The Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club held the "2024 Environmental Cleanup (Garbage Collection)"! Clean up the town with the spirit of Wa!

Monday, April 29, 2024

The "2024 Environmental Beautification Cleanup (Garbage Collection)" was held by the Yawara Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club (Chairman Kanayama Nobuyuki) in Kitaryū Town from 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 26th.

Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club "2024 Environmental Cleanup (Garbage Collection)"

Basking in the warm spring sunshine, over 20 members participated in picking up trash on the prefectural and town roads within the Wa neighborhood association.

The litter collection will take about an hour round trip along the town roads of the Wa neighborhood association and a 2km prefectural road.

和町内会老人クラブ環境美化清掃(ゴミ拾い)
Wa Neighborhood Association Senior Citizens Club Environmental Cleanup (Garbage Collection)

Participants brought their own garbage bags and fire tongs and collected trash, cans, pieces of wood, etc. from banks and irrigation channels. Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki also participated as a member of the senior citizens' club.

各自ゴミ袋・火ばさみを持参
Please bring your own garbage bags and fire tongs.
ゴミ・缶・木片などを収集
Collecting trash, cans, wood chips, etc.
軽トラでゴミ運搬スタンバイ!
Ready to transport garbage in a light truck!

Feeling the spring in Hokuryu Town

Along the way, we were thrilled to encounter the vibrant signs of spring, such as plump cherry blossom buds, clusters of horsetails, Adonis flowers blooming on the banks, and dandelions lined up along the road!!!

膨らみはじめた桜の蕾
Cherry blossom buds beginning to swell
土筆の群生
A cluster of horsetails
春を告げる福寿草
Adonis flowers herald the arrival of spring
アスファルトを突き抜けて育つ逞しい生命力!
A strong life force that grows through the asphalt!
縁石に広がるたんぽぽ
Dandelions spreading on the curb

Carefully separate your trash

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.

ゴミの仕分けに集まる人々
People gathering to sort trash
仕分け作業は細かく丁寧に!
The sorting process is meticulous and thorough!
軽トラに荷台いっぱいに積まれたゴミ袋
Garbage bags piled up in the back of a light truck

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.

皆さん、お疲れ様でした!
Thank you everyone for your hard work!
ドリンクと菓子パンが配布!
Drinks and sweet bread will be distributed!
三々五々、帰路へ。。。
In groups of two or three, we headed home...

With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, the members of the town's senior citizens' club cooperate with each other, engage in harmonious and enjoyable conversations, and actively work to beautify the town's environment.

綺麗に清掃された道路
Well-cleaned roads
悠々とそびえる恵岱岳を望む町並み。。。
The townscape overlooks the majestically towering Mount Edai.

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◇ Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editing assistance: Noboru Terauchi)