my groove New Project | Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture Autonomous Bus Project (Michinori Autonomous Bus Portal)

The service "my groove", provided by Groove Designs, Inc., is a "regional engagement platform" designed to help local governments, companies, and others involved in community development facilitate initiatives in collaboration with the local community.

By combining our cultivated expertise in regional community development with digital technology, we are promoting "co-creative community development" where various stakeholders, including government, citizens, and companies, work together.

In this article, we introduce the "Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture Autonomous Bus Project", a new project utilizing my groove that has launched on the Michinori Holdings "Michinori Autonomous Bus Portal".

■ Summary

• Region: Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture

  • For more information on the Michinori Holdings "Michinori Autonomous Bus Portal", please also see this article.

• Keywords: #AutonomousBus #MobilityManagement #CitizenParticipation

• Role of my groove: Process visualization, information dissemination

■ Background and Purpose of the Project

In Oyama City, autonomous buses will operate on the O-Bus "Harvest Walk Line" from Sunday, November 2, 2025, to Tuesday, November 18, 2025 (excluding Wednesdays and Thursdays). Additionally, on Saturday, November 1, 2025, the autonomous bus that will actually be in operation will be exhibited at "Oyama Yuen Harvest Walk," where a vehicle viewing event and a departure ceremony will be held.

We launched this project to share information about these demonstration experiments and events!

■ Planned and Implemented Initiatives

In this project, we are planning the following initiatives on my groove.

• Information dissemination regarding autonomous bus initiatives

• Reporting results and sharing progress

We will visualize the progress of the project while releasing content for each phase of the project.

■ How to participate in the project?

By clicking "Follow" on the project top page, you can receive notifications about the project. Also, if there is a call for opinions, you can post comments.

Participation is free, no registration is required, and you can view opinions. (*Free account registration is required to post comments)

Also, by following the "Michinori Autonomous Bus Portal", you can receive notifications about initiatives in other regions.
Michinori Group | Michinori Autonomous Bus Portal

■ Check out other initiatives in Oyama City too!

In addition to the autonomous bus project introduced here, Oyama City also utilized my groove in fiscal year 2022 to implement the "Oyama Station Area Urban Development Plan Formulation" project.
Please also take a look at this article regarding the process of formulating an area vision through a digital platform by citizens and the administration in Oyama City!

💡 Want to know more about my groove?

If you read this article and became interested in "my groove", why not have a chat with us online?

• We hold workshops for planning and vision formulation, but we want to think about methods to encourage more diverse citizen participation.

• We want to proceed with projects in cooperation with citizens and the local community, but we don't know how to go about it.

• We want to know how it differs from existing channels like social media or websites, and what its advantages are.

We would like to think together with you while answering your challenges and concerns based on our knowledge from projects nationwide! (Consultations are free.)
Please feel free to contact us!

🏢 To all construction and urban consultants interested in promoting planning and urban development using digital platforms

We have prepared a special plan to facilitate your proposals and utilization as experts! Please see here for details.