Monday, May 1, 2023
On Friday, April 28th, starting at 8:00 a.m., the Yawara Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club (Chairman Kanayama Nobuyuki) in Kitaryū Town conducted a roadside trash cleanup (trash collection).
On the day, despite the chilly spring breeze, over 20 members participated. They picked up trash on the prefectural and town roads within the Wa neighborhood association area, working to keep the roads clean.
Along Route 94 (Mashike Inada Line)
The litter collection will take about an hour round trip along the town roads of the Wa neighborhood association and a 2km prefectural road.
Each person brought a garbage bag and fire tongs and collected garbage, cans, pieces of wood, etc. that had fallen on banks and irrigation ditches.
It was an emotional encounter with the Tsukushibo!
Along the way, we were moved to encounter some sedge crickets that had thrived through the asphalt and were surviving and growing strong!
I was amazed at the strength of its vitality!
Picking up trash on the bank...
Sorting garbage
The collected garbage was carefully separated into burnable garbage, non-burnable garbage, glass bottles, cans, plastic bottles, etc. Numerous garbage bags were loaded into the bed of a light truck.
A light truck full of garbage bags!!!
I also collected pieces of wood etc.
Garbage is stored by the neighborhood association and sorted and put out on collection days for the neighborhood.
thank you for your hard work!
After cleaning, everyone gathered together. Thank you for your hard work!
Drinks and sweet bread were distributed to everyone who participated, and the event was then dismissed.
With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, we thank the local senior citizens' club for their cooperation and proactive efforts to beautify the town's environment.
YouTube videos
Other photos
Related articles and sites
◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)
![Featured on the Sapporo local newspaper # Flipper Web 🙌 ✨ Make wonderful summer memories surrounded by sunflower fields and blue skies 🌞 [Hokuryu Board Game Club]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-05-02-9.34.58-375x218.jpg)
