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<\/a><\/p>\r\nThe\u00a0place where VINCULO park is located is a corner of a residential area in Iwaki, Joetsu City.\u00a0 \u201cVinculo\u201d means \u201cbond\u201d or \u201cconnection\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\r\n
The park was developed and maintained by Mr. Takuya and Mrs. Hiromi Maruyama who run \u201cVINCULO.FLOWER\u201d, which sells miscellaneous goods using plants.\u00a0 VINCULO.FLOWER is a specialty store that sells rare overseas flowers called \u201cnative flowers\u201d and miscellaneous goods using dried flowers.\u00a0 The shop is attracting a lot of attention, especially among young people.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Hiromi: To\u00a0create the park, Takuya purchased about 6600 square meters of land, which was owned by a friend of his father, and had been vacant for about 40 years.\u00a0 Since July last year, they have been cutting grass and preparing the foundations for the construction of the park, together with their parents and volunteers. <\/p>\r\n Hiromi: An event\u00a0was held on May 15th and 16th to announce the completion of the park.\u00a0 About ten stores such as food and drink and craft booths lined up in the park, and many citizens such as parents and children attended.<\/p>\r\n The visitors said, \u201cIt\u2019s a great location. \u00a0I want to come back again.\u201d, and \u201cChildren won\u2019t get bored if there are such places to play outside.\u201d Another visitor said, \u201cWe came here to play, it was fun because there were various shops, and the view and atmosphere was good. \u00a0Children like such large areas, so we would like to come here again. “<\/p>\r\n VINCULO park also has parking spaces.\u00a0 In principle, there are no entrance fees or opening hours for the park.\u00a0 In front of the park, there is a temporary store for VINCULO.FLOWER run by Mr. and Mrs. Maruyama, where you can relax with a cup of coffee.<\/p>\r\n In the future, VINCULO.FLOWER will ask for donations for park maintenance and for holding events.<\/p>\r\n Takuya said,\u00a0\u201cFirst of all, we want to plant more flowers in the garden so that visitors can enjoy the gorgeous four seasons. \u00a0We would like to create a place everyone can enjoy by holding various events such as camping and growing vegetables. \u00a0We want people to feel free to come anytime, and have many good experiences here. “<\/p>\r\n In addition, future event schedules of VINCULO Park will be announced on Instagram “vinculo.flower<\/a>” and “vinculo.park<\/a>“.<\/p>\r\n<\/a>Left: Hiromi Maruyama Right: Takuya Maruyama<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\nWhy build a park …<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n“Joetsu is a place blessed with a lot of nature.\u00a0 It is a comfortable place to live and spend time in.\u00a0 I think many people seek nature outside the city, but I wanted to bring the nature to the city itself. ”
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\r\n“<\/span><\/span>It is said that Joetsu has no places to relax and have fun.\u00a0 If that\u2019s so, why don\u2019t we create such a place? \u00a0That\u2019s why we started to create this park together with the cooperation of volunteers as well as ourselves.“<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n
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\r\nIn the park, they made use of the original natural landscape, while maintaining benches, playground equipment made from native trees, and newly constructed hills. \u00a0In addition to planting cacti, olives and eucalyptus, they are also working on plants from Australia and Africa called \u201cnative flowers\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n
\r\n“We\u2019ve finally finished leveling the ground.\u00a0 We will plant flowers and trees in this location.\u00a0 Please look five or ten years ahead, not one month later.”
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\r\n“There is no conclusion when creating a park. \u00a0We want you to see how VINCULO grows as the plants grow. \u00a0This is a new spot in Joetsu that we will all build together. \u00a0There is no goal, and it will be a place that will change steadily from now on.”<\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\nVINCULO park<\/h2>