No. 263 April 1, 2019

Population and No. of Households in Urayasu

Population: 169,451 Male: 83,033 Published by the City of Urayasu Female: 86,418 1-1-1 Nekozane, Urayasu-shi, Households: 80,237 Chiba 279-8501 Foreign Residents: 4,047 047-351-1111 (As of February 28, 2019) http://www.city.urayasu.lg.jp

Notification of Long-Term Holiday ● Emergency Clinic and Emergency Dental Clinic

Table 1: Emergency Clinic and Emergency Dental Clinic ○ Surgeries will be conducted at the medical institutions on emergency duty. (See the city website for a list of medical institutions on emergency duty.) Locations and Telephone Open Dates and Hours ○ Numbers Bring your health insurance card, child medical subsidy recipient card, medicine book, etc., when receiving treatment. Sundays and national ○ There may be after-hour fees or holiday fees depending on when the holidays treatment is received. Internal Emergency Clinic, ○ The Emergency Clinic is for first aid for sudden illnesses and injuries. As Medicine and Tel: 381-9999 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 to a rule, only a one-day supply of medicine will be prescribed. However, Pediatrics (during open hours only) 11 p.m. (only 8 to 11 p.m. depending on the condition of the illness, a doctor may decide to on April 27) prescribe medicine for multiple days.

Sundays and national Pediatric emergency care is available on a 24-hour basis every day. Emergency Dental Clinic, holidays Dental Tel: 381-4749 Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Tel: 351-3101 (during open hours only) 9 a.m. to 12 noon Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Tel: 353-3111

● Public Facilities Table 2: Public Facilities (the colored boxes represent closed days) Public Facility April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 Sunday hours Sunday hours City Hall The multistory parking garage and the Central Administration Office are open as normal. All City Service Centers International Center (inside Il Mare) All Kominkan (public halls) Clean Center Library branches Chuo Library after-hours service counter Il Mare Library Service Corner Folk Museum

Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center Open only in the morning from April 30 to May 2 (in the afternoon, emergency patients only).

Urayasu Central Hospital Open only for reserved patients on April 30. Urayasu Hospital ○ During the holidays, Il Mare, Culture Hall, Sogo Park day camp area, Traffic Park, Sports Park Gymnasium, the indoor swimming pool, and Chuo Martial Arts Gymnasium will be open as usual. Contact other facilities individually for information about their holidays.

● Garbage collection schedule From Saturday, April 27 to Monday, May 6, garbage will be collected as usual; however, pickup reservations for and the collection of bulky trash are not available. Inquiries: Garbage-Free Section, Tel: 712-6467; Clean Center, Tel: 381-5300

Organization of Urayasu City Hall to Change on April 1

The organization of Urayasu City Hall is revised to make it easier for the citizens to understand and use, and to address new administrative issues functionally and effectively. Changes in Sections Service Counters to Change

○ The Disaster Prevention Section ○ Matters related to Osampo Bus became the Crisis Management Since the City Development Policy Section has merged with the City Planning Section, the service counter for Section. Osampo Bus is now in the City Planning Section. ○ The City Development Policy ○ Daily Living & Social Welfare Consultation Counter Section has merged with the A comprehensive consultation counter for providing welfare-related consultation regardless of category— City Planning Section. including about children, elderly and the disabled—has been set up on the third floor of Urayasu City Hall. Inquiries: General Affairs Section, Tel: 712-6121 No. 263 April 1, 2019 Kids' Sports Playground Since physical ability develops rapidly during infancy, it is important for infants to experience various movements. At the new indoor Kids’ Sports Playground, children can develop the basics of physical strength and fitness in a balanced and fun way by moving their bodies while enjoying play activities. Facility information Introduction to each zone Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (One-hour limit, including ten minutes to replace visitors) 1) Multi-Sports Zone Note: Closed from 1 to 2 p.m. for safety inspection and management of equipment Soft equipment and cushioned balls that are Closed: First and third Wednesdays (open on national holidays) and the year-end/New Year’s safe for infants of crawling age will be available to holidays (December 29 to January 4) promote the development of various movements. Please inquire about usage information, schedule, and other details. 2) Athletic Zone Fees: ¥220 for children living in the city and ¥330 for children who do not live in the city (free • Bridge Walk for parents/guardians) (stepping stones and balance beam) Eligibility: 1) Multi-Sports Zone: Infants 2 years of age and under who can crawl • Up-down (log-ducking and wall-climbing) 2) Athletic Zone: Preschool children 3 to 6 years of age • Monkey Bar Note: Parents/guardians must accompany the children in both zones. One parent/guardian can (ladder type and jagged type) accompany up to two children. • Climbing Capacity: 1) Seven children on a first-come, first-served basis 2) Twenty children on a first- • Trampoline come, first-served basis (registration starts 30 minutes before each starting time for both zones) • Step-climb and slide Inquiries: Indoor Swimming Pool, Tel: 304-0030

