ACTIVITY LOG
A plain record of what this council has actually done.
On 15 May 2026 we met the Furusato Sōsei and Urban Construction divisions of Ishigaki City to discuss continuing the on-demand transport trial, the possibility of a community-run rideshare, and the possible use of corporate hometown tax donations to fund an event at the former Hirakubo school site.
Not a body for petitioning the administration, but a place where residents shape the future of their own area. The chair, Nobunari Arakaki, on why the council was set up that way, and on the rare asset that is Hirakubo's darkness at night.
On 29 July 2025 we submitted a formal request to Ishigaki City asking for a written reply on how the site of the former Hirakubo Elementary School will be used, and on 18 August the city replied.
A scheme run by the community itself, to find and support the operators who understand what this peninsula is worth and will build its future alongside us.
In March 2025, with the Ministry of the Environment and Outfitter Union, the council drew up an interpretation plan setting out how the nature, culture and daily life of the peninsula should be conveyed to visitors.
On 12 July 2024, at Kūra community hall, the heads of the five community associations of the Hirakubo Peninsula began the discussions that led to the Joint Charter.
