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.

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

Please bring your own garbage bags and fire tongs.
Please bring your own garbage bags and fire tongs.
Collecting trash, cans, wood chips, etc.
Collecting trash, cans, wood chips, etc.
Ready to transport garbage in a light truck!
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!!!

Cherry blossom buds beginning to swell
Cherry blossom buds beginning to swell
A cluster of horsetails
A cluster of horsetails
Adonis flowers herald the arrival of spring
Adonis flowers herald the arrival of spring
A strong life force that grows through the asphalt!
A strong life force that grows through the asphalt!
Dandelions spreading on the curb
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.

People gathering to sort trash
People gathering to sort trash
The sorting process is meticulous and thorough!
The sorting process is meticulous and thorough!
Garbage bags piled up in the back of a light truck
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.

Thank you everyone for your hard work!
Thank you everyone for your hard work!
Drinks and sweet bread will be distributed!
Drinks and sweet bread will be distributed!
In groups of two or three, we headed home...
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.

Well-cleaned roads
Well-cleaned roads
The townscape overlooks the majestically towering Mount Edai.
The townscape overlooks the majestically towering Mount Edai.

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