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Maglev Station impact on Ina valley and Iijiima Town

Ina Valley has become a region with great expectations for development in the near future with the opening of the Chuo Linear Shinkansen and the San-ton Nanshin Expressway, which will run through the Southern Alps and the Central Alps. For example, Iijima Town is located about one hour from Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka by linear bullet train. If people's values shift from the era of concentration in large cities to a return to the countryside, the era of rural areas, Iijima Town will be a good location for the national effort to create a population relationship between urban and rural areas. We have already been promoting the workcation project at "ii Nature Kasugadaira" and the telework project at "Sakurayama" in Senninzuka, aiming at such a trend of the times. Furthermore, the San-en-Nanshin Expressway is located 1.5 hours from Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and connects directly to the road network connecting the Kanto and Kansai regions, skewering the major logistics roads of the Chuo Expressway, New Tomei, Tomei, and National Route 1 from north to south. Beyond that, it connects to ports and international airports on the Pacific Ocean. Moreover, Ina Valley is a region with few disasters such as tsunamis. These geographical advantages are unparalleled. Inadani and Iijima Town can be a region that attracts attention as a logistics hub. It is the important mission of those in charge of government to make promising milestones for the future at this time and in this period.

Info translated from Source: https://www.town.iijima.lg.jp/soshikiic ... r/955.html Accessed 2023-01-01

Ina Valley Local Governments Meeting to Promote the Linear Central Shinkansen Line for Regional Development


Ina Valley Local Governments Meeting to Promote the Linear Central Shinkansen Line for Regional Development held online at the Ina Joint Government Building.

The meeting was attended by 12 people, including Governor Morikazu Abe, who chaired the meeting, and the heads of related local governments. Based on a draft prepared by the secretariat, the participants discussed the direction of regional development after the opening of the linear rail line.

The draft positioned Inadani's characteristics as an "environmentally advanced region" with the diffusion and expansion of renewable energy and the recycling of abundant forest resources, which the prefecture and municipalities are actively promoting, as well as its unique culture, including beautiful rural and mountain scenery, learning opportunities utilizing its blessed natural environment, and traditional performing arts, as "potential capabilities of Inadani," and listed them as materials that will lead to regional development after the opening of the linear railway. He also pointed out the unique culture of the Ina Valley, including its beautiful rural and mountainous scenery, places of learning that make the most of its rich natural environment, and traditional performing arts, as "potential capabilities of the Ina Valley.

Participants commented, "Efforts to de-oxygenate and create a recycling-oriented society are now the global standard. We should promote the safety of the region and the fact that such efforts are being made there. We should emphasize that.

Regarding the development of a secondary transportation network from the Nagano Prefectural Linear Station to be built in Iida City, he said, "The scope of the secondary transportation network can be better developed if it is decided in advance. The Governor also commented, "It would be better if we decide the area of the secondary transportation network in advance so that it is within an hour's drive of the linear train station.

Governor Abe commented, "Progress on the plan has been slow, and it has been difficult to see the activities. We need to clarify who is responsible, establish a schedule for the plan as soon as possible, and start where we can. We will strengthen the agency's organizational structure.

Info based on Japanese News: http://www.nagano-np.co.jp/articles/105389 Accessed: 2022-02-11