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Published by Inuyama City Hall
Edited by Inuyama International Association
2014 Winter
English
No.78
CONTENTS
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City tax deadlines (January, 2015 to March, 2015)
Opening hours of tax office on holidays
Open School Orientation for New Incoming Students
Preparing Your Water Pipes for Winter
Please separate trash exactly before disposing！
Say hello to your neighbors -Katchena Demdam-
In case you get sick on a holiday
1.City tax deadlines (January, 2015 to March, 2015)
▼February 2, 2015: 4th Installment of Municipal
8th Prefectural Tax
▼March 2, 2015:
4th Installment of Real Estate Tax
9th Installment of National Health Insurance Tax
▼March 31, 2015: 10th Installment of National Health Insurance
2. Opening hours of tax office on holidays
As a facility for people who cannot visit during regular working hours, the tax office of Inuyama City
also opens on holidays for limited service. Please use this service as needed.
▼Place: City Hall 1st floor, Tax Payment Section
▼Holiday hours: 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, 9:00 a.m. till noon.
■For more information, contact the Inuyama Revenue Division TEL:0568-44-0317
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Open School Orientation for New Incoming Students
In Japan, the children born between April 2nd, 2008 and April 1st, 2009 are due to enter elementary school, and
the children born between April 2nd, 2002 and April 1st, 2003 will enter junior high school in April of 2015. Listed
below is the orientation schedule for each school involved. The orientation is for parents and incoming
students,so please be sure to bring your children.
Also, please bring the entrance notification document you receive in the middle of January, 2015, with you to
the entrance ceremony in April. It is necessary to submit certain documents to the City Hall in order to enter your
children into the school system. Those who have not submitted the necessary documents yet please contact the
School Education Division of City Hall
■For more information, contact the Inuyama School Education Division, TEL: 0568-44-0351
【 One Day Open School
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Orientation Time Schedule 】
※ES = Elementary School, JS= Junior High School
Name of School
Orientation Day
Registration Time
Registration
Location
Finished By
School Phone
Inuyamakita ES
Thursday Feb.12th
8：00～ 8：20
gym
9：40
61-2234
Inuyamaminami
ES
Monday Feb.2nd
13：20～13：40
gym
14：50
61-2231
Joto ES
Tuesday Feb.3rd
13：00～13：30
gym
15：00
61-2501
Imai ES
(Already held at Health checkup for newly enrolling students)
61-2191
Kurisu ES
Thursday Jan.29th
12：20～12：30
front lobby
15：00
61-0580
Haguro ES
Thursday Feb.5th
13：00～13：20
gym
15：00
67-0046
Gakuden ES
Friday Feb.6th
10：00～10：20
gym
11：30
67-1005
Ikeno ES
Thursday Jan.22nd
13：20～13：30
the North School
Bldg .art room
15：00
67-0544
Higashi ES
Friday Feb.6th
13：30～13：40
gym
15：00
67-5400
Inuyamanishi ES
Monday Feb.2nd
13：30～13：45
gym
15：00
62-8280
Inuyama JS
Wednesday Feb.4th
13：00～13：20
gym
16：00
61-2409
Joto JS
Wednesday Feb.4th
13：30～13：55
gym
15：45
61-0501
Nanbu JS
Wednesday Feb.4th
13：15～13：30
gym
16：00
67-0030
Tobu JS
Wednesday Feb.4th
13：00～13：20
gym
15：05
67-7401
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2014 Winter
Preparing Your Water Pipes for Winter
●Beware of Nights When Temperatures Drop!!
When temperatures drop below zero, pipes are more likely to freeze or burst without preventative measures
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taken. The following are some typical instances where this will happen.
①When the pipes remain bare
②When the pipes are located on the northern side of the house.
③When the pipes are located in a direct wind
●What to do when a water pipe bursts
Turn off the water source (stopcock) within the water meter box (located outside)
●What to do when your pipes freeze and no water comes out
Cover the frozen area with a towel, and pour lukewarm water over it to melt the ice
gradually. If you use boiling water, there is a danger of creating cracks in the pipe, or causing them to burst,
so please be careful.
