2012年6月30日土曜日

Bear Witnessed in Tainai

A bear was witnessed at city road, in Zao, Tainai City yesterday. City Goverment and Local police raise an alert over it.


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2012年6月27日水曜日

Goldmedalist Join the Road Race

Niigata city government announced they invite a gold medalist Naoko Takahashi who won in the women's marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to its annual road races "Niigata City Marathon" as a guest runner.

"Niigata City Marathon" commemorating its 30th anniversary is held in 7th October this year.

About 10,000 people participate in the road races. Most are general runners.

Races start a at Niigata Athletic Stadium and go around the Niigata Island and along the coast and come back to the stadium.


We'll give you the further Information on this road races later.

2012年6月21日木曜日

Local Governments Warn Hear Stroke

Japan's hot and humid summer will come soon. That of Niigata is the same.
Some times, It may get over 35 C.
So You have to take care about heat stroke, which can lead to death.
Now Niigata Pref. government opened the web site about daily hotness index to inform you risk of heat stroke on the day.
Despite the site is written in Japanese, the dangerousness is represented by levels and colours. So you can recognize it easily.

Index
Level5(Red) Over 31 C No Exercise
Level4(Pink) 28C to 31C Threat
Level3(Yellow) 25C to 28C Alert
Level2(Green) 21C to 25 Attention
Level1(Blue) Under 21C Nearly Safe










新潟県の暑さ指数
Niigata ken no Atsusa Sisuu
Niigata Pref. Hotness index
 http://www.niigata-taiki.com/heatstroke/

2012年6月17日日曜日

Road Traffic Law Revised

The revised Road Traffic Law of Niigata Prefecture went into effect in 1st June.
There are two added points as below .

-You don't ride a bike with a mobile phone on your hands(calling, handling or watching a screen )
-You don't ride a bike or motor bike, or driving car a with listing to music with a loud sound from your car device ,or earphones/headphones worn to your both ears.

If you violated this, you would be fined not more than 50,000 yen.

2012年6月10日日曜日

Rainy Season Starts

Niigata Local MeteoroLogical Observatory annouced rainy season started in Hokuriku region including Niigata.

The rainy season usually lasts until mid to late July.

2012年6月3日日曜日

Hello!

With this blog, "Welcome to Niigata", I want to tell you about Niigata, a middle class city of Japan located in the mainisland Honshu.