In front of Gaijinsan and 3K Wiffy's house there was a field that senior citizens living nearby are jointly cultivating. They came when they like, cultivated the field, planted seedlings, shared the finished crops, thaught each other how to make various vegetables, and spent their lives vividly. The field was a good communication place in the area and it was a pleasure to hear their laughter from time to time.
The gate ball is not bad for communication, but agriculture has a sense of purpose, and it is anyway productive to grow some vegetables. There are more and more nursing homes in this area, but it is also important to have a place for the elderly people before they need to be cared, a place that helps to promote the health, and a place that gives them a spirit that 'they can still do it'. In western countries, there is a similar place called "allotment", and the lifestyle, where people living in the city create a vegetable garden on the weekend, is considered fashionable. People in the longevity area are said to stay healthy because they are growing a vegetable garden and training their legs in farming.
This land was a productive green land owned by a landlord of this area, so Gaijinsan and 3K Wiffy thought that the land would continue to be a social space that contributes to the health of the elderly people in the area. At least for 30 years, up to 2022, by the end of production green land registration period. However, the production green land had been registered at the time of the father of the present landlord.After the death of the person, it seems that it is possible to remove the registration because of change of the ownership. So, the landlord sold the half of her owned land (shown in the picture) to a local estate agency for sale as a residential area.
It was very disappointing that this allotment would be lost.But thanks to this, Gaijinsan and 3K Wiffy were able to buy a part of the land. And instead of this lost allotment, they are thinking of creating a participatory "something" that will be a social space in this area.