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Suginami ward mayor pushes land trade which will result in losing 75% of an ancient forest. Oddly enough, the private owners of the land will acquire a prime building site in exchange for a site which is almost certainly polluted and will require expensive remediation. What could possibly be wrong with this picture?

The mayor has rebuffed the efforts of local residents to preserve the forest. You can watch the mayor stonewalling the city council in this link (question at 6:35, mayor's response at 13:30):

• http://suginami.gijiroku.com/voices/g07_Video_View.asp?SrchID=6175

For those who aren't Japanese speakers, the mayor's response to the councilwoman's appeal for transparency was essentially "take me to court."

What can we do so that the local people won't be steamrolled?

Further resources:

1. Suginami ward councilor Matsuo Yuri has a blog which contains detailed information about the many problems with this redevelopment plan:

• https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/
• Ex: https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/entry/2019/09/16/134859

2. Websites for three different neighborhood groups that are opposing the redevelopment project:

• けやき屋敷のみどりを心配する会: https://www.yashikirin.org/
• 杉並の問題をみんなで考える会: http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/
• ストップ！再開発・すぎなみ: http://stopsaikaihatu.blog.jp/

3. One of the neighborhood locals found an old book from 50 years ago that describes the forest as containing 50 or 60 trees that are over 300 years old. This means that the trees in the forest are 350+ years old, dating from the Edo period or before. I uploaded photos of these pages from the book to the links below:

• 1: https://imgur.com/kWdSamT
• 2: https://imgur.com/10siRMD
• cover: https://imgur.com/gnALLVv

(Relevant text on page 273: 「樹齢三百年以上のけやきの大木が五、六十本立ち並び森」)

4. An article with further detail, describing how this forest would be of similar value to the ancient forest around Meiji Shrine:

• http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/?p=1728

Hey,

This post is about something that happened to my friend last October when he was staying at our friend's in Suginami-ku. We've been really dumbfounded ever since, and it's quite a harmless event that's made us laugh, but we'd really like some sort of explanation because we haven't been able to find any that could make sense.

My friend was heading to a train station to get back to downtown Tokyo when he got stopped by two Japanese policemen (uniforms and all) who performed some sort of routine check, asking him where he was from, the reason for his stay, if he could show them his papers, etc. He obliged, they had a look, gawked at "France" on his passport then just started doing a half-walk half-run kind of thing in the opposite direction, his papers in hand. His brain kinda froze in confusion but he ran after them for a couple of seconds, asked for his papers back and they handed them to him with no problem at all.

When he told me that, I immediately thought it was some attempt at an ID theft scam/fake policemen thing, but this is a chill suburb of Tokyo as far as I know, and it's Japan- how often do these things even happen, if they do at all? A quick Google search shows anecdotal events that mainly happen to non-Japanese full-time residents. Furthermore, I'm thinking if they were trying to steal from him, running very slowly and in plain sight/daylight is extremely strange and unefficient.

Basically, we're just wondering what the hell happened. Do any of you have any ideas? Thanks!

Looking for Da Capo senpais for any ideas and suggestions that might go into a deck featuring him. The card is: http://www.heartofthecards.com/code/cardlist.html?card=WS_DC/W01-084

Suginami ward mayor pushes land trade which will result in losing 75% of an ancient forest. Oddly enough, the private owners of the land will acquire a prime building site in exchange for a site which is almost certainly polluted and will require expensive remediation. What could possibly be wrong with this picture?

The mayor has rebuffed the efforts of local residents to preserve the forest. You can watch the mayor stonewalling the city council in this link (question at 6:35, mayor's response at 13:30):

• http://suginami.gijiroku.com/voices/g07_Video_View.asp?SrchID=6175

For those who aren't Japanese speakers, the mayor's response to the councilwoman's appeal for transparency was essentially "take me to court."

What can we do so that the local people won't be steamrolled?

Further resources:

1. Suginami ward councilor Matsuo Yuri has a blog which contains detailed information about the many problems with this redevelopment plan:

• https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/
• Ex: https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/entry/2019/09/16/134859

2. Websites for three different neighborhood groups that are opposing the redevelopment project:

• けやき屋敷のみどりを心配する会: https://www.yashikirin.org/
• 杉並の問題をみんなで考える会: http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/
• ストップ！再開発・すぎなみ: http://stopsaikaihatu.blog.jp/

3. One of the neighborhood locals found an old book from 50 years ago that describes the forest as containing 50 or 60 trees that are over 300 years old. This means that the trees in the forest are 350+ years old, dating from the Edo period or before. I uploaded photos of these pages from the book to the links below:

• 1: https://imgur.com/kWdSamT
• 2: https://imgur.com/10siRMD
• cover: https://imgur.com/gnALLVv

(Relevant text on page 273: 「樹齢三百年以上のけやきの大木が五、六十本立ち並び森」)

4. An article with further detail, describing how this forest would be of similar value to the ancient forest around Meiji Shrine:

• http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/?p=1728

Suginami ward mayor pushes land trade which will result in losing 75% of an ancient forest. Oddly enough, the private owners of the land will acquire a prime building site in exchange for a site which is almost certainly polluted and will require expensive remediation. What could possibly be wrong with this picture?

The mayor has rebuffed the efforts of local residents to preserve the forest. You can watch the mayor stonewalling the city council in this link (question at 6:35, mayor's response at 13:30):

• http://suginami.gijiroku.com/voices/g07_Video_View.asp?SrchID=6175

For those who aren't Japanese speakers, the mayor's response to the councilwoman's appeal for transparency was essentially "take me to court."

What can we do so that the local people won't be steamrolled?

Further resources:

1. Suginami ward councilor Matsuo Yuri has a blog which contains detailed information about the many problems with this redevelopment plan:

• https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/
• Ex: https://waku2.hatenablog.jp/entry/2019/09/16/134859

2. Websites for three different neighborhood groups that are opposing the redevelopment project:

• けやき屋敷のみどりを心配する会: https://www.yashikirin.org/
• 杉並の問題をみんなで考える会: http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/
• ストップ！再開発・すぎなみ: http://stopsaikaihatu.blog.jp/

3. One of the neighborhood locals found an old book from 50 years ago that describes the forest as containing 50 or 60 trees that are over 300 years old. This means that the trees in the forest are 350+ years old, dating from the Edo period or before. I uploaded photos of these pages from the book to the links below:

• 1: https://imgur.com/kWdSamT
• 2: https://imgur.com/10siRMD
• cover: https://imgur.com/gnALLVv

(Relevant text on page 273: 「樹齢三百年以上のけやきの大木が五、六十本立ち並び森」)

4. An article with further detail, describing how this forest would be of similar value to the ancient forest around Meiji Shrine:

• http://suginami.kangaeru.tokyo/?p=1728