 2009. Notify Hoken-gakari (Insurance Section) of your ward office.
③If you are between the ages of 65 and 74, and previously were a dependent of a social health insurance certificate holder, the National Health Insurance Premium may be reduced for a certain period.
④If you relocated from one of the disaster-stricken areas of Mar.11 Tohoku Earthquake, there may be a deduction of payment.
⑤Discount tickets for swimming pools, attached on the Kokuho Dayori, (National Health Insurance Newsletter), will be enclosed in the settlement notice.
Inquiries: (045) 671-2421 (*J)

The first term payment for Residential Tax (Shimin Zei) and Prefectural Residents Tax (Kenmin Zei) is due June 30. A Resident Tax Bill (Noh-Zei Tsuchisho) is mailed to the taxpayer every year in early June to be paid in June, August, October and the following January, at financial institutions or post offices. You can also pay the entire bills in June.
Inquiries: Finance Bureau, Financial Affairs Division　(045) 671-2254 (*J)

Subsidies of between \48,000 and \223,200 per child (depending on your residential tax submitted for 2011) will be provided to families with children who have enrolled in a private kindergarten between Apr. 1 and Jun. 1. (For children enrolled in a kindergarten after Jun.2, please apply in Nov. 2011, or Feb. 2012.) The forms will be distributed at the end of Jun. at each kindergarten and may be submitted there.
Eligibility: Those who live in the City of Yokohama.
Inquiries: Ask for more information at your kindergarten or Kodomo Seishonen-kyoku, Kosodate shien-ka (Child and Youth Bureau, Child-Care Support Division) (045) 671-2085 (*J)

Those who have finished the home-helper 2nd grade course after April 1, 2011, and have been employed and have worked for more than 3 months at a welfare facility in Yokohama may apply for a subsidy covering certain amount of the tuition costs. There are certain qualifications for this system. Please refer to the Health and Social welfare Bureau (Kenko Fukushi Kyoku)
URL: http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/kenkou/zinzaikakuho/

①Cervical cancer vaccination
Eligibility: Girls born between Apr.2, 1994 and Apr.1, 1999 and living in Yokohama.
Series of Injections: 3 times over a 6 month period.
②Pediatric Pneumococcal Vaccination and HIB (Hemophilus Influenza type B) Vaccination
Eligibility: 2-month old to 4 yrs old who live in Yokohama.
Series of Injections: 1 to 4 times depending on age
Period: until Mar.31, 2012
To Apply: Those who wish to
have vaccinations, please have a proper understanding of the purpose, effects, and side-effects etc of vaccinations and make an appointment at one of the cooperating hospitals in Yokohama.
Inquiries: Yokohama City Vaccination Consultation Window (045) 671-4183 (*J) Fax (045) 664-7296
http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/kenkou/hokenjo/genre/kansensyo/vacpromo/3vac_flier_english.pdf