Owase 2024-01-23~24

The idea itself is not new, but I haven't seen many examples of it working well.

I would like to consider why it doesn't work, and if it might work in local coop, and why.

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A portion of the city-owned forest (approx. 91 ha) managed and owned by Owase City will be designated as the "Forest for Everyone (tentative name)" and a system will be established within the forest to connect the history, tradition, and pride of Owase cypress trees to future generations in a sustainable and biodiverse manner.

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The carbon that is taken up by coastal and marine ecosystems and stored in their biomass and underlying soils is called Blue Carbon, which was defined in the "Blue Carbon" report published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2009 and has attracted worldwide attention as a new option for sink measures. Blue Carbon" is now attracting worldwide attention as a new option for carbon sinks. The major sinks for Blue Carbon are seaweed beds, salt marshes such as tidal flats, and mangrove forests, which are called "Blue Carbon ecosystems.

Take back administrative services

Administrative contributions

Approaches to Connecting to Markets

Carbon offsetting is the concept of compensating for greenhouse gas emissions by investing in activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in proportion to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. In order to ensure that the amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals used for carbon offsetting is reliable, the Japan Verified Emission Reduction ("J-VER") System was established in November 2008 to certify emission reductions and removals resulting from domestic emission reduction activities and forest improvement. The J-VER (Japan Verified Emission Reduction) Scheme was established in November 2008 to certify the amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals resulting from domestic emission reduction activities and forestation, and in fiscal 2013, the J-Credit Scheme was launched as an evolutionary integration of the J-VER Scheme and the Domestic Credit Scheme.

The J-Credit System is a system under which the government certifies the amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions and absorption as credits.

It takes about two years before the money is actually earned.

The decision to spend upfront on this type of project is often difficult for local governments.

I don't really know what to apply for."

By combining an organizational system that operates on an annual budget with a private organizational system that does not operate on an annual budget, the inefficiencies caused by the budget system can be absorbed.

Approaches to reduce costs

Cost savings will be the source of funds.

Municipalities stop collecting garbage and outsource it to the private sector.

Streamline and reduce costs in the private sector

Q: In the short term, will the cost to citizens increase and will hate increase?

There is a need to regain self-governance in local governments that have been swallowed up by "big municipalities" due to external factors such as municipal mergers and have lost their "self-governance" (= sense of being in control).

Many people prefer it if they can regain their "autonomy" by paying a small time cost.

The customer value lies in the fact that some of the money floated by rationalization can be used to fund local public investment, and "autonomy" can be restored by opening up participation in decision-making to residents.

Blockchain-based citizens

Doesn't have to be a blockchain, but doesn't have to be implemented independently either.

Local governments are valuable in gaining attention.

stake a stake that has been burned

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Drop instead of shake

Sounds good when well struck.

If the pile is straight, the impact of the falling hammer is transmitted all at once.

If it's at an angle, the hammer is consumed by the rolling motion.

levee protection works

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It breaks down over time.

Look at it and know "how you want the water to proceed".

It's important to wait.

"Ignore."

Therefore, the design emerges after the fact by observing "how the water wants to proceed" and "fighting" it with minimal force.

So "water and time" is the calculator.

take the mud with one's feet

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mud

Acidic, gray, smelly stuff.

A blue-gray or greenish-gray soil layer derived from divalent iron, which is produced in a reducing environment saturated with moisture. It is derived from the Russian dialect word gley (muddy soil), which refers to blue-gray soils in areas of poor drainage near peatlands. In waterlogged soils or poorly drained soils with high groundwater levels, microorganisms in the soil consume oxygen to break down the organic matter in the soil, creating a reducing environment.

What is a wallet that doesn't hold money?

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Kuki Town inspection

Owase City

The population, which was a little over 30,000, is down to 16,000.

80% are in urban areas

The rest live in eight settlements.

200~400 people.

[MSC certified

The certification system consists of two types of certification: Fishery Certification, which certifies that the fishery is sustainable and properly managed, and Chain of Custody (CoC) Certification, which prevents the mixing of certified and non-certified marine products during the distribution and processing processes. It is operated and managed by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an international non-profit organization, and meets internationally agreed standards for seafood certification and eco-labeling systems, including the FAO's "Guidelines for Marine Products Ecolabeling.

