Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club, 2023 "Road cleaning (garbage pickup)" Vigorous seniors clean up the town!

Monday, May 1, 2023

On Friday, April 28, from 8:00 a.m., the Hokuryu-cho Yawara Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club (Chairman: Nobuyuki Kanayama) held a "Roadside Trash Cleanup" (garbage pickup).

On the day of the event, more than 20 members participated in the event amid chilly and cold spring winds. They picked up trash along the roads and streets in the Wa Neighborhood Association area to help beautify the environment of the roads.

Along Road No. 94 (Masumo Inada Line)

The trash pickup will be along the Wa Neighborhood Association's town road and a 2-km one-way path, and will take about one hour round trip.

Each participant brings a garbage bag and a fire hook to collect garbage, cans, pieces of wood, etc. that have fallen on the banks and irrigation ditches.

各自ゴミ袋と各自ゴミ袋・火ばさみを持参して。。。
Bring your own trash bags and your own trash bags and fire hooks.
道道に沿って、ゴミ拾い。。。
Pick up trash along the road.

Meeting with the brush strokers was moving!

On the way, we were moved to meet with the dirt brush boys who live and grow through the asphalt with resilience!

アスファルトを突き抜ける土筆坊!
A dirt brush boy pierces through the asphalt!

The power of the life force is astonishing!

生命力の力強さに驚愕!
The power of the life force is astonishing!

Pick up trash on the bank.

土手のゴミを拾って。。。
Pick up trash on the bank.

Separating Garbage

The collected trash was carefully sorted into burnable trash, non-burnable trash, bottles, cans, PET bottles, etc. Numerous garbage bags were loaded into the back of a light truck.

ゴミ分別作業!
Garbage separation work!
丁寧にしっかりとゴミの分別作業に努めて。。。
Work carefully and carefully to separate trash.

きちんと正確に分別して!
Properly and accurately sorted!

A light truck full of garbage bags!

軽トラックいっぱいのゴミ袋
Light truck full of garbage bags

Collect wood chips, etc.
Garbage is stored by the neighborhood association and is sorted and disposed of on the town's garbage collection day.

木片なども収集!
Also collected pieces of wood and other materials!

Thank you for your hard work!

After the cleanup, everyone gathers. Thank you all for your hard work!
Drinks and pastries were distributed to all participants and the event was dismissed.

お疲れ様の集合写真!
A group photo of all the hard work!

With boundless love, gratitude and prayers for the active efforts of the town's senior citizens' clubs, who work together to beautify the town's environment.

道端に咲く黄色のスイセンに心和らぐ。。。
The yellow daffodils blooming along the roadside are a comforting sight.

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◇ Reporting and writing by Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editorial assistance by Noboru Terauchi)

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