Life Guide

★Multilingual Communication Official LINE Account (Phase3) has been released!

　

　Please check it out!（You need to install TGO app first to start using this.）

　Multilingual communication platform

(1) AI consultation: AI will answer various questions about your surroundings. (ChatGPT is used).　(e.g.) Housing, National Health Insurance, Immigration, Garbage disposal, Driver's license, etc.

(2) Q&A Chatbot: You can easily find the procedures and information you need to know about living

in the university.
(3) Translation of your medical symptoms: When you are not feeling well, this function translates your symptoms into Japanese, making it easier to communicate with your doctor or other healthcare professionals.

(4) Medical institution search: You can search for medical institutions with multiple languages available near your current location according to your symptoms.

(5) Inedible Foods Registration: You can egister inedible foods for allergic or religious reasons in advance

and translate them into Japanese.

Residence & Daily Life

　○ Housing for International Students

　○ Finding Private Accomodations

　○ Necessary Procedures at the City Office: Higashi-Hiroshima City 　　Hiroshima City

　○ National Health Insurance Scheme

　　★Health Insurance Cards will be abolished from December 2, 2024.

　 ○ National Pension System

　　★Exemption / Defferal System

　　★Application for National Pension Contribution Special Payment System for Students

　○ The "My Number" (individual number) System　

　○ Regarding Bank Accounts

　○ Garbage Disposal

　○ When moving out

　

Car and Bike Information

　○ Driver's License Information

　○ Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance & Optional Automobile Insurance

　　　(*Make sure to purchase optional automobile insurance.)

　○ Abandoned Bicycle and Registration

　○ Bicycle Insurance

　○ One-Handed Bike Riding Prohibited

　○ Do you know rules of riding a bicycle?

　○(Danger!) The rule of the Pedal-Attached Motorized Bicycles

Disaster Prevention / Safety / Emergency

[Higashi-Hirshima City]

　○ Emergency Telephone Numbers

　○ How to protect yourself from natural disasters

　○ How to get disaster information

　○ Hazard Map

　○ Evacuation Areas in Higashi-Hiroshima Campus (in case of earthquake)

　○ What to do when an earthquake occures

　

[Hiroshima City / Hiroshima Prefecture]

　○ Portal Site of Hiroshima City for Disaster Prevention

　○ Preparing for heavy rain, typhoons and earthquakes

　○ Hiroshima-City Evacuation Guide App

　○ Hiroshima Pref. Disaster Prevention Web

　　

Useful Links

　○ Communication Corner (in Sun-square Higashihiroshima)

　○ Higashihiroshima City

　　＊ Living Information for foreign residents

　○ Hiroshima City

　　＊ Life in Hiroshima: A Guide for Internatoinal Residents

　○ A Guide to Higashihiroshima Municipal Elementary and Junior High Schools for International Residents

　○ Guidebook for Starting School (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

　○ Hiroshima life support information (Live in Hiroshima Introduction card)

　○ Hiroshima International Center

　○ A daily life support portal for foreign nationals (Immigration Services Agency)

○ Multilingual Portal: Japan LIFE & BOSAI　

　　

◆日本語のページへ　Click here for Japanese website

Latest update: July 7, 2025