毎日新聞の「聞かせて：まちづくり」コラムで全国のあちらこちらでまちづくりに活発的に動いている人を紹介している。
この間は長野支局の小田中さんが私にインタビューして下さりました。個人客に感動を与える事とか、旅館の「体を充電する場面」の役割とか、私の今までの町興しの思いを書いてくれました。
文章は毎日新聞の記事にて
One of Japan's national newspapers, Mainichi Shimbun, has a column on Civic Improvement featuring interviews of individuals that are active in their communities.
Odanaka-san of Mainichi's Nagano bureau came and interviewed me for the column. The article recently ran in our local paper and has been in other regional editions, too. Odanaka-san focused on some of my experiences and things I've learned about community involvement, such as working on making memorable experiences for each individual guest, and keeping in mind that as a ryokan, our role is to be a place for guests to relax and get back in touch with themselves.
The full article is at the above link, in Japanese, if you wish to check it out.
