No. 5 June 25, 2006
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No. 5 Publishing Date: June 25, 2006 Published by: Cultural and International Division, Regional and Cultural Affairs Department, Shinjuku City Tel: 03-5273-4069 Fax: 03-3209-1500 1-4-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-8472 Please make your inquiries in Japanese when calling the coordinatingLet division. ’s Enjoy Summer – Summer Edition LetLet’s ’Enjoys Enjoy Summer Summer – Summer– Summer Edition EditionCome Dressed in Yukata! Summer in Japan is the time of year when everyone from children to adults canGround enjoy such Cherryspecial events Market as summer festivals and fireworks at night. This issue will describe some of the summer festivals held in Shinjuku. Come ComeDressed Dressed in Yukata! in Yukata! Let’ s All Dance Together! GroundGround Cherry Cherry Market Market Awa-Odori Dancing July 26 (Wed.) and 27 (Thu.), 6 to 10 p.m. July 28 (Fri.) and 29 (Sat.), 7 to 9 p.m. Let’ sLet’ All Dance s All Dance Together!“Hozuki-Ichi” Together! Ground Cherry AOriginally Totally Okinawa from Tokushima LetAtmosphere ’s Enjoy Summer Awa-OdoriPlantAwa-Odori Market will Dancingbe held Dancing mainly Prefecture,– Shinjuku awa-odori isEisa a bon- Festival at Bishamonten with the red “torii” odori festival dance that is now– Summer Edition shrine gate. There will be potted performedCome Dressed at events in in Yukata! all parts A TotallyA TotallyLet Okinawa Okinawa’ gAtmospheres r o u n EnjoyAtmosphere d SummerSponsored by Nikkanof Japan.Sports 2006 Tokyo Metro Tozai Line c h e r r y Kagurazaka A b o u t – Shinjuku– Shinjuku Eisa EisaFestival Festival JinguCome Gaien Dressed in Yukata! – Summerp l a n t s Edition 15 dance Come ComeDressed Dressed in Yukata!with in their Yukata! Fireworkstroupes FestivalGround (groups of tens Cherry of people) Market vivid vermilion-colored flowers, sales Kagurazaka-dori Ave. will dance along the slope to the SponsoredSponsored by Nikkan by Nikkan Sports Sports 2006 2006 “Ishidatami-no Roji” of “yukata” cotton kimonos, and a Stone-Paved Lane lively “hayashi” music of the あ わ おど refreshingCome Dressed Jingubeer garden.Jingu inGaien Such Yukata! services Gaien Okubo-dori Ave. Awa-Odori阿波踊り Dancing Let’ s All“shamisen” Dance lute,Together! flute and drum. as yukata dressing and guided strolls Iidabashi FireworksFireworks Festival FestivalZengoku-ji Temple KagurazakaAwa-Odori will be filled with Dancing Ground Cherry Market(Bishamonten) いち through Kagurazaka, will also be Toei Oedo Line Ground Cherryほおずき市 Market excitement. Ushigome-Kagurazaka available. JR Sobu Line Relaxing Hot Springs Let’ s All Dance Together! A Totally Okinawa Atmosphere Inquiries: Tansumachi Branch Office, Tel: 03-3260-1911 http://www.syoutengai-web.net/kagura/maturi14.htmWorthwhile – At a Municipal Resort Awa-Odori Dancing Information– Shinjuku Eisa Festival RelaxingRelaxing Hot HotSprings Springs Come Dressed in Yukata! あ わ おど A Totally Okinawa Atmosphere 阿波踊りSponsored by Nikkan Sports 2006 WorthwhileWorthwhile– At –a AtMunicipal a Municipal Resort Resort –Information ShinjukuInformation Eisa Festival Jingu Gaien いち Come Dressed in Yukata! ほおずき市 Fireworks Festival Eisa Festival is a traditional art of Sponsored by Nikkan Sports 2006 This is the annual Okinawa. Eisa teams (a total of 500 fireworks show in people) fromJingu the original Gaien birthplace of which about 10,000 Okinawa, as well as from Shinjuku and Fireworks FestivalKabukicho Cine City Plaza fireworks are shot up neighboring areas, will be performing. (a spot for young people) Shinjuku Toho Kaikan into the summer sky. Shinjuku East Exit will have a totally Shinjuku Koma Theater RelaxingYou can enjoy Hot the Springs Okinawan atmosphere with energetic spectacular fireworks festival drums and dancing. Why Worthwhile and– At events a Municipalat any of Resort not catch festival fever? For more Information the four Jingu-Gaien information, visit http://shinjuku-eisa.jp/ Viewing Sites (fees Relaxing Hot Springs Shinjuku City Office charged). DateWorthwhile and Time: July 29– (Sat.),At a 1 Municipalto ResortYasukuni-dori Ave. Information9:30 p.m., tentatively (will Date and Time: August 16 (Wed.) (Will be held in light rain) Shinjuku Alta be postponed to the 17th if the *Dancing in Shinjuku-dori Shinjuku Takano Bldg. weather is inclement.) Shinjuku Station Avenue will be held from 1 Kinokuniya Book Store Fireworks start from 7:30 p.m. Square to 5:30 p.m. Shinjuku-dori St. Isetan Nakamuraya Scheduled to end at 8:30 p.m. Sumitomo Location: Shinjuku-dori Avenue, My City Location: Outer Garden of Meiji Shrine Mitsukoshi Mitsui Bank Kabukicho Cine City Plaza (1-1 Kasumigaokamachi) and other locations. Shinjuku Marui City Inquiries: Nikkan Sports News Convention Sta. Secretariat, Tel: 03-3547-0900 The next issue of Shinjuku News will be published in September 2006. Shinjuku News is available at various public facilities such as Shinjuku City Office, Shinjuku Multicultural Plaza, Branch Offices and public libraries. Let’s Enjoy Summer 2 – Summer Edition The Oya-Oya Club To Those Who Wish to Enroll