[Bandai Town] People who want to live while cherishing connections with those they share their living space with

Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a young person named Kizuna (Bond). Kizuna valued connections with the villagers more than anything else.
However, for many years, the people in the village had been living apart and remained indifferent to one another. Kizuna wanted to do something about this situation.
One day, Kizuna proposed planting a large tree in the village square. "If we all raise this tree together, our hearts will surely grow closer," Kizuna thought.
At first, the villagers showed no interest, but due to Kizuna's enthusiastic appeals, they began to cooperate little by little.
When digging the hole to plant the tree, the villagers spoke to each other for the first time. When deciding on a watering schedule, everyone discussed it together. As they watched the tree grow, conversations naturally increased.
As time passed, the tree grew large. Under it, the villagers began to gather, talk, and laugh together.
One day, refugees arrived from a neighboring village. In the past, they might have been treated coldly. However, the villagers invited the refugees under the tree that Kizuna had planted and welcomed them warmly.
"In our village, we have a tree that connects everyone's hearts. Won't you live with us under this tree, too?" the villagers said.
Before long, this village became known as the "Village of Connected Hearts." Many travelers visited, and some even ended up settling in the village. The village became rich in diversity and even more prosperous.
Later, Kizuna became the village leader and said, "The connections with those we share our living space with are treasures that enrich our lives. By cherishing these connections, we become stronger and kinder."
And so, the proverb "Tree roots go deep, but human bonds go deeper" spread from this village.
Happily ever after.
That was the preface to the 884th interview with an unknown person, written on September 25, 2024, at 9:58 AM, by someone who thinks so!!!!!
[Preface: qbc / Yasuhiro Kuribayashi (Writer / Organizer of Interviews with Unknown People)]

Our guest this time is Ai Honda!

Age: Early 30s
Gender: Female
Occupation: IT Consultant

Current status: My desire to take some kind of action myself is growing stronger. Even though I haven't actually done anything yet.

Yuipi:
What do you do for a living, Ms. Honda?

Ai Honda:
For now, I live in Bandai Town. I work for an IT company in Tokyo, and I work remotely.Since I can work remotely, I figured it didn't matter where I lived, so I'm a resident of Bandai Town.

Yuipi:
How is Bandai Town?

Ai Honda:
I first came to Bandai Town last October and moved here in November, so it's been almost a year. It's very comfortable living here. That said, I don't live in Bandai Town 100% of the time. I go back and forth; ratio-wise, I'm in Bandai about two-thirds of the time, but I spend one-third of my time living in the Tokyo area. So,I'm able to enjoy both life in Tokyo and life in Bandai Town. But still, when I return to Bandai, I feel like my heart is at peace.I'm spending my time thinking it's a great place surrounded by such nature.

Yuipi:
What was the initial trigger for moving to Bandai Town?

Ai Honda:
The trigger was the people who live here. I didn't know anything about Bandai Town.I had been attending an online business school since last April. There was a case study that dealt with various issues in Japan, including regional problems. By chance, I entered a business competition last summer, and the theme was something like regional revitalization in Ehime Prefecture. So, I researched Ehime Prefecture a lot. Then, I found someone who was promoting digital transformation, or rather, the digitalization of municipalities in Ehime Prefecture. That was Kumiko Watanabe, who lived in Bandai Town. I became very interested in Kumiko Watanabe, and I started researching Kumi-san a lot online. Like a stalker (laughs). I thought, what a wonderful person. Videos of her came up, and she had a wonderful smile. The content she was talking about, like regional digitalization and incorporating IT into regional issues, was interesting. I learned that these things exist as issues in Japan, and I thought it was very interesting. I found her contact information and reached out to Kumi-san. She told me we should talk. When we spoke online, I heard she lived in Bandai Town, even though I thought she was in Ehime Prefecture. I was like, where is that? She told me to come visit, so I decided to go, and the first time I came here was in October. I took the Ban-etsu West Line.