●How to Keep Your Pipes Warm
①Wrap the faucet and pipe in
②Wrap the faucet and pipe in a
③Stuff the water meter box
an anti-freeze material, right
towel or piece of blanket
with pieces of fabric or a cut
up to the spout, to prevent the
(anything on hand) in the
blanket and cover the meter
freezing and bursting of the
same manner. Then make a
box
pipe.
binding cover with plastic
cardboard
wrap or a plastic bag.
freezing, making sure to
with
a
to
piece
of
prevent
keep the meter readable.
■For more information,contact the City Hall Public Water Supply Division
TEL:0568-62-9300
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Please separate trash exactly before disposing！
Nonburnable
garbage
Cans
Aluminum cans
Steel cans
Plastic containers and packaging
(i.e.)snack food packaging, instant
noodle cups, and eggs cases
They
are
collected
once a week. Put into the
plastics collection net.
They are collected twice
a month! Put into each
collection net.
Items that are difficult to clean
are put in "burnable garbage"!
Burnable
garbage
Some plastic items
(that do not have any
metal attached) can be
put into the burnable
garbage.
【 i.e. 】 toys, buckets,
etc.
◆ Recently, some burnable garbage (which are plastics, rubber products, leather
products) and recyclable garbage (cans) have been mixed up in the nonburnable
garbage.
◆ Please obey our rules and manner of separation and disposal, and cooperate to keep
a clean and orderly collection area!
■For more information, contact the City Hall
Garbage Reduction Promotion Division at
TEL:0568-44-0344
2014
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Winter
Say hello to your neighbors
This time we talked to Katchena Demdam, a 22-yr-old student. She was born in the Philippines and
followed her parents to Japan. Since she came she faced a lot of problems with the Japanese language
and Japanese systems but also had great experiences here in Inuyama, which she shared with us
today.
Q: Katchena, can you tell us what you did since you came to Inuyama and what your future plans are?
A: Before I came here, I already studied up to the second year of college in the Philippines. But due to
the difference in the educational system, I thought this was not acknowledged. I thought I could not
go to college without finishing senior high school here. I did not want to stay at home and do nothing,
so I started working in a factory. This was hard but also boring work and I felt really depressed being
there. I have always been independent and therefore could not handle being that helpless to not
even understand simple orders from my supervisor. That is why I quit, started learning Japanese and
entered senior high school while working. Recently, I learned that I have a chance to go to college if
I pass the JLPT N1 exam. So now I'm studying at a Japanese language school, to get into university
or find a better job.
Q: This sounds like a hard way to achieve your goals. But even though you struggled with different
things here, you still seem to be so positive. Do you have any advice for young foreigners coming to
Japan?
A: In my case, my parents could not speak Japanese and did not know the system here, so it was
necessary for me to learn Japanese. And that would be my advice to everyone who comes to Japan:
Even if language schools are expensive, go to an international center in your town, ask for help and
try to get into a language school - even if for just once a week. You get better job opportunities when
you speak Japanese and you will be able to become a part of the local community somehow.
Q: What do you think is a good learning technique for Japanese?
A: Just try to talk to people. Fortunately there were no other Filipinos in my class at senior high school
for which I was forced to talk in Japanese. And because of one girl who was really nice to me even
at times I could not express myself, I learned a lot and felt comfortable to speak.
Q: What was your best experience in Japan so far? And what do you like about Inuyama?
A: I worked at Kanishis International Center and taught Tagalog to primary school students as well as
helping teach Japanese. My Japanese improved so much there and I learned a lot besides that.I
really like Inuyama and do not want to move anywhere else. To me, Inuyama’s nature is great. I like
to go for a walk to Narita-san or Inuyama Castle and I think, there is no prettier thing than the cherry
blossoms close to the river here, right around the corner from Freude.