Their3 Come“Child-Raising Dressed in Yukata! Classes” Child in a Municipal Elementary or GroundFree Interpreters Cherry Market Available Junior High School for the School 4This club is an opportunity for foreign parents to find Year Starting April 2007 Let’solutions s All to Dance child-raising Together! problems and make friends at the In Japan, compulsory education includes six years of elementary same time. Why not chat informally? No reservations are school and three years of junior high school for a total of nine years, required. Please feel freeAwa-Odori to come to the site Dancing on the day of the for children between the ages of 6 and 15. event together with your children. Although foreign children are not required to attend a Japanese Date and Time: August 30 (Wed.), 10 a.m. to 12 noon A Totally Okinawa Atmosphere elementary or junior high school, they may do so upon application. Location: Nishi-Shinjuku Public Health Center (7-5-8 Nishi- Currently, there are about 300 foreign children attending public Shinjuku)– Shinjuku Eisa Festival schools. Eligibility: Foreign parents raising children from 0 through 3 Please note that according to Japanese law, a child may not Come Dressed in Yukata! years of age. be admitted to a Japanese junior high school unless he/she has SponsoredInterpreting: by If youNikkan would Sports like an interpreter 2006 for a language completed education in Japanese elementary school. other thanJingu English, ChineseGaien or Korean, please call in advance. If you would like to enroll your child in a municipal elementary Applications/Inquiries: General Affairs Division, Shinjuku or junior high school, please complete the following procedures: City LifelongFireworks Learning Foundation Festival Eligibility for Entrance to Elementary School: Those born Tel: 03-3232-7701 between April 2, 2000, and April 1, 2001 Fax: 03-3209-1833 Eligibility for Entrance to Junior High School: Those born between April 2, 1994, and April 1, 1995 Application Period: For entrance to elementary school, September 1 (Fri.) through 29 (Fri.) For entrance to junior high school, October Relaxing Hot Springs 2 (Mon.) through 31 (Tues.) How to Apply: Bring the notification mailed in advance by the Worthwhile – At a Municipal Resort School Operations Division and your child’s Foreign Resident Information Registration Card and complete application procedures at the School There are many hot springs in Japan, and they say that the Operations Division of the Shinjuku City Board of Education. If Japanese are a people who love hot springs the most in the world. you cannot speak Japanese, please come with someone who can. Hot springs have their own unique qualities, and people have Application/Inquiries: School Operations Division, Tel: enjoyed them for refreshment and for health reasons from ancient 03-5273-3089 days. Why not use a municipal resort and relax in a hot springs of To Parents Raising Children Up to Hakone? You can also enjoy excellent seasonal cuisine. Completion of Junior High School Municipal Resorts: Hakone Tsutsuji-so and Hakone Ajisai-so As of April 2006, the eligibility requirements for the national (Kanagawa Prefecture) child allowance program have been extended to the completion of Lodging Rate: For one night and two meals elementary school, and income restrictions have also been relaxed. ¥5,700 for Shinjuku residents In addition, Shinjuku City has established the Shinjuku City Child ¥7,100 for others (Payment at the site) Allowance program, which is available for those raising junior high How to Apply: Reservations can be made over the telephone by school students who have completed receiving the national child non-residents if there are any vacancies after reservations are taken allowance program. Designated procedures must be completed if giving priority to Shinjuku residents. Please inquire below for more you are newly eligible for these programs. However, please note information. that income restrictions apply. Inquiries: Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. Sales Office inside In addition, if you have not filed a Resident’s Tax Report, then please do so before applying for child allowance. Please call for Shinjuku City Office No. 1 Bldg., B2F, Tel: 03-5273-3881 (Monday more information. through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Inquiries: Child-Raising Section, Children and Family Division, Tsutsuji-so URL: http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~tsutsuji/ Tel: 03-5273-4546 Ajisai-so URL: http://www.hakone-tozan.co.jp/hakone-ajisai/ index.htm Let’s Be Careful About Preventing Food Poisoning How to Take a Bath Japanese- During the Summer Style Wash your body outside of Summer is the time of year when food poisoning happens the the bathtub, and soak in the most. The main symptoms of food poisoning are diarrhea, stomach bathtub after rinsing your body off clean. This is how ache and vomiting. A person can become seriously ill, depending on the bath water is kept clean the type of bacteria. In this issue, we will describe simple steps to for everyone to use.