■ Urayasu Park: Yu Yu Playground ■ Part of the Seashore in the ■ Urayasu Scholarship Support ■ Oral Cancer Checkup and Kokage Playground Akemi Area Open to the Public Program Oral cancer checkups by the Urayasu Dental Association started on April 1. With the completion of construction Part of the seashore area is open to the Urayasu City awards scholarships that do Eligibility: Residents 40 years of age and older not need to be paid back to eligible persons. of the former general parking lot, Yu Yu public so residents can become more familiar (900 people on a first-come, first-served basis) Eligibility: Children whose parents/guardians playground and Kokage playground will open with the waterfront. While a total of 215 FY 2019 Cancer Checkup Tickets were sent on April 3 (Wed.). Yu Yu playground features meters of seashore is open at this time, the live in Urayasu City, who have been registered to women 20 years of age and older and men in the basic resident registration for one year large-size playground equipment and a place city is working to open all areas, including the 40 years of age and older. Please make inquiry Hinode area, in the future. Please contact the or longer, who are enrolled in high school or where children can play in the water, and for details about cancer checkups. number below regarding use of the seashore. university, and who have difficulty completing Inquiries: Kokage playground has tree-lined walkways Oral cancer checkup: Urayasu Inquiries: Management Section, Katsunan Civil school for financial reasons Dental Association, Tel: 380-3666; Other and rest spaces. Construction will continue Academic standards: Engineering Office, Chiba Prefecture, Tel: 047- The most recent grade cancer checkups: Health Promotion Section, on a multipurpose plaza, emergency supplies 433-2423 point average must be 3.0 or higher on a five- Tel: 381-9059 storehouse, and bathrooms. point grading system. Inquiries: Parks & Public Areas Section, Tel: Income standard: The income earned during ■ Recruiting Tenants for Chiba the year before application shall be 1.3 times the ■ FY2019 Rabies Group 712-6728 Prefectural Housing for April 2019 standard amount of public financial assistance Vaccination for everyday living or lower (amount varies File an application with the Chiba Prefecture Date and time: April 3 (Wed.) to 16 (Tue.), depending on the number of family members). ■ Tums Urayasu Hospital for Public Housing Corporation (1-16 Sakaecho, 1:30 to 3 p.m. (times vary by location) Benefit amount: high school: ¥5,000 per Fee: Chuo-ku, Chiba City, 260-0016) by mail by April For registered dogs: ¥3,500; newly Rehabilitation Opens month; university: ¥15,000 per month (¥30,000 registering dogs: ¥6,500 Tums Urayasu Hospital, a facility with 15 (Mon.; must be postmarked by this date). per month for those who have a grade point What to bring: Location of information pamphlets and functions for recovery phase rehabilitation, average of 3.8 or higher on a five-point grading For registered dogs: Complete the questionnaire application forms: Housing Affairs Section opened on April 1. It aims to become a system while in their third year of high school) in the FY2019 Urayasu City rabies vaccination (Urayasu City Hall 6F) and city service centers. Application: hospital that cooperates with the community Complete and file an application announcement (already mailed) and bring it in Available at the Urayasu City Hall Central form (available at the Education Administration to provide safe and reliable medical and without detaching it. Administration Office (Urayasu City Hall 1F) Section [Urayasu City Hall 7F] or via download For newly registering dogs: Come to a group welfare treatment for higher cerebral on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays from the Urayasu City website) in person with vaccination site with your dog. dysfunction and dementia in addition to clinical and during nonbusiness hours. the Education Administration Section between Note: Transfer procedures cannot be done treatment. For more information, please visit the April 8 (Mon.) and June 28 (Fri.). If you apply in at the venue. For the vaccination dates, hours Location: 7-2-32 Takasu, Urayasu City Chiba Prefecture Public Housing Corporation July and after, the scholarship will be provided and locations, please visit the city’s website or Inquiries: Tums Urayasu Hospital, Tel: 312- website (http://www.chiba-kousya.or.jp/). from the month the application is filed. feel free to make inquiry. Inquiries: Inquiries: 6765 Chiba Prefecture Public Housing Education Administration Section, Inquiries: Environmental Preservation Section, Corporation Recruiting Section, Tel: 043-222-9200 Tel: 712-6712 Tel: 712-6495 A Stroll with the Mayor Etsushi Uchida, Mayor of Urayasu City

Protecting the Name of Urayasu Our hometown of Urayasu was named 130 years ago in 1889 when Japan’s The name Urayasu is known nationally now, but it was not really recognized municipal system was instituted, with the villages of Todaijima, Nekozane and when I was a child. When asked where I was from during my travels and I would Horie merging to create Urayasu Village. Jinzaemon Arai, the village’s first answer “Urayasu,” people would inquire whether I meant Urawa. head, reportedly named it with the wish for “Ura yasukare (peaceful seas),” and After the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line was completed in 1969 and landfill projects because an old nickname for Japan was Urayasu no Kuni (Land Where the Mind spurred development, Urayasu’s population grew rapidly, and the town was Feels at Ease). elevated to city status in 1981. There are a few other areas in Japan that are or have been called Urayasu. In the One event that definitely helped Urayasu gain recognition was the opening of Tohaku district of Tottori Prefecture, for example, there was an Urayasu Village Tokyo Disneyland in 1983. In addition to being a residential city by Tokyo Bay, (which merged to Kotouracho) from 1940 to 1954. There is still an Urayasu Urayasu became known as an urban resort city. Station on the Sanin Main Line. I believe it is our responsibility to pass down the name of Urayasu—which For fourteen years, there was also a municipality called Urayasu Village in both was thoughtfully named and which our predecessors preserved—to future the Tohaku and Higashi-Katsushika districts, as well as areas called Urayasu in generations. the cities of Okayama and Kuwana. Kuwana City even has an Urayasu Shrine.

●Recyclable Waste Disposal Schedule for April Bottles/Cans/ Newspapers/ Collection Area PET plastic bottles 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 (ext. 14108) designated time as it could become a nuisance in your neighborhood. Local Activities Promotion Section * Bulky items will be collected separately on request by phone. Call the Bulky Items Reception Center, 305-4000. (Urayasu City Hall 3F) For inquiries, contact the Garbage-Free Section.