I was born and raised in the Tokyo area. While riding the train and experiencing the feeling of entering the mountains, I saw that there are such wonderful places surrounded by mountains in Japan. I was amazed. I stayed in Bandai Town for one night for the first time. Then,Naoki Ogawa-kun told me there was a one-week workation program in Fukushima Prefecture. I had been thinking I wanted to come again, so he said, "Why don't you apply for that?" I looked it up and applied immediately. I asked the prefecture people to let me go as soon as possible, and three weeks later, I stayed for a week. When I actually lived there while working for a week, I realized I could work without any problems! I hadn't been thinking about moving that far, but at that time, I heard that a new apartment had been built in front of the station. I went to view the apartment in front of the station and another one. Naoki-kun called for me. Then they said, "Come over now." I was like, "Now?" (laughs). I viewed them on impulse, and they were wonderful. It was a more spacious and wonderful environment than Tokyo, there were other people who had moved here, it seemed easy to live in, everyone looked like they were having fun, and people were so connected. I was moved by that, and that was the trigger for me to decide to move.

Yuipi:
I see. You said earlier that you feel at peace when you're in Bandai; what influences that?

Ai Honda:
The fact that people live in such nature. I hadn't been in an environment like that before, so just that alone—I think the feeling of being surrounded by these mountains is one thing. Also, the feeling that people are connected. I think it's partly because the population is small, but it's the feeling that everyone is connected in a way where you know each other's faces. That's a sensation you don't get in big cities or Tokyo. I have the feeling that that's a good thing.

Yuipi:
It's been almost a year since you moved here; how do you feel?

Ai Honda:
It's very comfortable, so I want to continue this life, but at the same time, I feel like I'm just living here right now, so I'm very stimulated by the fact that people around me, like Yui-chan and Naoki-kun,are taking some kind of action or turning things into some kind of form themselves. So my desire to take some kind of action myself is growing stronger. Even though I haven't actually done anything yet. That's how I feel.

There was one thing I thought was really great before I moved. I stayed at Nanatsuya, and at that time, people of my generation were building a bar counter. Nanatsuya started its food and beverage business in earnest last winter, so in October, it was still in the preparation stage. When I came in October, they said, "We're starting Nanatsuya, so we're building a bar counter," and they went to buy the wood themselves, cut it, applied paint, and assembled it. Also, they had meetings to think about the menu, talked about what would be good, and made an actual menu sheet. When I came next, I saw that it had taken shape. I thought that was amazing.They take action themselves and immediately turn it into a form, and even if it's not a large-scale business, they are actually turning it into a form. I thought the way they challenge themselves, like "let's just try it" regardless of whether they can do it or not, is amazing.I'm a company employee, so even if I do something within the framework of the company, I rarely have the chance to complete something by moving my own hands and coming up with ideas from scratch. I think it's truly amazing that they are able to do that.

Yuipi:
Uh-huh.

Ai Honda:
Yes. I'm very stimulated by seeing things like that. So, what I'm feeling now is that my desire to be able to do something like that myself is getting stronger.

Yuipi:
Then, how is the work you're doing now?

Ai Honda:
The work I'm doing now has nothing to do with Bandai Town, but I've changed jobs since I moved here. I changed jobs after moving to Bandai Town. I was thinking about changing jobs around last winter or spring. The new job is also at an IT company in Tokyo. Jobs that can be done on the premise of remote work have surprisingly decreased since COVID ended. I think there are many companies that say, "Come to the office once a week," but even among them, I decided I absolutely didn't want to change this life. During the job interview, I asked, "I'm in Fukushima, but can I do this on that premise?" and I accepted an offer from a company that said it was okay. So,I'm proving to myself that I can work without any problems even if I live in a rural area and am away from Tokyo or the company! But I'm also making efforts to communicate properly so that I can continue to realize that.I realized that I can adjust my work well to live the life I want, and that I can manage even if the place I live and the place I work are separate, so I want to continue to establish that in the future.

Yuipi:
I see. By the way, why did you decide to change jobs?

Ai Honda:
My previous company was also really great, and I was able to move to Bandai Town thanks to them. But I felt like I wouldn't be able to grow much more if I stayed in that environment, so I wanted to go to a different one. My previous company had a lot of senior staff, and I was always in a junior position, so I wanted to work with more people of my own generation or younger.

Yuipi:
Do you have anything you usually do or like to do outside of work?

Ai Honda:
I don't have that many hobbies. Since moving here, I just walk through nature or go to the roadside station. I don't have a car right now, so I can't go many places on my own, but my friends invite me out. Recently, I went to Aizu-Wakamatsu for an Akabeko painting experience. I also find it fun to participate in town events.

Yuipi:
What was the most fun thing you've done recently?

