The Sendai Multicultural Center, a city-run facility established last year to help non-Japanese residents in the city, is seeing high volumes of inquiries from both overseas and Japanese nationals seeking advice on cross-cultural issues.
In the year since its launch in June 2019, the center has received 2,689 inquiries, including from international students in need of help with daily difficulties and people not aware of neighborhood rules and customs.
It’s staff, dispatched from the city-affiliated Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association, provide consulting services in English and Chinese on a daily basis, while consultations in Korean, Vietnamese and Nepalese are offered once a week. Support using three-way phone calls with interpreters is offered for 13 other languages. (022-265-2471)