Announcements in the November 15th Issue

Announcement of Family Skiing Class (in January and February of 2025)

There will be a skiing class for elementary school-aged children and their parents who are living in Akashi City.  Parents can join and learn alongside their children.  A skiing instructor will teach you, so feel free to join even if you aren’t good at skiing!

• Dates:  There will be two different classes held on two separate weekends:

The 1^st class will be on January 18^th and 19^th (Saturday and Sunday) of 2025.

The 2^nd class will be on February 1^st and 2^nd (Saturday and Sunday) of 2025.

The participants will be staying overnight in a hotel.  The hotel is called the “Plateau Konohana.”

The maximum number of partipants for either the 1^st or 2^nd class is 45 people.  If too many people sign up for the class, then participants will be decided by a lottery.

• Location:  The Hachi Highlands Ski Resort (Hyogo Prefecture, Yabu City).

Participants will be going to the ski resort by bus.  The bus will make several stops to pick up participants.  At the end of the trip, the bus will return to the same stops to drop everyone off.  The bus will be stopping to pick up participants at the Akashi City Hall, the bus stop at the Akashi Ginza Shopping Street (明石銀座商店街), JR Nishi Akashi Station, Okubo Station, and Uozumi Station.

• The cost to join the class is 17,000 yen for adults and 13,500 yen for children.  The cost for riding the ski lift or renting ski equipment or clothes is not included in this fee, so you will have to pay for that separately.

• If you want to apply, then please write the following things on a postcard and mail it in:

1 Date you will participate:  Whether you want to join the 1^st or 2^nd session (the January or February class).

2  Name:  Please write the name of person who will be representing the family, as well as their postal code, address, and phone number.

Please also write the names of everyone who will be joining the class, as well as the name of the school and the school year (1^st year, 2^nd year, etc.) of the participating child or children.

Please send out the postcard to the following address so that it arrives by November 28^th:

〒667-1124 Yabu City, Tando 909-1

Hachi Highlands “Plateau Konohana”

Akashi City Family Ski Class Staff

Their phone number is 079-667-7111, and their fax number is 079-667-7114.

These skiing classes are being held by the Akashi Skiing Association (明石市スキー協会) and the Konohana Travel Agency (木の花観光株式会社).

By “Reusing” and “Recycling”, Let’s Reduce the Amount of Garbage!

• There will be a special store selling used furniture.

Furniture that has been thrown out all over Akashi City has been cleaned up and will be on sale.  The lineup of furniture on sale will change every two months.

If more than one person wants to buy the same piece of furniture, then a lottery will be held to decide which of them can buy it.

Location:  Akashi city, Okubo-cho, Matsukage 1131  Akashi Clean Center Administration Building 1^st floor, Exhibition Hall

Time:  From 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  The store will be closed on Sundays.   For more details, please check this QR code.

• Please help with recycling small electronics and oil used for frying (tempura oil, etc).

It is possible for you to recycle the small electronics that you have at home, such as computers, mobile phones, printers, etc.   You can also recycle frying oil such as the oil used to fry tempura.

Electronics have many different valuable metals in them, so they can be recycled to make new useful items.

Frying oil can be turned into fuel, and it is actually used as the fuel for the garbage trucks in Akashi City, among other things.

*To check the locations of the “collection boxes” where you can recycle electronics, as well as see other detailed information, please check the following QR code.

If you have any questions about this article, please contact the Environmental Resources Division.  Their phone number is 078-918-5794.  Their fax number is 078-918-5793.