Motto Shiritai Nihongo

Choukai・Chounaikai・Jichikai: Neighborhood Association

・町内会・町会・自治会(Neighborhood Association)
・町内会費・町会費・自治会費(Neighborhood Association Membership Fee)
・回覧板(circular notice)

町内会
Chounaikai・町会
Choukai・自治会
jichikai (Neighborhood Association)

Chounaikai (choukai) or jichikai is an organization of local people who work together to make a local community a safe and comfortable place in which to live. It means "neighborhood association" in English. Depending on the community you live in, neighborhood associations have different names, such as chounaikai, choukai, or jichikai, and your community has one of those.

 

Examples of Activities of Neighborhood Associations

  • Sharing information about your local area through newsletters and bulletin boards.
  • Hosting local festivals and events.
  • Conducting disaster (such as earthquake and typhoon) drills［防災busai訓練kunren］.
  • Keeping your community clean by conducting cleanup activities［地域chiiki清掃seisou］.
  • Making rounds of the community for crime prevention (bo-han patrol)［防犯bo-hanパトロールpatrol］.

 

Examples of Things You Can Do When You Join a Neighborhood Association

  • You will know more people and make more friends in the community.
  • You can consult with the neighborhood association about disaster preparedness.
  • When a disaster occurs, the community can work together.
  • You can participate in various community events.
  • You will know more people and have more friends in the community, which will make it safer and more comfortable for you to live there.

 

町内会費Chounaikaihi・町会費Choukaihi・自治会費jicjikaihi (Neighborhood Association Membership Fee)

Chounaikaihi (choukaihi) or jichikaihi is a fee paid by those who are members of a neighborhood association, as a membership fee. The neighborhood association membership fee is used to pay for the electricity for streetlights in the community, to organize events, and to improve the local environment. Membership fees depend on where you live.

 

回覧板
Kairanban (circular notice)

A kairanban is a community circular notice that provides information to households of neighborhood associations. The course of circulation for the circulation board is determined by a neighborhood association. There is one circulation board, and each family that sees it delivers it to the next household. A kairanban provides information on road construction, water supply works, neighborhood association's event, and much more.

 

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