MISATO VIEW: No.134 November 2026 - January 2027

pp.1 - 2  Disaster Prevention Plaza Misato for Everyone is complete!

p.3      CITY NOTICE

1. Resident Tax Notice “Please do not forget to pay resident tax”
2. Online consultation is available by Saitama Information ＆ Support 
3. The Year-end and New Year “Trash and Recyclable Wastes Collection”
4. Information on the Year-end and New Year service of Resident Affairs Division

p.4      Bulletin Board

• Industrial Festa 2026
• Niodori Park Illumination

This facility serves as a place to interact among the community people in normal times. It also functions as a venue where visitors can learn about how to cope with natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, using the latest technology through hands-on simulations of these events, evacuation drills, fire extinguishing exercises, smoke exposure, and rescue operations. Furthermore, it can be used as an evacuation shelter in the event of a disaster. The facility will open around February 2027.

Please come and try out for yourself the disaster preparedness activities.

■Please check Misato City official website for details. (Updated Regularly)

https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/soshiki/kikikannribosai/kikikanribosai/index.html

including earthquake-resistant water tank, manhole toilets, cooking stove benches, a well for disaster use, and toilet trailer

including facilities to take preventative actions against disasters, educational programs to learn about disasters, and exhibits related to disaster preparedness.

including a community hall, conference rooms, a cooking room, Japanese-style rooms, a lounge, storage room

■Construction of ‘Disaster Prevention Plaza Misato for Everyone’

https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/soshiki/kikikannribosai/kikikanribosai/6/11928.html

Crisis Management and Disaster Prevention Division

• The resident tax is a tax that must be paid to the local municipal office for foreigners having a domicile within Japan as of January 1, and earned income that is above a certain amount. The same applies if you leave Japan after January 2.

• If the obligatory resident tax payment due is delinquent, the taxpayer may not be able to be renewed status of residence during the period that they are authorized to stay, etc.

When you leave your company

• If employees whose employer deducts resident taxes from their monthly salary leaves the company, the employee can request the employer to deduct all unpaid resident taxes from their salary or retirement allowance and pay the municipality on behalf of the employee.

When you leave Japan

• A taxpayer who plans to leave Japan must appoint a resident in Japan (tax agent) who will be responsible for handling tax activities on behalf of you and notify the municipality where you lives if unable to pay the resident tax before leaving Japan.

Ministry of internal Affairs and Communications

URL: https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000679115.pdf

 Municipal Tax Division  

Consultations and information are available in 13 languages. Consultations are offered on daily life and labor, immigration as well as legal matters.

Saitama International Association    URL: https://sia1.jp/

<Consultation Method>                   

• Phone: 048-833-3296 Please call if online consultation is necessary. （Use Microsoft Teams）
• Fax: 048-833-3600 / Email: sodan＠sia1.jp
• In person: Urawa Godo Chosha 3^rd floor.
• rawa-Ku, Kita Urawa 5-6-5, Saitama-Shi, Saitama-Ken (West Exit of Kita Urawa Station on the JR Keihin Tohoku Line)

As the Year-end and New Year Holidays approach, quantity of trashes tends to be increased. (We ask for your cooperation in the systematic disposing of waste.) Please use designated waste collection sites cleanly and take your waste out by 8:00 a.m. on the waste collection day. 

See Misato City official website or Koho Misato (official newsletter) November issue regarding the waste collection schedule (of the last days in this year and first days in next year) in your areas.

URL: https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/kurashi_tetsuzuki/gomi_recycle/8911.html

Clean Environment Section, Environmental Sustainability Division

The City Hall will be closed from Tuesday, December 29^th to Sunday, January 3^rd. About procedure Family Register such as notification of birth or marriage during the closing period, the guard office at the City Hall accepts your notification for 24 hours a day. The document will be processed on Monday, January 4, 2027. Please note that you may be asked for coming to City Hall to make collection if your documents are found incomplete.

Family Registration Section         

Phone: 048-930-7700

Residents Registration Section      

Phone: 048-930-7701

My Number Card Issuance Section  

Phone: 048-930-7835

Commerce and Industrial Festival and the Agriculture Festival will be held simultaneously. 

■Date:

• Saturday, November 21^th, 2026   10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Sunday,  November 22^th, 2026   10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

■Venue:

• Citizens square of Misato City Hall (south parking space),  Kinrosha Taiikukan (Gymnasium for Working Citizens), Seishonen Home (Youth Center) and more.

Misato-shi Shokokai (Misato City Society of Commerce and Industry)                       

Phone: 048-952-1231   

Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division    

Phone: 048-930-7721

Agriculture Promotion Division       

Flowers and Greenery Section, Parks and Greenery Division

Phone: 048-930-7745