Boseong-gun's Overseas Benchmarking for Creating 'Clean Jeonnam Prime Villages'

Analysis of Japanese Rural Villages Facing Aging and Regional Extinction Risks First

Applying Successful Village Revitalization and Urban Regeneration Cases to County Issues Projects

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Jeollanam-do Boseong-gun announced that starting from the 18th, it will embark on a 6-night, 7-day benchmarking trip to Japan to successfully promote the ‘Clean Jeonnam Euddeummal’ project.

This training aims to analyze village revitalization cases in Japanese rural areas that have already experienced aging populations and the risk of local extinction, and to benchmark key solutions to apply them to the Boseong-gun Clean Jeonnam Euddeummal project.

They will visit excellent villages that have succeeded in resource management and conservation methods, as well as village-type enterprise operations through creating specialized added value, and listen to expert opinions to seek ways to strengthen village self-reliance and activate communities.

Visits include Iyashino Tosa Ancient Village, which retains the original Japanese atmosphere, and the Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka villages. Additionally, they plan to promote Boseong-gun’s specialty products by visiting Japanese institutions and organizations, and a meeting with a master of Uji tea, one of Japan’s three great teas, is also scheduled.

In the field of urban regeneration, advanced cases will be discovered and applied to projects promoted by Boseong-gun such as the ‘Urban Regeneration New Deal’, ‘Fishing Village New Deal 300’, and ‘Traditional Market Modernization’ projects.

They will visit Minatomirai 21, created through downtown redevelopment in Yokohama, the Akarenga Warehouse remodeled from a harbor warehouse into a shopping mall and a symbol of the city center, and Kuromon Traditional Market, which was reborn as Osaka’s kitchen through traditional market improvements, to devise plans for improving residential conditions and expanding urban infrastructure.

A Boseong-gun official said, “We held two preliminary meetings for this training and plan two thematic discussions on-site, aiming not just for simple observation but for research and learning to reflect in actual work and create an opportunity to change residents’ lives.”

Meanwhile, the training group consists of the Boseong-gun governor, three county council members, and 16 staff members responsible for various fields related to promoting Clean Jeonnam Euddeummal. The training costs will be fully funded by provincial subsidies using the prize money from the 2021 Clean Jeonnam Euddeummal comprehensive evaluation of cities and counties, a provincial policy.

Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Cheon-seok hss79@asiae.co.kr

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.