A Fabled National Treasure Returns Home to Yokohama Details on next page National Treasure “Kujaku Myoo (Mahamayuri)” Late Heian Period (12th Century) Hanging Scroll (color on silk) 147.9×98.9cm Collection of Tokyo National Museum Image: TNM Image Archives ※ On display: July 13 – August 7 Upper House Elections coming this summer! Please check posters and the Voting Guide in your mail for details. Have a Beautiful Encounter at the Yokohama Museum of Art This year the Yokohama Museum of Art celebrates its 30th anniversary. The museum houses a rich collection of over 12,000 works of art with a focus on art created since the Port of Yokohama first opened to the world. It also regularly holds a kaleidoscope of programs and events that all the citizens of Yokohama can enjoy. Every time I visit the museum’s unique and varied exhibitions, I am excited to find what will awaits me next, and always I come away moved and thrilled by new discoveries. The museum also offers a rich array of visitor programs that provide opportunities to create your own artworks or enjoy even more deeply what the museum has on display. The museum’s “Children’s Workshop” provides a venue for kids to see art with their own eyes, and to touch and experience art for themselves. You can watch the participating children, their eyes shining with excitement, using paint, clay and other media to make whatever kinds of artwork their spirits move them to create. The theme of the museum as it celebrates its 30th anniversary is “Linking People/Humanity and the Future through Art.” Culture and the arts infuse our lives with color, enrich our hearts and cultivate creativity and a rich sensitivity in our children. And even more, art has a vast power to link and bring people together, transcending borders and eras, giving birth to a multiplicity of new encounters. This summer please have your own marvelous encounter with the many works on display at the Yokohama Museum of Art Fumiko Hayashi Mayor of Yokohama   Enjoy the Yokohama Summer! Yokohama Museum of Art 30th Anniversary Event / Commemorating Sankei Hara 150th Years after His Birth / 80 Years after His Death The Eye of a Connoisseur: The Legendary Hara Sankei Collection Sankei Hara, the enterprising businessman who built a fortune in Yokohama during the dawn of modern Japan’s cultural renaissance and rapid modernization. This year, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Yokohama Museum of Art presents a special exhibition focusing on the accomplishments of Hara the man of the arts in his four aspects as a “collector,” as an enthusiastic tea ceremony practitioner,” as an artist in his own right, and as a patron who supported his contemporary painters, sculptors and other artists at the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute). ※Please note that some works will be changed during the course of the exhibition. [Dates] July 13 (Sat.) – Sept. 1 (Sun.) Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (Museum closed Thursdays) ※Closing hours 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays ※No admission from 30 minutes before closing [Venue] Yokohama Museum of Art (3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama) [Entrance fee] ¥1,600 (University, H.S. Students ¥1,200, Junior high ¥600, Elementary and younger, free) More than 30 National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties The exhibition will display some 150 of artworks, tea ceremony implements, and other art objects originally in Sankei’s collection, which include more than 30 works and objects that have been designated as National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties. The exhibition has been curated to present a full overview of Sankei Hara, the patron of the arts. Sankei Hara (Birth name: Tomitaro) Photo: Sankeien Garden National Treasure “Picture Scroll of the Tale of Nezame” (Detail) Late Heian Period (12th Century) Color on paper, scroll, 26.0×533.0cm From the collection of the Museum Yamato Bunkakan ※ On display Aug.9 – Sept.1 Important Cultural Property “Den Hon Amikoetsu,” said to be work of Rinpa school founder Hon'ami Koetsu. Japanese traditional flute case with designs of deer in lacquer, pewter and mother-of-pearl inlay. Early Edo Period (17th Century) Lacquered wood, single item Length: 39.6 cm, diameter: 3.3 cm From the collection of the Museum Yamato Bunkakan ※ On display Aug. 9 – Sept. 1 “Shino-style Tea Bowl known as Umegaka (Scent of Plum Blossoms)” Momoyama Period (Late 16th Century – Early 17th Century), Ceramic (one object) Height 8.3cm, width 13.5cm, width of base 3.8cm From the collection of the Gotoh Museum. Photograph by Katsuo Meikyo ※ On display July 13 – August 7 Special Sankeien Garden discount plan “Sankeien” is the gorgeous traditional Japanese garden created by Sankei Hara. For the duration of The Art of Sankei Hara exhibition, you will receive a ¥100 discount off the park admission fee if you present your exhibition ticket stub at the gates. Likewise, present your ticket stub from visiting the garden, and receive a same-day ¥300 discount off the museum exhibition. Please take this opportunity to visit the garden. Offer applies July 13 (Sat.) – Sept. 1 (Sun.) Summer vista a Sankeien Garden Photo: Sankeien Garden 横浜美術館 原三溪　Search Inquiries: Yokohama Museum of Art Tel: 045-221-0300 Fax: 045-221-0317   Kanagawa Prefecture Ordinance Mandates