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In case you get sick on a holiday
Holiday（daytime）Clinic
▼Place:Inuyama City Holiday Emergency Clinic
Add:1-70,Goromaru Higashi,Inuyama City TEL:0568-62-8100
▼Consultation hours:8:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. , 1:30 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.
Holiday（night-time）Clinic
▼Place:Please see the following list of duty clinics
▼Consultation hours:5:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m
■For more information, contact the inuyama City Hall’s Health Promotion Section (Shimin Kenko Kan)
TEL:0568-63-3800
Internal Medicine
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Name of Medical Institution
1
Surgery
TEL
Location
Inuyamaeki nishi Byoin
61-2017
Takamicho
2
Murakami Naika
62-2201
Maruyama
3
Ando Iin
61-0316
Nishishin
michi
4
Ando Clinic
62-8881
Tonoji
11
Ando Clinic
62-8881
Tonoji
12
Yoshida Naika Clinic
62-9222
Higashima
tsumotocho
18
Miyazaki Seikeigeka・
Geka ・Naika
68-0461
Semiya
25
Midori Shinryojo
67-3311
Chojamachi
1
Kimura Naika
67-0008
Jonan
8
Okabe Iin
62-7121
Uchida
11
Itsuki Clinic
62-3101
Kamisaka
15
Itatsu Naika Clinic
67-6333
22
Miyata Iin
1
8
Name of Medical Institution
TEL
Location
Matsumura Clinic
61-1488
Kamisaka
Ishihara Geka (Surgery)
62-2855
Hashizume
kami
Higashimatsu
motocho
Kobayashi Jibiinkoka
(ENT)
Mother Clinic Happiness
(Obstetrics gynecology)
Takuya Seikeigeka
(Orthopedics)
61-3154
63-4103
Tonoji
69-1800
Kobari
Matsumura Clinic
61-1488
Kamisaka
Kobayashi Ganka
(Ophthalmology)
62-7278
Fujimicho
Ishihara Geka (Surgery)
62-2855
Hashizume
kamii
63-4103
Tonoji
61-0200
Matsumoto
cho
Sato Byoin
67-7660
Shimodainichi
Hongo
Yamamoto Hifuka Clinic
62-6855
Takamicho
67-5566
Inaba
Kuwabara Clinic
61-1118
Tonoji
Heart Clinic Sawada
62-5556
Umetsubo
67-1134
Ninomiya
danchi
Sumire Naika Clinic
68-0025
Wakamiya
62-8811
Maehara
15 Inuyamaeki nishi Byoin
61-2017
Takamicho
68-3104
Narumi
minami
21
Murakami Naika
62-2201
Maruyama
61-7311
Senshojicho
22
Ando Iin
61-0316
Nishishin
michi
Niwa Jibiinkoka (ENT)
67-6868
Hotta
29
Ando Clinic
62-8881
Tonoji
Kobayashi Jibiinkoka
(ENT)
61-3154
Higashimatsu
motocho
犬山ニュースレター
Mother Clinic Happiness
(Obstetrics gynecology)
Miyata Ganka
(Ophthalmology)
Kawamura Seikeigeka
(Orthopedics)
(Dermatology)
Funabiki Clinic
Satoshi Ganka Clinic
(Ophthalmology)
Takeuchi Seikeigeka Clinic
(Orthopedics)
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Emanuele Ito、Haruka Yamada、Hiroshi Ito、Tsuneaki Iwata、Chizuko Hishikawa、Marisabel Almer、
Maria João Antunes、Nancy Oshiro、Ricardo Arturo、Jun Komatsu、Risa Yamamori、Lucimare Terada、
Ikeda Lilian Izumi、末石ブルノ、柿原エジソン孝一、田原カルロス、屋良マルコス、川瀬ラリサ、
Prata Gigele Cristina、Wu Huixing、Misako Harita、Kazue Fukuda、He Xiao yan、Hiroko Hashimoto、
Ma Xian Yuan、Virgie Ishihara、Margie Ieda、Senda Lizabeth、Ethyl Oshima、Katchena Demdam、
Virginia Yumi Oshima、Laura Johnen