Kumamoto Rain Garden Partnership Opening

We held an opening ceremony for the Kumamoto Rain Garden Partnership, a voluntary organization that brings together industry, academia, government and private sectors with the goal of creating 2,030 rain gardens across Kumamoto Prefecture by 2030.

The "partnership" referred to here is a team of loosely connected organizations and citizens who cooperate with each other to achieve their goals as much as they can . They work voluntarily to contribute to the development and spread of rain gardens , not based on obligations or quotas.

Date and time : Monday, May 22, 2023

Location : Higo Bank Head Office, Main Conference Room

Participating organizations :

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Yatsushiro River and National Highway Office, Ministry of the Environment, Kyushu Regional Environment Office, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto City, Hitoyoshi City, Kikuyo Town, Ozu Town, Asagiri Town, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto University, Kyushu University, Nanryo High School, Toyota Kumamoto Co., Ltd., Higo Bank Ltd., Minami-Nippon Bank Ltd., Regional Economic Research Institute, Higo Water and Greenery Conservation Fund, Kumamoto Television Co., Ltd., Tobuen Ryokka Co., Ltd., Ogic Technologies Co., Ltd., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., NTT West Japan Corporation, Kumamoto City FM Co., Ltd., Hyakkaen Co., Ltd., Matsuo Construction Co., Ltd., Isamu Komuten Co., Ltd., Itsuki Village Mountain Village Revitalization Council, Kobayashi Hygiene Corporation, Rain Garden Supporters

(66 people from 29 organizations participated!)

We ask for your continued cooperation so that rain gardens can spread throughout Kumamoto Prefecture.