Compulsory Enrollment in Bicycle Insurance Let’s All Enroll in Bicycle Insurance! Effective October 1, 2019 Beginning this coming October, all people using bicycles within the borders of Kanagawa Prefecture will be required to be enrolled in bicycle insurance. Please confirm the status of your own bicycle insurance, and make sure that you are enrolled in order to protect yourself against liabilities in any unexpected bicycle accident. You are already enrolled in bicycle insurance (“Individual Compensation Liability Insurance”) ※ You are enrolled in insurance covering any damages you might incur if you injure another person while using a bicycle. Yes No You are enrolled in bicycle insurance that comes with voluntary automobile insurance, fire insurance, disability insurance, fraternal association insurance, PTA insurance, group insurance, or credit card. YES NO Compensation for bicycle accident injuries is specified under a rider* in your personal liability policy. ※ The name of such insurance riders may differ depending on the insurance company. YES NO Your bicycle has a TS Mark* attached showing that less than one year has passed from the date of your last bicycle inspection. ※ The TS Mark is a sticker attached to your bicycle after it has been inspected and serviced by a licensed bicycle safety mechanic. Inspection date YES NO You are enrolled in bicycle insurance. You are enrolled insurance that comes with your TS Mark. Let’s double check the compensation provisions (compensation amounts, out of court settlement provision, etc.) and the expiration date of your policy. Be sure to always renew your policy and keep it up to date. It seems you have no bicycle insurance coverage. Let’s enroll in bicycle insurance. In some cases, you can do so through special riders attached to your voluntary automobile insurance, fire insurance or other insurance policies that will also cover bicycle accidents. Let’s follow bicycle traffic rules and use our bicycles safely. For more information on bicycle insurance and rules, please visit the homepage. [QR code for easy access] Yokohama City Bicycle Use Promotion Plan Formulated in March 2019 From daily use to leisure time, we will be working to improve the bicycle parking environment, bicycle routes and spaces, and promote understanding of good cycling rules and manners so that everyone can safely enjoy bicycling. We also open a website providing information regarding bicycling. Let’s get around by bicycle! 横浜市 自転車活用情報サイト　Search Inquiries: Road and Highway Bureau Traffic Safety and Bicycle Policy Division Tel: 045-671-2323 Fax: 045-663-6868   Additional Rubella Countermeasures Announcement of Fifth Regular Vaccinations Do you know about rubella? The City of Yokohama provides regular vaccinations for rubella, also known as German measles, for men. If you become infected with the rubella virus, various symptoms will begin to appear after a 2 or 3-week incubation period, including rashes, high fevers, and swelling of the lymph glands in the neck. Rubella is a highly contagious virus, and when a pregnant woman is infected with the virus it can infect the fetus as well, putting the child at risk for what is known as “Congenital Rubella Syndrome,” including damage to hearing and vision, heart problems, and other potential disorders. In order to ensure that you do not infect people close to you with this disease, please take this opportunity to get a vaccination. [Subjects] Men born from April 2, 1062 through April 1, 1979 ※This fiscal year we will mail coupons for free German measles/rubella vaccinations to people born between April 2, 1972 and April 1, 1979 from the end of June. If you are not part of this year’s cohort, but would still like to receive a free vaccination coupon regardless, please contact our call center at the number below. [Period] Until March 31, 2022 ※There is an expiration date for using the vaccination coupons. [Details] An antibody test will be administered prior to vaccination. The German Measles/Rubella Vaccine (MR Vaccine) will be administered only to people determined not to have sufficient antibodies in their system already. [Venues] It is possible to receive the antibody test and preventive vaccine at all medical facilities in Japan that are participating in the German measles/rubella follow-on measures program. To find out about participating medical facilities, please check the City of Yokohama homepage or the homepage of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 横浜市 第5期定期接種　Search Inquiries: Vaccination Call Center Tel: 045-330-851 Fax: 045-664-7296   Insurance Rate Revisions for the Elderly in the Latter Stage of Life As part of ongoing efforts to further reduce rates for long-term care insurance for low-income individuals and support payments to those living on national pension system payments, there will be a review of the current medical care system for the elderly in the latter stage of life. There are two kinds of health care premiums, one the flat rate premium collected from all participants, and the other a graduated rate premium determined by the recipient’s annual income. 