Director General tile version October 2016 (Message from Director General)

On September 28, Kanagawa Ward's one of the major cleanup campaign, "My Town Kanagawa Manner Violation Cleanup Strategy," was a great success with the participation of many residents. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all those who participated.
This operation is sponsored by the Kanagawa Ward Union Neighborhood Associations Liaison Council, the Kanagawa Ward Office, and the Kanagawa Office of Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau, and is co-hosted by 200 organizations, including offices, welfare facilities, government agencies and educational institutionsNeighborhood Association. This initiative was started in the wake of the 80th anniversary of the administration of the ward in 2007, and this time, the tenth year, we are counting, but it is expected that more than 2,500 participants.
On the day, aiming to gather from the designated places in each area in the ward to the Aeon Higashikanagawa store square and the bus stop of Shinkoyasu Orth Yokohama, pick up empty cans and butts with tongs and garbage bags in one hand from 10 am We worked on cleaning beautification activities such as collecting. In addition to measures for illegally parked bicycles around the station and on public roads, police officers and parking guards also implemented crackdown on illegal parking by police officers and parking monitors.

[Various groups have participated]

[We aim for a meeting place while doing cleaning beautification activities]

In order to eliminate littering of garbage and make the city clean, it is essential not only to crack down, but also to improve the manners of each person. We think that it leads to improvement of manners by seeing many inhabitants of a ward sweating on forehead and working on cleaning beautification activity.
On the day of the event, Mr. Yasuhiko Okudera, the first professional soccer player in Japan and professional soccer team, Mr. Yasuhiko Okudera, also participated and worked hard on cleaning beautification activities with many participants.

[Meeting place of Shinkoyasu Olt Yokohama venue]

[Elementary school students also participated]

One littering becomes a lot of littering and eventually leads to illegal dumping. Leaving one bicycle increases the number of abandoned bicycles. In that case, the local environment will deteriorate, making it a city where crime is likely to occur. Cleaning beautification activities are not only important to beautify the environment of the town, but also to anti-crime program. I think a beautiful city is an indication of the fact that the people who live there are interest in the city.

[Status of Higashikanagawa Aeon Store in front of the meeting place]

We will continue to work with you to create a town in Kanagawa Ward, where you can feel warm with peace of mind without littering or etiquette violations.

October, 2016
Tomomi Ninomiya, Chief of Kanagawa