Amagasaki City Newsletter Latest Issue
Second half of April 2025
▷ Revised facility usage fees
For inquiries, please contact the Finance Division. ☎︎ 6 4 8 9 - 6 1 5 7
In Amagasaki City, a survey of usage fees and charges is conducted once every three years in principle to ensure that costs are properly reflected and that beneficiaries are properly borne. In recent years, revisions have been postponed due to the impact of COVID-19, but this time, as a result of conducting another survey of usage fees and charges, it has been decided to revise the fees. Please contact the appropriate office for information on the revised amounts.
Facilities that will revise their usage fees and contact information
Yayoigaoka Funeral Hall: Revised from July 1st. Public Hygiene Division. ☎ 4 8 6 9 - 3 0 1 7
District gymnasiums (excluding Osho): revised from October 1st. Sports Promotion Division. ☎ 4 9 5 0 – 0 4 0 6︎
Healthy Plaza: revised from October 1st. Child Welfare Division. ☎ 6 4 8 9 - 6 3 4 9
Lifelong Learning Plaza (12 locations): Revised from January 1st next year. Lifelong Learning! Promotion Division. ☎ 4 9 5 0 – 0 3 8 7︎
▷ Two new no smoking areas on the streets have been designated
For inquiries, please contact the Manners Promotion Department at ☎︎ 6 4 8 9 - 6 5 8 1
Based on the Amagasaki City Tobacco Control Promotion Ordinance, Amagasaki City has designated areas where smoking is prohibited on the streets. The areas around Hanshin Kuise Station and Hankyu Sonoda Station have been newly designated as such areas. Please understand and cooperate that smoking is prohibited on the streets within these areas.
◆ Other areas where smoking is prohibited on the streets : Hankyu Mukonoshou Station, Hankyu Tsukaguchi Station, JR Tsukaguchi Station, JR Amagasaki Station, JR Tachibana Station, JR Inadera Station, Hanshin Amagasaki Station, Hanshin Deyashiki Station, Hanshin Daimotsu Station, Hanshin Amagasaki Center Pool-mae Station. Smoking while walking and littering cigarette butts are also prohibited throughout the city.
Starting April 1, a 1,000 yen fine will be imposed on anyone smoking in the area.
The area around busy stations and other areas where there is a risk of unwanted passive smoking has been designated as a no-smoking zone. Starting from April 1, tobacco control instructors patrolling the no-smoking zone will approach smokers on the street and collect a 1,000 yen fine on the spot.
▷ Year-round recruitment of city employees (administrative and technical positions) and online information sessions
For inquiries, please contact the Human Resources Department at ☎ 6 4 8 9 - 6 1 7 7
Recruiting city employees year-round
The positions being recruited for are administrative (welfare, psychology, child guidance, welfare supervisor, psychology supervisor), and technical (civil engineering, architecture, electricity, machinery, landscaping, environmental and sanitation). Applications can be made at any time, and exam dates will be notified individually. Starting salaries will be increased. Recruitment for administrative positions other than those that are recruited throughout the year is scheduled to begin in May.
◆ Test Contents
▷Preliminary screening: Video selection ▷1st exam: Aptitude test (SPI) and online interview ▷2nd exam: Face-to-face interview
Online recruitment information session
An online recruitment information session will be held on Saturday, May 10th from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Zoom. There will be an introduction to Amagasaki City, an explanation of the recruitment exam, job introductions by senior staff, and a Q&A session. Please join us.
Application: From April 1st to May 7th, apply via the designated form at the Personnel Department
▷ Subsidies to support children and young people
For inquiries, please contact the Children and Youth Division. ☎ 6 4 2 3 – 9 9 9 6
We subsidize the public interest activities of children (generally people under 18 years of age) and young people (generally people from junior high school to 29 years of age) who will be the leaders of society in the next generation, as well as the operating expenses of organizations that support them.
Youth Activity Support Course
Public interest activities undertaken by young people (creating opportunities through makeup, youth food distribution, etc.). Maximum 100,000 yen (200,000 yen for some).
Child and Youth Development Support Course
Activities to support the development of children and young people (such as cafes for young people). Up to 100,000 yen.
Pilot Project Course
Pioneering and experimental activities related to issues facing children and young people (such as creating a youth consultation space). Maximum of 500,000 yen. Eligible for projects that will continue in the following fiscal year and beyond. Subsidy period for the same project is limited to three years in principle.
Application: Submit the designated form directly, by post, or by email to the Children and Youth Division between April 1st and May 9th (must arrive by this date). Selection process will be conducted.
For details on who is eligible, click here
▷ Amagasaki Castle Invitation Campaign
For inquiries, please contact Amagasaki Castle. ☎︎ 6 4 8 0 – 5 6 4 6. Closed on Mondays.
From April 29th to May 6th, elementary to high school students will be able to enter the castle free of charge between 10am and 5pm.
Application: Not required.
