In the rush to go about our everyday chores, we often forget those things that are closest to us and that make up the fabric of our everyday lives.
My extended learning curve with entrepreneurship for over 3 years has been in this area of Hiroo in downtown Tokyo which I love and cherish. In the many ups and downs of that period, there has been one place that I can just head over to for a breather, just to soak in the magic of the forest air, look at the tall trees overhead, even just to get a drink at the oversubscribed bar. Yes, I'm talking about Hanezawa Garden, that oasis of tranquility and traditional Japanese majesty about 5 minutes away from the Naviblog office.
To my dismay, I found out a couple of months ago that although the place had shut down over a year ago, the place was going to be demolished and the virgin forest there razed to the ground. At a local town meeting, I was horrified to see that developers were planning to pour concrete over the whole thing and build random apartments over it. So I joined the protest movement to Save Hanezawa Garden and opened a website alongside another existing one, to get the word out.
They say that doing great things start with deeds close to home. This has got to be the best example of that. See http://savehanezawagarden.blogspot.com for more details on the place and what you can do about it. There will be a petition soon too.
-- Mandali
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