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 Walk 1-minute from Kawaguchi Station East Exit, you will find “Cupo・la” main building in front of you.

 Do you know 【M4-Floor】, the floor stuck between 4th and 5th floor in the building?

 Just walk along on a pedestrian deck from the station to the   Cupo・la   main building, then go upstairs to the M4-floor by an elevator or an escalator. 

 On this M4-floor, you will find administrative services sections as “Kawaguchi Citizen’s Partner-Station”, “Kawaguchi Volunteer Center”, “Counseling Desk for Foreign Residents”. Among notices covering one of the entrance walls, lists of volunteered Japanese language classes, that are held in Kawaguchi City as many as 21 classes, draws my attention. Each place and day is specified in there, you will be able to find classes suite to your schedule. 

 At an information counter coordinated by the Multicultural Coexistence Desk, you will have free access to various information written in Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Turkish, and of course in Japanese. And you can enjoy checking each brochure and fliers to your heart’s content.

  Is this the place only displaying information and booklets? To solve this simple question, I asked Ms. Yao, one of the Municipal Coordinator for International Relations. Originally Chinese, she speaks Japanese and English very well, and is a coordinator with five years’ experience on this job. She says, this is the place called “Kawaguchi Citizen’s Partner Station”, which have been established to promote residents’ volunteer activities and civic cooperation. Also, in here, this Multicultural Coexistence Desk operates Counseling Desk for Foreign Residents. I wondered what kind of services we can get at this counter. If you are a non-Japanese speaker and received notices or letters from the municipal office, schools, etc. and have no idea how to deal with them, then this counter helps you to understand the situation. In case you have got a situation and do not know what to do with it, come to the counter and ask the person in charge. Three Coordinators that includes Ms. Yao, and Counselors for Non-Japanese Speakers are here to help you. Once-a-month Legal Consultation is also held in this place. It is reassuring having access to such services when you are living in a foreign country, is not it? 

 In Kawaguchi City, many volunteer groups are active in each field. When they have events, you can get information on them on this floor. Not only foreign residents, but also Japanese can get access to plenty of useful information in here. 

 It seems to me that M4-floor’s 【M】 is not only stands for “Mezzanine”, but also stands for “Much Information”! 

 There is “Administrative Services Center, Kawaguchi Station” on 4th-floor, Chuo-Public Library on the 5th-floor. When you have some spare time, wh y do not you drop in on the M4-floor. You may find some hottest information of Kawaguchi City.

Place: Kawaguchi Citizen’s Partner Station

         M4-Floor,   Cupo・la   Bldg. 1-1, Kawaguchi 1-chome, Kawaguchi City

TEL: 048-227-7607   FAX: 048-226-7718

Open: Tue～Sun   (Closed on New Year holidays(Dec 28 – Jan 4)・Holidays appointed by the law concerning National Holidays)

Open hours：Tue〜Sat　９：００〜２０：３０　　Sun　９：００〜１７：００

※Please check open hours of “Counselling Desk for Foreign Residents” on Kawaguchi City official website.

https://www.city.kawaguchi.lg.jp/soshiki/01060/020/4/3584.html

Editor’s Note

The dusk from the window of M4-floor is magnificent.    By Zunko

“Discover! Kawaguchi” Editorial Staff : Zunko

 Supporting my fave musician is my life!

“Grow Brew Bar” devotedly makes beers using local vegetables and fruits in the brew house in the back of the bar.

Along with staple beers, seasonal specialties are also the bar’s hot items. This stand-up drinking style bar gives you the atmosphere to enjoy drinks with no strict rules. It also allows customers to bring-in takeaway foods from nearby restaurants. With delicacies of “legit.” Chinese, Vietnamese, etc., you can drop by with something you can get only in Nishi-Kawaguchi area. 

Open hours on weekdays：5:00pm～11:00pm／Sat, Sun & National holidays：3:00pm～11:00pm

Open Throughout the Year

6 types of beer alternately served each day. Choose the size of the glass from S, M, L. 

