Greetings from the Mayor of Suginami City Welcome to a City of Lush Greenery - Suginami! Suginami City is known as one of the comfortable residential areas in cosmopolitan Tokyo. Currently, there are more than 520,000 Japanese and 11,000 foreigners living in the city together as residents. Our city provides various services that support foreign residents who have just become Suginami residents. Among these is "A Guide to Living in Suginami City" which, albeit a small publication, offers a selection of information that is useful and necessary for living in Suginami City. This guide has been used by many foreign residents. I sincerely hope that you will take advantage of "A Guide to Living in Suginami City" so that your life in Suginami City will be even more fulfilling. Hiroshi Yamada, Mayor of Suginami City ･ To use PDF, you will need "Adobe Reader" which is a software that Adobe has available free of charge. You can download this program by clicking below. ･ To use PDF, either click the applicable file, or for Windows, click the right mouse button on Save for the applicable file, while for Macintosh, press Control and click on Download the link ont - Next - Dial for Help...6  P6-9 (KB) Counseling Services for Foreign Residents...10  P10-19 (KB) Association for Culture of Suginami / Suginami Association for Cultural Exchange ...20  P20-21 (KB) Now That You Are in Japan  P22-57 (KB) What Kind of Town Is Suginami?...24  P24-29 (KB) First Let's Find a Home(Housing)...30  P30-33 (KB) Now You Are Moving(Necessary Paperwork When You Move)...34  P34-37 (KB) Cleaning Up After the Move(Guidelines for Putting Out Garbage)...38  P38-45 (KB) Registration at the City Office       (Foreign Residents' Registration, Family Register and Stamp Registration)...46  P46-57 (KB) You Are a Suginami City Member from Today  P58-117 (KB) Where Is the Electricity? Gas? Water?(Electricity, Gas and Water)...60  P60-63 (KB) Making Telephone Calls(International Calls)...64  P64-65 (KB) Writing Letters(Postal Services)...66  P66-69 (KB) Be a Wise Consumer(Consumer Consultations, Recycling and Pets)...70  P70-77 (KB) Where Can I Park My Bicycle? Where Can I Obtain a Driver's License?       (Bicycle Parking Lots and Driver's License)...78  P78-83 (KB) Going to School Starting Today       (Education, Day Nurseries, Children and Allowance for Children)...84  P84-93 (KB) Paying Taxes(Taxes)...94  P94-99 (KB) National Pension Plan of Japan(National Pension Plan)...100  P100-103 (KB) Long-term Care Insurance...104  P104-113 (KB) For the Elderly and Handicapped(Suginami Association of Social Welfare)...114  P114-117 (KB) 1 - Next -