２. Books, Magazines, Newspapers, DVDs and etc.

★Newspapers and Magazines available for reading
You can read books, magazines and newspapers from overseas and borrow some of them for free as well.
　

Newspapers	中国新聞 (The Chugoku Shinbun/Japan)	Magazines	TJ Hiroshima
	毎日新聞 (The Mainichi Shinbun/Japan)		Hiragana Times
	The Japan Times		读者/China
	プレスネット Pressnet (local free paper)		Reader's Digest/US
	EMPREGOS		Time Asia edition
	Daloy Kayumanggi		GATRA/Indonesia
			Veja/Brazil

★DVDs
Some popular Japanese movies and DVDs featuring Japanese culture are available.
They can be watched at home or in the Communication Corner. list of DVDs

★Leaflets and Maps
Leaflets and maps of Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima City and surrounding areas are available free of charge.

★Monthly City Newsletter
The Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletters in English, Chinese and Portuguese is available free of charge.


３.　Free Internet Service (available for foreign residents only）
　　Wireless Internet connection services (Wifi) are available. You can get the password at the information counter.

（１）Service available：　8:30 am - 7:45 pm everyday

（２）Usage limits

When using a desktop PC at the communication corner

once per day,maximum 1 hour

（３）Self-service printing service is also available. Click here for more details.

４. Japanese Language Education-related services

（１）Sunsquare Japanese Classes (にほんごきょうしつ Higashihiroshima)
The classes are taught by professional Japanese instructors and volunteers.
Teaching materials are specially designed for the non-Japanese residents living in Higashihiroshima (not commercially available)

Date	Time	Class
Wed.	10:00 - 12:00	Nihongo�T
Thu.	19:30 - 21:00	Nihongo�T,�U,�V
Sun.	10:00 - 12:00	Nihongo�T,�U,�V
Sun.	13:00 - 15:00	Kanji

Apply at the Communication Corner.Click here for more details.

Sat.

19:30 - 21:00

Itsudemo Nihongo Doyobi (level: Nihongo I)

Apply at the Communication Corner. Click here for more details.

（２）Nihongo Wai Wai Japanese Conversation Classes (enjoy talking with native speakers of Japanese)
Wai Wai Japanese conversation classes are supported by our Japanese language coordinator and volunteers.

Day	Time	Place
Wed.	19:00 - 21:00	Sunsquare Higashihiroshima 2nd floor
Fri.	10:00 - 12:00	Kurara
Fri.	18:30 - 20:00	B & G Kaiyo Center (Akitsu)
Sat.	10:00 - 12:00	Sunsquare Higashihiroshima 2nd floor
Sun.	14:00 - 16:00	Kurose Lifelong Center

Applications are not required in advance.
Leaflets of Nihongo Wai Wai 2017
・ Sunsquare 2F

・ Kurara

・ Akitsu Classes

・ Kurose Classes


（３）One-to-Oneにほんご (enjoy talking with a native speaker of Japanese on a one-to-one basis)
　　Apply at the Communication Corner.

・Foreign and Japanese　residents of Higashiroshima can communicate with each other in Japanese on a one-to-one basis.

・After checking the availability of registered Japanese volunteers and foreign residents, our staff will make an appropriate match
　to bring together a volunteer and a foreign resident.

・No qualifications regarding Japanese language teaching are required to become a volunteer.



５. Registration of International Communication Volunteers

・You can register yourself as a International Communication Volunteer at the counter.

・There are several groups of activities as shown below. You can choose fields which you are interested in.

Japanese language （One-to-Oneにほんご etc）	Host family （homestays，home visits）
Introducing traditional Japanese culture 　such as the tea ceremony	Volunteer interpreter/translator
Event support

・Volunteers receive requests for cooperation with events, invitations for workshops, etc., from us or HIC (Hiroshima InternationalCenter in Kagamiyama ,Higashihiroshima City).

・Workshops and lectures for volunteers are held by experts in multi-cultural societies or Japanese language pedagogy, in order to back up our vounteers. We recommend that those who have participated in those training sessions join the Sunsquare Japanese classes and Japanese Conversation Classes.

東広島市国際化の取り組み（Click here）
※If you wish to receive information regarding all events held by HIC (Hiroshima International Center), you need to register yourself as a volunteer at HIC.


６. 『Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter 』 Mail Delivery Service

・『Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter』(English, Chinese and Portuguese versions are available) can be sent by email to your PC or mobile phone each month free of charge.

・Those who would like to receive the English version should send an email to the following address, with ‘English’ in the subject header. （corner@hhface.org）
This completes your registration. You will not receive a reply email from us to inform you of the completion of your registration.

・For those who have registered their PC address, 『Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter』in PDF and the summary in text format will be sent.

・For those who have registered their mobile phone address, only the summary of the『Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter』 in test format will be sent.


● Links


Start of a new residency management system

Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter 「東広島」 (in Japanese)

Higashihiroshima Monthly City Newsletter（ 　English　 ・ 　Chinese　 ・ 　Portuguese　 ）

Household Garbage Rules and Collection Schedule（ ・　Japanese　 ・　English　 ・　Chinese　 ・　Portugues　 ・　Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)　 ・　Tagalog (Tagalog / Filipino)　 ・　Indonesian (Indonesia)　 ）

Hiroshima International Center (HIC)

Nihongo Hiroba Ｕ-１８

Other useful links : 古川正昭 (Masaaki Furukawa)

Non-Japanese Residents Support Projects