November monthly meeting at Kuura community hall — a February festival for the people who live here
On Thursday 12 November 2026 at 7 pm we held our November meeting at the Kuura community hall. Alongside the council’s secretariat, a representative of the Northern Rural Communities Revitalisation Council joined us.
Here are the main points. For every agenda item and decision, see the full minutes (PDF, Japanese).
A February festival for the people who live here
An event has been held every February at the former Hirakubo school. This year the proposal is to make it a festival for the people of the peninsula rather than one that draws visitors from town, and the council will co-host it.
- First-choice date: Saturday 6 February 2027, roughly 11:00 to 14:00
- A big barbecue and wild boar soup at the centre
- Time to introduce what people in the area are doing, and to hear what is troubling them
- Each community hall will be asked to contribute one performance
A proposal from the Ministry of the Environment
The Ministry of the Environment asked whether the council could organise an event with them. Ideas include daytime activities on the Eco Road combined with an evening gathering. We will confirm what the funding can be used for at a meeting on 17 November.
The future of the former school
Ishigaki City asked the council for a draft plan for managing the former Hirakubo school. The idea is to rent out classrooms for local use, with a transparent process for choosing tenants. Its role as a disaster-preparedness base was also discussed.
Cattle on the Eco Road, and making rules together
The Eco Road gates were left open and about 40 grazing cattle got out; the grazing association spent several days rounding them up. The meeting agreed that the road’s use needs rules agreed by the community. The council will first meet the grazing association and invite Ishigaki City and the Ministry of the Environment to join.
The chair also shared the timeline for the peninsula ordinance and the Ecotourism Promotion Act: talks with the mayor in February, briefings at each community hall in March, a drafting committee in April, three review meetings from May to August, and submission to the September city council session.
Other items
- Some coastal signs were knocked down by a typhoon; they will be repaired with an added “Please do not block the road” notice
- Lumpy skin disease is spreading among cattle in Kyushu. After returning from abroad, please disinfect and avoid livestock for about a week
The next meeting is planned for Wednesday 2 December. Anyone is welcome. Past minutes are collected on the records page.