Correctly Divide Household Waste

Waste collected by the Takasaki must be divided into the following categories:

Burnables: Kitchen waste, old cloth (clothes, bedding), diapers, papers that are unsuitable for recycling, soft plastics like shampoo/detergent bottles, plastic wrappings, polystyrene trays, garden waste (leaves/twigs), etc.

Non-burnables: Glass/pottery, incandescent light bulbs, frypans and other metal items; irons, toasters, hair driers, and other small household electrical appliances, hard plastics including buckets, toys, CDs and tanks, etc.

Recyclables: Recyclable papers including newspapers, magazines, cardboard, miscellaneous papers (bundled and tied together), drink containers (plastic, glass and aluminum/steel), batteries, and fluorescent light bulbs (unbroken).

Obey these 5 rules for correct waste disposal!

Put out your waste:

• On the correct day for your neighborhood
• At the correct time (by 8:30am on the day)
• Divided into categories according to the day
• In the designated way
• At the correct collection site for your address

Phone App for Waste Disposal

Takasaki has released a phone app to help residents dispose of their household waste correctly and easily. Functions include checking how to dispose of a certain item, reminders of recycling days in your neighborhood and other useful information. Find it by searching for さんあーる

Yorisoi Hotline   ☎0120-279-338

Are you having problems with your visa, nationality, family, work, everyday living situation, discrimination, domestic violence, confinement, or human trafficking?

Yorisoi Hotline is a free telephone consultation service for foreigners.

For service in foreign languages, please press 2 after the initial guidance. Telephone consultation is available everyday between 10am and 10pm, and is accessible from anywhere within Japan.

This is a toll-free service.

 Free advice by legal professionals on divorce, domestic violence, work conditions, visas, accidents, etc.

Interpretation: English, Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Spanish & Korean

Available: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Taka-chari are the red spotted-bicycles you may have seen around town.

You can borrow one by inserting a 100 yen coin into the key box.

Your money is returned once you have locked the Taka-chari to one of the

many cycle ports around the central city area.

Cautions: Only ride the Taka-chari in the designated area of use (map below),

and be sure to return it to a cycle port when leaving it unattended

even for a short time.

Hours of use: 9am-10pm

Area of use:

Takasaki has released a phone app to help residents dispose of their household waste correctly and easily.

Functions include checking how to dispose of a certain item,

reminders of recycling days in your neighborhood and other useful information.

Find it by searching for さんあーる or use the QR code.

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When there is the risk of a typhoon, severe storm, flooding or landslides in Takasaki, the city will notify residents in a number of ways so people can be prepared, and take refuge if necessary.

Anshin Hotmail

An email service that alerts subscribers in real time to the threat of severe weather conditions as well as information about crimes, accidents, missing people, etc. To subscribe:

1. Send a blank email to takasaki@entry.mail-dpt.jp
2. Click on the link that is sent
3. Enter preferences for the area and type of information you’d like to receive

Keep updated on social media

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/takasaki.saigai

Twitter: takasaki_bousai

Tune in to Radio Takasaki

76.2 FM (Pre-recorded information in English broadcast on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11:55am, 6:55pm & 9:55pm)

If you need help evacuating…

Dial Takasaki’s exclusive evacuation helpline

☎ 027-321-5000

Warnings issued by Takasaki (in order of urgency)

Apply for an Individual Number Card

Once you have received your “My Number” Notification Card, you can apply for an Individual Number Card if you wish to do so. The Individual Number Card is a plastic card which contains an IC chip, the bearer’s name, address, date of birth, gender, Individual Number, and has an ID photograph. The card can be used as an identification card as well as to receive a wide range of services including municipality services and electronic applications using an electronic certificate such as e-Tax, or obtaining copies of your resident register at a convenience store.

How to apply: Apply by post using the application form attached to the bottom of your Notification Card. Paste an ID photo to the form, stamp with your seal, and send in the enclosed envelope. Alternatively, apply electronically by accessing the website. In either case, it takes about 2 months from application to receive the postcard informing you to pick up the card from your local city hall office.

More Information about the Card: www.kojinbango-card.go.jp/en or call the Individual Number Card Call Center on 0570-064-738 (Mon-Fri 8:30am-10pm, weekends & holidays 9:30am-5:30pm). English OK.

Resident Record Copies Now Issued at Convenience Stores

Holders of an Individual Number Card (see left for how to get yours), are now able to get a copy of their Resident Record (juminhyo) or Personal Seal Registration (inkan toroku shomeisho) from convenience stores all over Japan.

Service Available: 6:30am-11pm, 7 days a week including holidays but excluding 29th Dec-3rd Jan.

Cost: 250 yen per copy (costs 300 yen at city hall)

Process: Swipe your Individual Number Card on the multi-function copy machine located at convenience stores, enter your PIN number, then enter the certificate type and number of copies required. There’s no need to fill out any application forms to receive your certificate.

Stores where this service is available:

All Seven Eleven, Lawson, Family Mart, Seicomart, Circle K Sunkus stores in Japan, as well as certain Save On stores.

Offering free consultations about the education of foreign children. Multilingual female staff provide confidential consulting services to assist people to find solutions for their issues such as:

・ Insufficient Japanese language skills

・ Loosing language skills in mother tongue

・ Difficulty understanding at school

・ High school/university entrance exam info

・ Bullying/trouble with friends

・ Parent-child relationships, etc.

Tel: 080-8730-6969

Date & Time: Monday-Saturday, 10am-9pm

Email: school.hotline.gunma@gmail.com