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Scenes like birds walking in the harbor have great tourist value, but they can be problematic from a sanitation standpoint.

Owase Bussan

National Fisheries 4th

13 billion

90% in the top 3%.

Salmon are flown in from Norway, not frozen, bringing 4-5 day old salmon.

The term "6th industrialization" refers to the process of increasing the original value of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products (primary industry) and thereby increasing the income (income) of the agricultural, forestry, and fishery industry.

In order to increase the value of their produce, agriculture, forestry, and fishery operators engage not only in the production of agricultural, livestock, and fishery products, but also in food processing (secondary industry) and distribution and sales (tertiary industry), thereby revitalizing the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries and enriching the economies of rural areas.

Sabaru Island

Located at the head of Owase Bay, the island is 4.65 ha in size, and the entire island is covered with warm-temperate evergreen forest. The main tree species are black pine, red pine, sudajii, and taimin-tachibana, etc. Sakaki kazura, nagi orchid, etc. can be seen in the shade.　The area is also home to the largest colony of herons in Japan, including the great blue heron, great egret, black heron, and white heron.

Site of a former thermal power plant

aging

Transmission loss to Chita

Operate as an emergency power source instead of a regular power source due to reduced power generation efficiency.

→ to the decision not to maintain it because of infrequent use.

Owase is steep

Pushed up by tectonic activity

Object of faith when God was a rock.

Mt Tenguakura

The huge "Tengu Iwa" (Tengu Rock) that rises to the top of the mountain was once a training ground for Shugendou (mountain asceticism).

The mountain has a history of mountain worship, with a shrine to En no Gyoja still standing today.

Stories of different religions merging without conflict.

In the small place called Kii, four sacred places, "Kumano", "Yoshino", "Koya", and "Ise" coexist. Kumano is the origin of the four sacred places. Kumano is the origin of the Japanese "spirit of mixing things up," and it is a symbolic place that shows the world the acceptance of the diversity of the Japanese people.

It is not the unusual views or buildings, but the spirit of accepting and living together with all people that has continued since ancient times, and the nature and people of Kumano that nurtured this spirit, that resonated with the spirit of "world peace" that the World Heritage site aims for. In today's world, when "diversity and inclusion" is so important, Kumano is a place that leads in this spirit.

Yakiyayama

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[Cooperative Association

nine ogres

barren soil

It is a very difficult place to grow trees because the land is thin due to the abundant rainfall and steep terrain. But that is why we can produce high quality wood with dense annual rings and high durability by carefully nurturing the trees with human hands.

Owase Hinoki" is grown in this region, which has the highest rainfall and warmest climate in Japan, in steep terrain and barren soil, which are harsh conditions for trees to grow.

The toughness of "Owase Hinoki" became known throughout Japan when houses with pillars made of "Owase Hinoki" did not collapse during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

Market value increased as strong columns, but demand for column materials decreased due to the spread of the framed wall construction method.

The road is too narrow for heavy machinery to enter.

The building-to-land ratio will probably not be met.

So the streetscape will be preserved.

yellowtail stock

I wouldn't get it even if I lived here for 100 years.

500 out of 600 are out of area

Neighborhood associations that can have property

ward headman

No district is established as an administrative division.

Administrative divisions are Owase City and Kuki Town.

ward leaders are elected

However:.

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Authorized land-based organizations shall not refuse to admit individuals with a domicile in their area without justifiable reason (Article 260-2, Paragraph 7).

Equal voting rights shall be granted to each member of the authorized land-based association. (Article 260-18)

Oh, I see, the Kuki union is not a licensed landowner's association.

A separate "neighborhood association" was created.

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Things are being done to create a House of Peers by the commoners separately from the House of Lords by the aristocracy.

In the past, profit sharing to shareholders was significant.

Roads, schools, clinics, etc. were created by cooperatives.

