Life Guide

★Multilingual Communication Official LINE Account(Phase2)has been released!（Poster）

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

The following functions have been added with major developments from Phase 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.
　・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.
　・Medical institution search: Search for medical institutions with multiple languages available

　　near your current location according to your symptoms.

Residence & Daily Life

　○ Access around Campus: Higashi-Hiroshima Campus 　　Kasumi Campus 　　Higashi-Senda Campus

　○ Housing for International Students

　○ Finding Private Accomodations

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

　○ National Health Insurance Scheme

　○ National Pension System

　　★Exemption / Defferal System

　○ 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

English Explanation

Disaster Prevention / Safety / Emergency

[Higashi-Hirshima City]

　○ Emergency Telephone Numbers

　○ 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

　○ Hiroshima International Center

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

　○ 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 31, 2024