▷ D51 at Daimono Park opens to the public
For inquiries, please contact the Children and Youth Division. ☎ 6 4 2 3 – 9 9 9 6
Starting in April, the D51 will be open to the public at Daimono Park on the third Sunday of every month from 10am to noon and 1pm to 4pm. The D51 is an early-model steam locomotive manufactured in 1936, and was used as a freight train until 1972. Normally surrounded by a fence, on public opening days you can touch the control levers and gauges in the driver's seat to get a feel for what it's like to be a driver. Please note that maintenance work will be carried out on the park this year. During the construction period, the park will not be open to the public, so please be careful.
▷ Designated evacuation sites and designated emergency evacuation sites (temporary evacuation sites for tsunamis, etc.)
For inquiries, please contact the Planning and Management Division of the Crisis Management and Safety Bureau. ☎ 6 4 8 9 - 6 5 6 4
As of April 1st, Muko Health Community Gymnasium (14-1 Muko Motomachi 3-chome) was designated as a designated evacuation site and temporary evacuation site for tsunamis, etc., and the rooftop of the jockey's residence at Sonoda Racecourse (3-1 Tano 2-chome) was designated as a temporary evacuation site for tsunamis, etc.
▷ Amagasaki Citizens Walk
For inquiries, please contact the Sports Promotion Division. ☎ 4 9 5 0 – 0 4 0 6
On Sunday, June 1st, from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm (rain or shine), we will gather at the Kotonoura High School grounds for the Amagasaki Citizens' Walk (approximately 4.5 km), which will visit the former Amagasaki Spinning headquarters office and historical sites in the Chuo and Oda areas.
First come, first served: 200 people.
Application: From April 7 to May 16, submit the designated form to the Sports Promotion Division in person, by fax, or by email. Children under elementary school age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
◆ Enjoy the Mölkky experience! We will be holding a Mölkky experience on the school grounds. Mölkky, which involves throwing wooden pins, is a sport that anyone can enjoy. Anyone other than participants in the walk can also participate, so please come along.
Application: Not required.
▷ Everyone's Summer Seminar Teacher Wanted
For inquiries, please contact the Lifelong Learning Promotion Division. ☎ 4 9 5 0 – 0 3 8 7
We are looking for teachers to teach at the Summer Seminar for Everyone to be held at Sonoda Gakuen University on Saturday, August 2nd and Sunday, August 3rd. At this seminar, anyone can easily participate as a student in a variety of classes taught by people from various backgrounds. Many people participate every year, and last year a total of 5,938 people attended 324 classes as students. Why not join this seminar, which the teachers themselves can enjoy?
First come, first served: 300 people.
To apply: Fax the designated form or paper by May 6th to the Lifelong Learning! Promotion Division.
◆ Summer Semi-Semi! On Friday, April 18th from 7pm to 8:20pm and on Saturday, April 19th from 10:30am to 11:50am, a seminar will be held at the university where you can ask questions about the content of the seminar's classes.
Application: Not required.
▷ From April, we will further enhance seamless support from pregnancy to child-rearing
For inquiries, please contact the Health Promotion Division at ☎ 4 8 6 9 - 3 0 3 3
Subsidy for prenatal checkups
Subsidies for ultrasound examinations for prenatal checkups have been increased from six to a total of 14. If you already have a medical examination voucher, you can continue to use it.
Postnatal care business
Women can receive postnatal physical and mental care, breastfeeding consultations (including breast care), infant development checks, and child-rearing advice from hospitals and midwifery clinics, and can choose between overnight, day care, or home visits depending on their situation.
In order to further improve support for those who need postpartum care, we have expanded the number of people eligible for overnight and day care services, increased the number of facilities available, and reviewed the fees. Fees vary depending on the service used.
Also, the services available and the target age range will vary depending on the facility. A staff member will call you at a later date to inquire about your postpartum situation and confirm the support details.
Eligibility: City residents who require postpartum care and who have given birth less than one year ago and their infants, or those who have experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth less than one year ago. Application: Apply in person or by mail using the designated form, or via the online application portal site, at least one week before the desired date of use, to the Health Promotion Section of the Public Health Center (if applying in person, the North and South Regional Health Section is also acceptable).
▷ Events held in conjunction with the Osaka-Kansai Expo
For inquiries, please contact the History Museum at ☎ 6 4 8 9 - 9 8 0 1
From April 19th to June 22nd, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (last entry at 4:30 pm), the History Museum will be exhibiting materials from the museum's collection of exposition materials relating to modern Japanese expositions from Japan's first exposition, the Kyoto Exposition, to the early Showa period.
◆ Wednesday History Lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 9th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the museum, with the theme of "Modern Japanese Expositions as Seen in the Collection." First come, first served: 80 people. No registration required.
◆ Gallery Talk Sunday, April 20th, 2pm to 3pm. Limited to 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration required.
For inquiries, please contact the Cultural Promotion Foundation. ☎ 6 4 8 7 - 0 8 0 6
From April 26th to October 13th, from 10am to 5pm (last entry at 4:30pm), Shiraga works owned by Amagasaki city will be exhibited in the Shiraga Kazuo Memorial Room on the 4th floor of the General Cultural Center.
Admission fee: 200 yen for adults, 100 yen for university and high school students and those aged 65 and over. Closed on Tuesdays.
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Amagasaki City holds a variety of events and courses in which citizens can participate.
Check the events calendar for details.
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