I hear the clinic gets people from downtown Owase as well.

stone crossing

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Stone stairs instead of concrete or asphalt are maintained, including at intersections.

Properly crafted stone staircases span the entire length of the town.

[Not "field piling" but "sangi-zumi-zumi-zumi".

Sumi-gi-zumi is a method of building up horizontal rectangular stones as corner stones used at the corners of a stone wall, so that the short sides and long sides alternate one by one.

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Stone wall and stairs of the temple

If you only look here, you'll see what you'd find at castles and other places, but castles tax the local population.

It's interesting that at the time the Owase cooperative was formed, it was more of a profit-sharing program for the local residents.

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The large space on the right is an elementary school (no longer in use).

Established in 1874

1871 Establishment of the Ministry of Education

1872: The school system was promulgated.

the age of the "what ifs

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They used to have 400 or so classmates, but now the number of children born in the entire city is down to 30 or so per year.

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We used to talk here while washing vegetables.

Now it's unused and leaves are piling up.

A story about a city hall employee doing a dubu saraisai.

Why City Hall Employees Can't Refuse Chore Requests from Residents

Residents Leak to Opposition Aldermen

Opposition aldermen find places they can attack and look for rough edges to hit the ruling party.

As a result, more effort is lost than in "chores."

So I'd rather take on chores.

Nirakura

First, on New Year's Eve, December 31, a fire festival called "hikenyogyo" is held in Nirakura, a vacant lot surrounded by stone walls in the district.

Then, on the following day, New Year's Day, a "nirakura" festival (kami no shuku, kakurikidori) is held early in the morning with a kagura on board to pray for a good catch and a "nirakura" festival in which charcoal mud is poured over each other while the "nirakura" is turned into a mud field.

Nirakura's location is now in the center of Kuki Town, but in the past it was a surfing area and was inhabited by many large nina (sea urchins). It is said that fishermen sometimes put their feet up because of these nina, or perhaps they were sea urchins.

The main festivals held in Kuki Town are the Nirakura Festival and the Buri Festival. The Nirakura Matsuri is an annual festival of Kuki Shrine to pray for a good catch of fish, a good harvest, and safety, but it is also said to have been held in ancient times as an event of Okonai, the main deity of Shingonji Temple, and is considered important as showing the complex preliminary celebration events before the separation of Shintoism and Buddhism.

In 1597, he passed the governorship to his son, Moritaka Kuki, and retired.

People who are good at what they do will use public software.

Public goods, overlooked because they are difficult to value (quantify)

→ [shadow work

Because of its high complexity.

Because the whole thing can't be pre-designed by humans.

Software and river building are the same.

Instead of designing in advance and following the plan, minimally try it out, see the results, and repeatedly make modifications.

open source (software, etc.)

Difficult to monetize

Funds to encourage sustainable development

Elinor Ostrom, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009, examined the fact that the "tragedy of the commons" by Garrett Hardin, published in 1968, has not necessarily occurred, and proposed how the commons should be managed by local entities. The report analyzed a wealth of examples of how the use of natural resources by local residents on common lands has not resulted in the "tragedy of the commons".

moderate use

How do we govern something that belongs to no one?

Sawmills are a tool for making the most of the mountains

One of many weapons

Yamato Sato relay station

Stagnant situation

a river runs through it

When you come in contact with a word you don't understand

I close the shutters.

Create their own language

lampoonist

I'll take it, but I'm not aiming for the top.

We'll give up if they think we're weird

I hope you catch that as a normal uncle's word.

Aiming for "That uncle has a good point."

[We need people who can move around and bring new winds across the region, and we need people who can stay rooted in the region and keep the fire burning.

Selling lumber in a market economy

The market is changing.

Decrease in demand for [pillar materials

Land Algae Cultivation

Rise in sea water temperature

bus

There are five a day.

Soak [green pepper

Back gut smells like propane gas

It turns black in the evening.

Not suitable for [market distribution

Scope 3

"Scope 1" - GHGs emitted directly by the company

"Scope 2" - GHGs indirectly emitted by the company

"Scope 3" - GHG emissions from raw material purchases and after sales

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