micro-town - The Place Where My Future Self Lives 01
The morning light shines quietly into the corridor. In the courtyard, an elderly woman stops and gazes at the flowers that have begun to bloom.
“They’ve bloomed again this year.”
She murmurs this, not speaking to anyone in particular.
A little further away, a young man is carefully wiping down a bench. Once he finishes one, he moves to the next. In a set order, slowly.
“Good morning.”
A staff member calls out to him. The young man nods slightly and continues his work.
From the plaza, the laughter of children can be heard. A young girl is crouching down, reading a book to a small boy.
“Next is this page.”
“Yeah!”
The two look at each other and laugh.
At the entrance to the clinic, a young couple is finishing their check-in. The receptionist smiles gently at the mother holding an infant.
“It’s time for your check-up today, isn’t it?”
“Yes, thank you for your help.”
Next to them, an elderly man waits for his turn with his blood pressure log in hand.
In the cafe, there is a man spreading out a newspaper. He takes a sip of coffee and looks out the window.
Someone watering the flower beds.
Someone enjoying a walk.
A staff member heading to work.
A family member coming to pick someone up.
Each person is spending their time in their own way. No one is in a hurry. No one is being rushed. Even so, the day flows by quietly.
This is not a hospital. It is not a nursing home, either. It is not a school, nor is it a park. And yet, it is all of those things.
Children. Workers. The elderly. People with disabilities. Those who provide support. Those who receive support. Everyone continues their own life within the same town.
People are born, grow up, work, struggle, experience illness, grow old, and eventually reach the end of their lives. At some point along that path, a day will come when they need someone's support. That is why this town exists: to embrace the changes in life.
People called this town a micro-town.
However, this town did not exist from the beginning. Everything started with just one question.
—Can people truly continue to live in this society as it is?
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