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December 2021

City Services During the Year-End and New Year Period

City services, except those mentioned below, are scheduled to be closed from December 29 (Wed.) to January 3 (Mon.). As ward offices and other service counters are usually crowded before and after this period every year, we recommend that you visit early to avoid the peak period.

  • Ward Offices
    Each ward office and general branch will provide the following services at the security office on a 24-hour basis (8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. for the Akiu General Branch) from December 29 (Wed.) to January 3 (Mon.):
    ・Acceptance of notifications regarding family registers, such as reports of marriage and reports of death.
    ・Issuance of burial and cremation authorizations.
  • City Buses/Subway
    Timetables and business hours for ticket counters, the Information Center and the Lost & Found Center will be changed during the year-end and New Year period. For more information, please contact the Information Center of the Sendai City Transportation Bureau at 022-222-2256 (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. from December 29 (Wed.) to January 3 (Mon.)) or see the website of the Sendai City Transportation Bureau(External link) .
  • Gas Bureau/Waterworks
    Gas and waterworks services will be available 24/7 during the year-end and New Year period via the following routes:
  1. Gas Bureau Tel: 022-256-2111(if you think you have a gas leak, etc.)
  2. Waterworks Repairs Reception Center Tel: 022-304-3299(burst water pipes, leaks, etc.)
  • Sewerage
    Please contact the Sendai City Hall Security Office (Tel: 022-261-1111) if there is a blockage between main sewage pipes and shared reservoirs, or if there is a damage to public manholes, or sewage pipes, etc. Please directly contact a plumber sewage contractor for household drainage system issues.
  • Closure of facilities
    Closures of sports, education and cultural facilities may differ. Please check directly at the facilities for holiday season closures.
  • Waste Collection, etc.
    Please put out your waste at the designated collection point from early in the morning until 8:30 a.m. on the designated waste collection day.
    Inquiries:Your local Collection Office
    Aoba Collection Office Tel: 022-277-5300
    Miyagino Collection Office Tel: 022-236-5300
    Wakabayashi Collection Office Tel: 022-289-2051
    Taihaku Collection Office Tel: 022-248-5300
    Izumi Collection Office Tel: 022-773-5300

2022 Sendai Coming of Age Ceremony to be held on Sunday, January 9

  • Time=【Part1(Those who live in Aoba, Izumi Ward, and have newly come of age)】12:00 p.m.~12:30 p.m.(Venue opens at 11:00 a.m.)
    【Part2(Those who live in Miyagino, Wakabayashi and Taihaku Ward, and have newly come of age)】3:00 p.m. ~ 3:30 p.m.(Venue opens at 2:00 p.m.)
    ※If you are unable to attend the designated part, you can attend the other part.
  • Venue=Kamei Arena Sendai(Sendai City Gymnasium)
  • Eligibility=Those who live in Sendai City and were born from April 2 2001, to April 1 2002 (Those who have a resident registration in Sendai City as of October 31 has been sent an invitation in late November. Those without an invitation can also attend.)
  • Please register your attendance by December 12 by either scanning the QR code listed on the invitation or accessing the official website of the City of Sendai dedicated form.
  • We expect it to be very crowded on the day so please make your way to the venue early.
  • Please enter the venue following the route rules listed on the invitation, etc.
  • The parking lot cannot be used. Please come to the venue by public transportation.
  • Those carrying or drinking alcoholic beverages will be denied entry.
    Inquiries: Lifelong Learning Section Tel: 022-214-8887

COVID-19 Vaccination Notification

Vaccination for those who will turn 12 years old, for those have not vaccinated
View information regarding vaccination in easy Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Nepali.
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Aids, Syphilis and Chlamydia Testing

  • Anonymous testing
  • Reservation required.
  • How to apply:Calling the dedicated reservation line (TEL: 090-4478-4641), between 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, approximately one month before the testing date up until the day before the testing. Or from the official website of the City of Sendai.
  1.  Night-time Aids, Syphilis and Chlamydia Testing:
    Date: January 6 (Thur.) 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
    Place: Aoba Ward Office
    Results will be notified directly to the test taker at a later date.
  2. Holidays and Rapid Testing of Aids, Syphilis:
    Date: January 8 (Sat.) 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
    Place: Health Consultation Office of Koseikan (1-1-5, Miyamachi, Aoba-ku)
  3. Night-time and Rapid Testing of Aids, Syphilis:
    Date: January 14 (Fri.) and 28 (Fri.) 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
    Place: 6F of AER Building
    Results will be notified directly to the test taker, about one hour after blood samples have been taken. (In the case of indeterminate results, the test taker will be notified of the results at a later date. )

Capacity: All testing services(1・2・3) are limited to 20 people on a first-come-first-served basis.
Inquiries:Infectious Disease Countermeasures Office TEL: 022-214-8029 

Changing the Method of Payment for the Fees of National Health Insurance, Advanced-age Medical Insurance

For those of which special collection of insurance fees applies (deducted from a public pension) you can change the method of payment to account transfer for the fees. If you wish to change the method, you must submit the application of account transfer, the application of stopping for special collection. Please note when starts to stop the special collection is different which depend on the time when submitted the application.
Inquiries: National Health Insurance and Pension Section of each Ward office, the Miyagi General Branch, or the Public Health and Welfare Section of the Akiu General Branch

Have you Registered for National Health Insurance?

If you have withdrawn from employee health insurance due to retirement, resignation or loss of employment, you must register for National Health Insurance (unless you have opted to extend your health insurance or have become a dependent on a family member’s employee health insurance.)
The day when you withdrew from employee’s health insurance become the registered day for National Health Insurance, the fees are charged from that month, so even if you delay in National Health Insurance Registration, you will be charged retroactively.
If you have not yet registered, please do so as soon as possible.
Inquiries: National Health Insurance and Pension Section of each Ward Office, the Miyagi General Branch, or the Public Health and Welfare Section of the Akiu General Branch

Deadline to Apply for Municipal Housing is December 16

  • “The Application Guide for Sendai City Municipal Housing”will be available from December 6 (Mon.) at the following locations:
    Application Section of the Sendai City Construction Public Corporation, Sendai City Hall, 2F of Kokubuncho Building
    Shimin-no-heya, 1F of Sendai City Hall
    Information Desk of each Ward Office
    General Branches
    Family and Resident Registration Section of Sendai Station Service Center, Aoba Ward Office (5F of AER Building)
    Certificate Issuance Center
    Central Civic Center of each Ward Office
    Lifelong Learning Promotion Center
    Miyagi Prefectural Public Housing Corporation
    Municipal Housing Administration Office
  • How to Apply=Choose one available municipal housing units from the list, fill out the application form attached to the application guide and mail it in the provided envelope by December 16. In the event that there are more applications than available housing, applications will be chosen by lottery.
  • Earliest move-in date=February 25 (Fri.), 2022 (tentative)
  • Eligibility=Those who meet all of the following conditions
  1. Those that have difficulty finding a place to live.
  2. Those that have relatives who are currently living together or are planning to live together.
  3. Those that reside or working in Sendai City

There are other conditions such as an income must be lower than a certain amount, etc. For more details, please see the application guide.
Inquiries:Application Section of the Sendai City Construction Public Corporation TEL: 022-214-3604

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