Japanese sake skin care

Ogawamachi Kawara hot spring

Ogawa Onsen Kawara no Yu is a strong alkaline simple spring with a pH of 10.0 that springs up in Ogawa Town, Saitama Prefecture. The so-called "Bijin no Yu" that removes excess keratin on the skin and moisturizes it. In a Japanese-style atmosphere, relax with high-quality hot water and special food.

Ogawa's Japanese paper is so famous that it is called "Japanese Paper". Among them, the manufacturing technology of "Hosokawa paper" using only kozo has been designated as an "important intangible cultural property" by the national government.

Ogawa Japanese paper, which has been protected and raised over a history of 1,300 years, has a unique texture that is simple and warm, and attracts the hearts of users.

It would be nice to take in the real goodness and add color to your daily life.
A rich and moist life may be obtained by adding a little spice to your daily life.

When you wander around Ogawa-cho in search of the spice of Japanese paper, you will find unexpected discoveries and fun.

People's charter

1. Let's create a beautiful town by loving nature and taking care of the environment
1. Follow the rules and help each other to create a bright town
1. Let's improve our education, become familiar with sports, and create a town with a rich heart.
1. Let's work hard to create an industry and create a growing town
1. Respect elders, cultivate young power, and create a peaceful town

Town Flower
Adonis ramosa

The pretty yellow buds sprout in spite of the cold winter breeze, and are familiar with the grass that brings good fortune and the birth of longevity, and is a flower that is suitable for symbolizing a peaceful town.

Town bird
White-eye

The bamboo-colored body and white eyes are adorable. It is a bird that is loved by many people and is suitable for symbolizing the hearts of the rich townspeople.

Over view of Ogawa city

Town tree
Zelkova

The strong trunk that is firmly rooted in the ground and the branches that extend toward the sky are reminiscent of a leap.
The beauty of spring buds and autumn foliage is a tree that soothes people's hearts and is a symbol of a growing town.

Let's volunteer👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Stay in the neighborhood of your home and support local greening activities. The Global Greening Center, a specified non-profit organization, provides a database for searching for volunteer activities centered on nature conservation activities such as tree planting. Regardless of the size of the activity, such as picking up trash and starting a community garden, these activities can bring the earth closer to a better environment. Never do just Earth Day. Every plant needs support all year round.

"NO" for products made by illegal transactions🐘

Don't buy wildlife products while traveling, such as ivory, bushmeat, leather products, and traditional medicines. Instead, buy local handicrafts. When making a purchase, ask at the store if the souvenir is properly sold with the permission of the law. When in doubt, do not buy anything that contains wildlife.

Let's compost food waste🚮

Composting swill is a natural recycling. Swill is full of energy. Even if you live in an urban condominium without a garden, natural recycling can prevent food waste from emitting greenhouse gases from landfills.

Even emergency stairs and balconies provide ample space for small trash cans and buckets used to compost garbage.

You can buy the compost set online or make it yourself in an indoor bucket. You can also do vermicompost indoors.

You can also freeze the swill and find the municipality that is collecting the compost. Please look for it near you.

Reduce foodloss🥒

Plan your meal menu before you go shopping
To list the contents in the refrigerator
Buying the right amount of food
Freezing or reusing leftovers
Make good use of canned foods, frozen foods, pickles, dried fish, etc.

Reduce food loss🎃

About one-third of the food produced annually is wasted. Once you've thrown a half-eaten rice ball or an expired sandwich into the trash, it may be easy to ignore the environmental impact.

However, discarded food produces billions of greenhouse gases. By the time you go to the supermarket, nearly 3.3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases have already been released into the atmosphere through the production, processing and transportation of all food products. And once the waste is landfilled, methane gas is generated to decompose the organic waste. Methane gas traps about 23 times more heat than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. And 20% of all methane gas emissions come from landfills.

Also, disposing of food is a waste of water. In the United States, 25% of the water consumed each year is associated with food waste. Scientists estimate that reducing food waste can reduce one-third of the world's water consumption.

Meat free once a week🥦🍅
Creating a meat-free day (meat-free), even one day a week, helps reduce the burden on the planet. It can be difficult to think about the environment when you drink milk every day and eat hamburgers and cheese deliciously, but consider the following:

The amount of water needed to produce one hamburger is the same as the amount of water a Japanese person uses for a bath for about two months. Most of this water is used for grain production for cattle feed.
Cattle grazing requires vast land. As a result, growers often clear-cut tropical forests to secure pasture. About 60% of the Amazon forest was destroyed due to cattle grazing.
Cattle produce methane, a greenhouse gas that is 20 times more than carbon dioxide. Ammonia emitted from the livestock industry is one of the causes of acid rain.