Chiba Nanohana News (April 2022)

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1) CHIBA AQUALINE MARATHON 2022 Now Accepting Entries until May 9!

 

On Sunday, November 6, 2022, the CHIBA AQUALINE MARATHON will be held for the first time in four years. Participants can take part in a rare opportunity to race on the bridge section of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, which connects the shores of Chiba and Kanagawa Prefecture.

Experience 360 degrees of sea and sky! Only in this event can participants feel the exhilaration of running above the sea towards the sky through the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line. You might even see Mt. Fuji!

 A combined total of 17,000 competitors will take part in full-marathon, half-marathon and wheelchair half-marathon events.

Why not take this opportunity to accept a new challenge?

Type of event	Maximum number of Entrants	Time limit	Fee
Full Marathon  (42.195 km)	12,000 people	6 hours 10 minutes	16,500JPY
Half-marathon (21.0975 km)	5,000 people for both events combined (About 10 people for wheelchair half-marathon)	3 hours 20 minutes	13,500JPY
Wheelchair half-marathon (21.0975 km)		1 hour 10 minutes	13,500JPY

【Application Deadline】

• General entry: May 9 (Mon), 5:00 P.M.
  ※ Lottery will be held if the number of applicants exceeds the number of slots available.
• International Runner entry: May 9 (Mon), 5:00 P.M.
  ※ 300 applicants will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis)

For more details about how to apply, please visit the CHIBA AQUALINE MARATHON 2022 official website.

 

Contact: Chiba Aqualine Marathon Planning Committee

• Tel: 043-223-4107
• Email: aqua-run@pref.chiba.lg.jp

2) Free Legal Consultation for Foreign Residents

The Chiba International Center, in association with the Chiba Prefecture Lawyers Association and the Chiba Prefecture Notary Association, provides a variety of free legal consultation services in terms of legal matters, divorce, accident, inheritance, or labor problem as well as immigration, visa, and business start-up procedure, once or twice a month throughout the year.

The next free consultation held on Saturday, May 14 will cover all of the aforementioned legal matters while the following consultation on Monday, May 30 will only cover legal matters, divorce, accident, inheritance, and labor issues.

Consultation is free of charge, but a reservation is required on a first-come-first-served basis. Interpreters are available if requested 10 days prior to the consultation date.

• Reservation: Chiba International Center TEL: 043-297-0245
• Time: 13:00-16:00 (45 min. consultation/ person)
• Schedule: Yearly schedule until March 2023 is available on the Chiba International Center website:
• Venue: Chiba International Center (The office will be relocated to the following address from May 1^st )
  14th fl. Building D, Makuhari Techno Garden
  1-3 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City
  (around 5 min walk from Kaihin Makuhari Station)

 

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