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/grow_brew_house/?hl=ja 

Editor’s Note　

Residents of Kawaguchi City may not be able to resist to choose the bar’s staple, “R-122”, exquisite beer of which name derived from the National Road 122. I bet you will become one of the regulars there full of the Brewer’s devotion and a sense of humor. 

  It is one thing to go out of town to have fun, it would also be nice to spend time in a nearby park. 

  Today, I am going to introduce you “IINA PARK KAWAGUCHI”, a wonderful place to spend time with your family on weekends. 

１ How to find fun at IINA PARK KAWAGUCHI

①Enjoy spending your own time on the Grass Space.

It is so nice to spread out a picnic sheet on the grass and have bento-lunch brought from home or onigiri-rice balls and pastries bought at the park. Children are throwing flying discs around, some people are playing with dogs, etc., how to enjoy the place is all up to you.

②Kids get excited on FUWA FUWA Dome

Large-sized playing equipment with five huge lumps. The surface is made of highly resilient material. This children’s favorite playing equipment is always packed with kids who are bouncing around or rolling about.

③Stroll around along the trail

You will not miss the trail circling the park. You can take a stroll along it appreciating surrounding trees and coppice, or seasonal flowers. The trail with gentle slopes here and there is a good walking course for your workout as well as to take your dog for a walk.

２ Other facilities in the park

①Indoor Playing Room “ASOBooN”

In there, you can enjoy “Athletic Section” in which kids can go wild playing with huge toys and inflatable mattresses, “Square” in which kids can play-house or parents can read books to them surrounded by the nature of Kawaguchi.

②Restaurant, Café, Shops

You can buy onigiri-rice balls made by freshly cooked rice on the wood-burning stove, or local products and foods and vegetables. You can also buy Kawaguchi City’s most famous bakery’s breads and pastries there.

③Historical and Natural Museum (Open: 9:30 AM ～ 4:30 PM)

From exhibits and films, you can learn about industries of Akayama/Angyo areas and the history of the Ina Family, the leading figure of the region during the Edo period. Also holding workshops and events relating

to Kawaguchi City’s history, etc. Please visit the museum’s official website （https://www.kawaguchi-bunkazai.jp/shiryou/index.html） for further details on event schedule. 

④Regional Commercial Products Center

Markets of local products such as farm products, plants and flowers, or events and workshops conducted by residents’ groups are held here.

Editor’s Note

How do you find this introduction of IINA PARK KAWAGUCHI? You really ought to come and spend the time here on a fine day.　By  Kishida

　“Do you take exercise regularly?”

　Starting with Ara-kawa riverside, Kawaguchi City is blessed with many favorable places for running and walking. Today, I am going to introduce you a shop in Saiwaicho, Kawaguchi City, which specializes in running activity, “RUNARX RUNNING COMPANY”.

　Mr. Hidehito Sato, the owner of the shop, had learned the importance of regional contribution through his experience of joining volunteer activities at the time of the great East Japan Earthquake. Then he opened this shop with the hope to be of great contribution to a community through running. 

　He says; “Running is something quite wholesome and friendly activity to anyone. I would like you start running by following your own motivation, as well as considering your own physical strength”.

☆This shop’s specialties are;

●Specialists help you choosing shoes

Give advice by checking the forms and features of your feet, also provide after-sales services.

●Events

The shop is holding various kinds of events that involves running.

※Choose safer places for events for parent-child’s stress-free participation. 

🍺They even have this peculiar but brilliant event, “Run and Beer”, in which runners enjoy beer together after running♪

※Please check Event Schedule by visiting the website below. 

●Details

RUNARX RUNNING COMPNY

Open Hours: Tue – Fri   12:00 – 20:00

             Sat & Sun & National holidays   12:00 – 18:00.  

Closed : Monday

OffiIcial website: https://www.runarx.jp/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/runarxrunningcompany/

Editor’s Note

If you want to start running, or be more fascinated with running, you must visit “RUNARX RUNNING COMPANY”! Through running activity, try to know your condition and expand your world of running. 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Bｙ MIMOSA🌻