Phone Consultation Service for Health and Food Regarding Radiation

This is a new information service set up by the City of Yokohama for its citizens to ask questions about the radiation issues due to the Fukushima plant crisis. I got the information from the Yoke website. Check it out for more details.

1 Purpose
We have established a Phone Consultation Service in the Public Health Center (Health and Social Welfare Bureau, City of Yokohama) regarding health and food for phone consultations from evacuees and citizens.

2 Period
March 23, 2011 (Wednesday) ~ undetermined period (including weekends and holidays)

3 Phone Number
Japanese (8:45~17:15)045-671-2470 (up to 6 lines available)
Foreign languages (10:00~17:00)045-222-1171(English, Chinese, Spanish)

4 Content
We are accepting phone consultations from evacuees and citizens for health and food regarding radiation due to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Yokohama City Earthquake Information Center

As you are all aware of by now, a huge earthquake stuck Japan on March 11th 2011. The effects in Yokohama were pretty mild compared to other areas in Japan but it was still a pretty big shakeup. If you are in Yokohama and need some information about the earthquake or what to do in the aftermath Yoke has set up an information center in Minato Mirai. Details are as follows:

 

Yokohama City Earthquake Information Center
Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges
(YOKE) has opened Earthquake Information Center on March 11.

Place: Pacifico Yokohama, International Cooperation Center 5F (1-1-1
Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama)

Language: English, Chinese, Spanish and Japanese
Tel.: (+81) 045-222-1171

http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/keiei/kokusai/infoquake110312a2.html

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Kaiwo Maru Sail Training Ship in Yokohama

There are quite a lot of ships in Yokohama this season, some of which have already been mentioned here on Yokohama Living such as the Cuautemoc sail training ship from Mexico. (Check out some photos of Cuautemoc.) Japan’s own Kaiwo Maru II was also here for a short time and I managed to snap a few photos a few days ago. It was here as part of the Port Opening Festival (Kaikousai).

ARM Cuauhtémoc BE-01 Coming to Yokohama

ARM Cuauhtémoc BE-01 Sail Mexican Training Ship

ARM Cuauhtémoc BE-01 Sail Mexican Training Ship

*Updated May 26th, 2009 (Thanks Jose!)
The “Cuauhtemoc” visit to Yokohama is to celebrate both the 400 anniversary of the first friendly contacts between Mexico and Japan, and to celebrate Y-150. Actually, Y-150 organizers invited her to take part in the celebrations and is part of the official Y-150 program.

The vessel will arrive into Yokohama in May 27th at 10 am and it will be open to the public from May 28th to June 5th (10:00 – 17:00 hrs).It will dock at the Port of Yokohama, Shinko Pier, No. 5 Berth.

Below is the old itinerary that has been changed because of the swine flu.

Travel Plan of the Cuauhtémoc (Click for larger image.)

More information on the Y150 website (Japanese).

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