1 On the day before enrollment in the medical care system for the elderly in the latter stage of life takes effect, an individual who was previously a dependent under an employee insurance plan will be transitioned from a flat 50% rate reduction to no reduction. Original flat rate Fiscal 2018 Payment (50%) 50% reduction Fiscal 2019 Payment (100%) Annual insurance premium of FY2019 41,600 yen Flat rate amount: 41,600 yen (no reduction) Income based amount: 0 yen Note that for individuals who have qualified within the last two years, the flat rate will be reduced 50% until two years after their qualifying month. 2 The rate for individuals with annual pension income below ¥800,000 will change from the current 90% of the flat rate to 80% of the flat rate. ※For individuals in households in which the income for determining insurance rate abatement of the head of household and all insureds of the household is less than ¥330,000 combined, and there are no insureds in the household with other sources of income of any kind. Original flat rate Fiscal 2018 Payment (10%) 90% reduction Fiscal 2019 Payment (20%) 80% reduction Fiscal 2019 Annual insurance premium of FY2019 8,320 yen Flat rate amount: 8,320 yen (80% reduction) Income based amount: 0 yen A notification of insurance fees will be mailed to all insureds by mid-July. Inquiries: Health Insurance and Pension Division of your resident ward or Kanagawa Prefecture Medical Care System for Elderly in the Latter Stage of Life Wide Area Association Call Center Tel: 0570-001120 Fax: 045-441-1500   New National Health Insurance Cards Issued in July 1 Changes to a part of name listing of health insurance card The operation of the Japan’s national health system has been modified such that the City of Yokohama will now work jointly with Kanagawa prefectural government to administer the system. Consequently, on the occasion of this year’s health insurance card issuance, the new insurance card will include several modifications and will be issued as “Kanagawa Prefecture National Health Insurance Card.” 2 Combined national health insurance card and the elderly insurance certificate Until now, individuals aged 70 to 74 have been sent an insurance certificate for the elderly in addition to their national health insurance card. Beginning with the upcoming renewal period, however, recipients in this age group will have their national health insurance card and insurance certificate for the elderly replaced by a single, card-size “National Health Insurance Card and Insurance Certificate for the Elderly.” ※Beginning August 1, 2019, you will be able to visit medical institutions and related institutions simply by presenting your combined “National Health Insurance Card and Insurance Certificate for the Elderly.” The new health insurance cards will be sent by mail in July. For details about the card, please check the flyer included with the card. Inquiries: For information regarding renewal of your national health insurance card, contact the Health Insurance and Pension Division of your resident ward. For further information about this article, contact the Health and Social Welfare Bureau Health Insurance and Pension Division Tel: 045-671-2423 Fax: 045-664-0403 National Health Insurance Card and Insurance Certificate for the Elderly (sample)   New Yokohama Premium Shopping Coupon Project Launched Yokohama is launching a project to issue shopping coupons with special premiums, both to cushion the impact of future increases in the national consumption tax and to spur and support local and regional consumption. Tickets to use for purchasing the coupons will be mailed out beginning from September, and it will be possible to start purchasing and using the new shopping coupons beginning in October (coupons must be used by March 31, 2020). Target Purchasers ●Individuals not paying resident tax. Individuals who were not required to pay resident tax in fiscal 2019 (excepting individuals who are supported by a resident tax taxpayer, public assistance recipients, and other special cases) [Application process] Application forms will be mailed to individuals determined by the city to fall under the target categories beginning in late July. ※The city will confirm if the applicant falls under the target categories based on the application form. [Application deadline] November 30 (Sat.) ※ Mail postmarked on the 30th will be accepted. [Maximum allowed amount] ¥25,000 per target purchaser (purchase price ¥20,000) ●Head of household with children The head of a household with children born between April 2, 2016, and September 30, 2019 [Application process] No application necessary [Maximum allowed amount] ¥25,000 per child (purchase price ¥20,000) Shopping coupon purchasing procedure Issuance application ※ Households raising small children do not need to file applications. Receiving tickets to purchase coupons (tickets will be mailed beginning in September) Coupon purchasing period (October – February) Individuals who qualify for coupons under both of the stated conditions may purchase shopping coupons under each of the conditions. Shopping coupons have a value of ¥5,000 per booklet (purchasing cost ¥4,000 per booklet). Up to five booklets may be purchased. Stores accepting shopping coupons In addition to shopping district restaurants and retail store, department stores, supermarkets and convenience stores are also scheduled to accept the shopping coupons. Details will be announced from September on. 横浜市プレミアム付商品券　Search Inquiries: Call dedicated dial-in number (Application & Exchange Coupon Purchasing Desk) 9:00 – 18:00 daily Tel: 0120-801-467　Fax: 045-664-4739