Daily Life/ くらし

 Human Rights and Gender Equality Division works to create an environment for a gender equal society in which all people are respected as individuals, all forms of violence that violate human rights are eradicated, and people can fully demonstrate their individuality and abilities regardless of their gender. 

Spousal Violence Counseling and Support Center in Misato City

Phone: 048-930-7834

 It is a one-stop consultation service for victims of domestic violence. Consultation is available on partner violence and verbal abuse.

Human Rights and Gender Equality Division      

Phone: 048-930-7751

 It is a consultation service for women about their ways of life, their bodies, relationships, domestic violence, and other issues.

Human Rights and Gender Equality Division      

 Phone: 048-930-7751

 Citizens can propose policies for realization of a gender equal society, and file complaints about measures or matters that are deemed to hinder the promotion of such policies, and the members of Complaint Handling Committee will conduct necessary investigations.

Crime Prevention and Consultation Section, Community Safety Division

Phone: 048-930-7724

 A lecturer (e.g., consumer affairs adviser) can be dispatched for free of charge to meetings such as community gatherings to give lectures on countermeasures against fraudulent businesses. Please contact us at least one month before your preferred date.

Office of General Counseling for Welfare Service, Welfare General Support Division

Phone: 048-930-7730

 The division provides consultations about various fields of welfare matters and introduces various welfare services in collaboration with appropriate divisions in charge.

Office of General Counseling for Welfare Service, Welfare General Support Division

Phone: 048-930-7823

 This system provides consultation and support to those who are in need for their living according to their circumstances before their issues become more complicated and serious. The program also provides consultation on employment and other issues for those who have economic problems due to unemployment, etc., and provides ongoing support tailored to each individual's situation.

Support Section 1, Support Section 2, Life and Social Welfare Division 

Phone: 048-930-7777

 This system provides necessary protection to those households in need for their living according to the level of their need, to guarantee a minimum standard of living and to help them to live on their own again.

Management Section, Municipal Property Management Division        

Phone: 048-930-7766

• Those who have cohabiting relative
• Total household income of all cohabitants planning to live in municipal housing is standard amount or less
• Those who live in Misato City for one year or more and have paid municipal tax completely
• Currently having difficulty in finding a house
• No one of the household planning to live in municipal housing is a member of a crime syndicate

Application for Musashino-danchi and Yokobori-danchi will be announced on Misato City’s publication etc. when there is a vacancy. No application for Ohiroto-danchi is scheduled, as aging of the facility.

Misato City Council of Social Welfare   

Phone: 048-953-4191

 You may not be eligible for the loan as it is subject to screenings.

 This is a loan program that aims to provide low income households, households with disabilities and elderly households with loans and necessary counseling support to help them lead stable lives and achieve financial independence.

 This program provides short-term loans and counseling assistance to low income households with unforeseen expenses and temporary livelihood difficulties.

Citizen’s Exchange Section, Assistance for Citizens’ Activity Division   

Phone: 048-930-7714

 Cho-kai and Jichi-kai are the most familiar community self-governing associations that are voluntarily organized by local residents for the purpose of creating a comfortable community. They work to solve various issues in the community, expand the circle of communication and enhance people’s sense of solidarity. Let us join Cho-kai or Jichi-kai in your community!

• Corporation in crime and disaster preventions and traffic safety campaigns
• Promotion of environmental clean-up activities including cleaning of roadside ditches, spraying pesticide chemical, collecting recyclable materials.
• Assistance for social welfare activities such as Community Chest.
• Community social activities including Bon-dance festival, sports meet and so on.
• Providing community information.

■Reception of abandoned bicycles storage:

Tuesday and Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 p.m. 

(except national holidays and the year-end and New Year holidays)

■Fees for removing abandoned bicycles:

Bicycles: 2,000 yen

Motorcycles: 5,000 yen

Misato City Council of Social Welfare  

Phone: 048-953-4191

 It is a service that supports volunteer activities by providing consultation, information, lectures, training and lending necessary equipment and materials.

Citizen’s Exchange Section, Assistance for Citizens’ Activity Division  

Phone: 048-930-7714

 ‘Misato City accident compensation for volunteer activities’ provides compensation to citizen groups based in Misato City in the event of an unexpected accident during such volunteer activities for social interests as social education, youth development, social welfare, and local community. The purpose of the program is to promote the sound growth and development of volunteer activities by citizens.

Citizen groups that wish to be covered by the Accident Compensation for Volunteer Activities do not need to pay the insurance premiums, however, prior registration is required in principle.

* Political, religious and profit-oriented activities are excluded.

Traffic Safety Section, Community Safety Division      

Phone: 048-930-7720

 It is a mutual aid system that provides a solatium as a token of sympathy when an enrollee is dead or injured by traffic accident during the coverage period.

Those who are registered on a basic resident registration record of Misato City can enroll in.

 Apply at Community Safety Division or KIBOU-no Sato Koryu Center Shutchojo (branch office), Japan Post Bank, or post offices in Misato City. Insurance premium is 500 yen a year.

 The coverage period is from April 1 to following March 31 every year (If you enroll in Mutual Aid Traffic Accident Insurance system on April 1 or after, the coverage period will be started from the next day of enrollment to March 31.) Application starts from March 1. The solatium will be paid depending on the actual days required for medical treatment.

Environmental Preservation Section, Environmental Sustainability Division    

Phone: 048-930-7716

 If you keep a dog at home, you are obligated to register the dog once in a lifetime and to have your dog be administered a rabies vaccination yearly. Be sure to put the dog license and vaccination tags with your dog’s collar.

Remember to bring your dog’s dropping back to your home, when taking the dog to walk.

• When you are newly keeping a dog that has not yet registered, register it within 30 days. (A puppy should be registered on the 91^th day or after from the birth.) <charged>

*Registration for microchipping dogs and cats can be made on line; therefore, you do not need to report to the City. <Reference: Ministry of the Environment official website>

• When you have lost the dog license (tag) <charged >
• When you have your dog be administered a rabies vaccine <charged >
• When the dog’s owner has changed
• When the dog’s owner changed his/ her address or location of the dog changed
• When the dog was dead

 Never abandon dogs and cats on the side of streets. If you become unable to keep your pet any longer or if you cannot keep additional newborn puppies or kitties, try to find new owners. Spaying and neutering surgery are solutions to reduce abandonment of dogs and cats. Please consult with your nearest veterinary hospitals (fees will be charged).

Environmental Preservation Section, Environmental Sustainability Division    

Phone: 048-930-7716

 In the designated area, ‘Permit for breeding or housing animals’ is necessary to have the animals stated below in the following numbers or more. Misato City conducts an on-site inspection to determine whether the structure and equipment of the facility meet the public hygiene standards and issues a permit if the facility meets the standards set by Saitama Prefecture. For the application, a fee of 8,000 yen for each species of animal is charged.

For information on the criterion to permit etc., inquire at Environmental Sustainability Division.

●Species of animals and numbers, which need permission of keeping animals:

Cow: 1, Horse: 1, Pig: 1, Sheep: 4, Goat: 4, Dog: 10, Chicken: 100, Duck: 50