The document outlines the activities and achievements associated with Shiojiri City Office's 22-year service, highlighting a focus on city promotion and local innovation over the past 5 years. It describes various initiatives aimed at regional revitalization, including collaborations with local citizens, private companies, and government, as well as key projects related to forestry, urban development, and community health. Additionally, the text emphasizes Shiojiri's cultural and natural attractions, such as its lacquer production industry and scenic locations.

1. Working at Shiojiri City Office for 22 years.
Responsible for city promotion for 5 years and for local
innovation.

2. Working at Shiojiri City Office for 22 years.
Responsible for city promotion for 5 years and for local
innovation.
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3. ■ Population 66,752 (as of August 1, 2019)
■ Average temperature 11.9 degree , same as Switzerland
■ Area 290mm - about 62,000 Tokyo Domes
Shiojiri, a centre of Japan

4. Shiojiri is very famous
for many thing.
For example . . .

5. About 75% of Shiojiri city is forest.
FOREST AREA

6. Mt. Fuji can be seen from the “Takabocchi”of
1,665m. Location of Your Name.
TAKABOCCHI

7. NARAIJUKU
“Shiojiri” is a key point for traffic that has been
crossed since ancient times “Narai-juku” is a place
where the streets of the Edo period remain. It is
popular among tourists from Europe, even in the
town where the present and the past coexist.

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Lacquer production area
The lacquer production area has been around for
400 years, and there are still 140 lacquerware
shops and workshops. This is the 1998 Nagano
Olympic medal.

9. Hiraide Ruins
The Hiraide site, which was excavated about 5,000
years ago, is one of the three largest sites in
Japan.

10. Kikyogahara Merlot
The production center of the world-famous
“Kikyogahara Merlot" that won a gold medal in
France

11. 15 Wineries
There are 15 wineries in Shiojiri city, and two new
wineries will open this year.

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Three projects in Shiojiri
MICHIKARA
SUNABA
Future Mountain Lab

13. The Regional Revitalization Collaborative Leadership Program MICHIKARA.
Together with the “three forces” of citizens, government and private
companies. It started in 2016 as a regional revitalization program that
creates new value. JT, ANA and METI have participated.

14. Strategies for promoting the use of new gymnasiums and the possibility of private investment (PFI) /
Utilization of woody biomass energy / Development strategies / Ad hoc networks / Strategy for
utilizing hometown telework, etc. · Balancing support strategy / Shiojiri-type new timber demand
creation strategy / Shiojiri ICT industry accumulation strategy construction (Salt Valley concept) / New
employment measures scheme construction strategy for corporate seniors / Future nursery
management Design "/ Kosakada Park's private-sector collaborative revitalization strategy / Kiso
lacquer industry innovation strategy / Securing diverse actors for forest maintenance / Support for
innovation of local manufacturing managers / Exploratory social education program concept to foster
the ability to survive/ Health consciousness improvement strategy for working generations /
Establishment of metropolitan area personnel return promotion strategy / Business succession
promotion project for SMEs in local cities / Promotion of employment of intellectually disabled people
with willingness to work in city offices / Urban areas where foreign currency can be earned Strategic
design design / Shiojiri-type career education promotion program concept / Farmland conservation
project in the Kikyogahara area / Promotion of civic health promotion through establishment of
exercise habits / Creation of new attractions and promotion of attracting customers in the High
Bocchi Plateau / Utilization of side workers in SMEs Scheme / Construction of safe and efficient
transportation network concept / Information plaza utilization activation project / Construction of next-
generation administrative public relations model
During the past five seasons, MICHIKARA worked on 27 themes such as
“forest”, “energy”, “urban development”, and “city development using ICT”.

15. Civic Innovation Center SANABA

16. Three Functions of SUNABA
CIVIC INNOVATION

17. Create the future with civic innovation
Opened in August 2018

18. Currently, freelance, large corporate employees, high school students,
There are 35 paid members with an annual amount of 100,000 yen.

19. FUTURE MOUNTAIN LAB

20. Solving forestry issues

21. １ General Information
Length : 3 months （2019 Jan to March）
Place : Shiojiri & Tokyo
Participants : 42 people
15 from private sector（NEC solution innovator, DENSO,
RICHO, Bunshodo, VUILD）
20 from citizen（students, freelancer, craftsman）
5 from public sector（METI, Shiojiri City Office）
2 from academia（MIRATUKU）
Theme：Space Utilisation of Mountains and Forests

22. ２ Concept Making
Main players are citizens in Shiojiri
Imaging the possible future of Shiojiri by using Future Trend
Card

24. Ideas for solving social issues and forestry issues

25. ３ Research
Web research for collecting good case
studies
Interview research for collecting the
tacit knowledge of innovators

26. Cards to show the similar case studies for ideation

27. ４ Fieldwork
Fieldwork in mountains and forests in
Shiojiri, Nagano
Gathering the data :
possibility & Issues /
Facts & Considerations

28. Fieldwork

29. Fieldwork

30. Actually did fieldwork at the forestry site in Shiojiri City.

31. Reflection from the fieldwork

32. ５ Ideation
Creating ideas based on the data
collected by research and fieldwork
Each participant create the ideas for
space utilisation of mountains and
forests

35. ６ Presentation
Each participant do the presentation
about their ideas for realisation

36. Each participant presented their ideas to the audiences

37. ７ Output
Cooking workshop to try to make a
dish using firewood
Psychological hurdles to going to
the mountains

39. CREATING THE FUTURE WITH CIVIC
INNOVATION, SHIOJIRI CITY OF
NAGANO PREFECTURE

40. Establishing a foundation for people and places to solve local issues
Civic Innovation / Creation of new problem-solving mechanisms