Ai Honda:
Probably the Akabeko painting last week. I know it sounds like something a tourist would do (laughs). Also, it wasn't recently, but in May, I helped with rice planting in Inawashiro at Daiki-san's family's place. It was my first time planting rice, so it was interesting, and at the same time, I thought farmers were amazing. It was fun.

Yuipi:
Did you go because you were invited?

Ai Honda:
Yes, I was invited. I'm really grateful to be invited to things. Also, like the Open Cafe Bandai that was held last week, I try to participate in things I can go to on my own.

Yuipi:
I definitely have the image of you being at every event.

Ai Honda:
That's true. My participation rate is very high.

Yuipi:
Do you mean Daiki-san, as in Daiki Igarashi-san?

Ai Honda:
Yes, exactly. When I stayed in town for a week for the first time, Daiki Igarashi-san showed me around. He told me things like, 'This is what Bandai Town is like.' Because of that, I had a very good impression of the place. I was grateful for that because it helped me get to know the town.

Yuipi:
Let me change the question a bit. What kind of personality do you think you have?

Ai Honda:
What kind of personality... I don't think I'm the type to push myself to the front. That said, when I feel something is right, like moving to Bandai Town, I'm the type to take action. I'm not the type who can easily take the lead or actively voice opinions in large groups. But when I find something I like, I take initiative. I'm the type of person who pushes forward with things I'm interested in. Is that a good enough answer?

Yuipi:
Uh-huh. What do you think of your own personality?

Ai Honda:
Hmm, I wonder. Like I said earlier, if I want to take more action and involve those around me, I wonder if I should be a bit more proactive... but at the same time, I think, 'Well, this is just my personality.' But now that I'm in my 30s, when I think about how my generation will be responsible for the future of the town, our company's work, and even the future of Japan, I feel like I should be able to speak up more proactively. Even so, I don't have a personality that is that loud. I hope I can become someone who can actively share various opinions without worrying so much about what others think, which is something I've been thinking about especially since turning 30.

Past:While I was grateful to have things I wanted to do and to be able to do them, I also had a longing for school life, thinking it looked nice.

Yuipi:
What kind of child were you?

Ai Honda:
From childhood until high school, I did ballet the whole time. The dancing kind of ballet. So, my memories of doing ballet are very strong. It relates to my current personality; I wasn't the type to talk in a lively way, but rather I spent my time quietly looking around at my surroundings—not that I was a coward, but I was observant. I wasn't exactly introverted, but I think I was shy.

Yuipi:
Do you have any impressive memories or things you remember from elementary school?

Ai Honda:
I feel like my elementary school days were just all about the town I lived in.My elementary school was right in front of my house, like a five-minute walk away. It was a distance where I could get there in seconds. So, my memories are basically just going back and forth between there and ballet.Anyway, ballet—ballet was definitely a big part of it. I don't have one specific memory, but I just remember going back and forth between school and ballet.

Yuipi:
Do you remember why you started ballet?

Ai Honda:
As for ballet, well, my mother took me. I was about four, so it wasn't really my own decision. I had an older brother, and his friend was doing ballet, so she was like, 'Let's go try it out.'

Yuipi:
How was your childhood centered around ballet?

Ai Honda:
I didn't think much of it when I was little, but looking back now, I think being able to stick with one thing for so long was a good experience for a child.Instead of doing this and that, I was able to keep building on the same thing, so I'm glad I did. Looking back, that is.

Yuipi:
You did ballet in junior high and high school too, right?

Ai Honda:
Yes. I did ballet all through junior high and high school. I didn't join any school clubs. Even though I thought clubs sounded nice, I was like, 'Well, I have ballet.' It was like that.

Yuipi:
Do you have any random memories of school?

Ai Honda:
I wasn't in any clubs, but I was really close with a few people in my class, and that was a lot of fun. I think those days were just fun. I don't have one specific memory that stands out.

Yuipi:
I see. What was fun about your daily life?

Ai Honda:
Don't you laugh a lot when you're a student? It's amazing that we could laugh every day until our stomachs hurt. When I look back at photos from my student days, the biggest difference from now is probably the amount of laughing. I think the reason I was able to have such a good smile back then was because my smile muscles were being trained and developed every day. That's what I think when I look back at old photos.

Yuipi:
How was everything else? In high school.

Ai Honda:
I went to high school for a few months and then quit. From around the summer of my first year of high school, I went to America for about two years for ballet study abroad. So, it was really just centered on ballet.

Yuipi:
How was studying ballet abroad?

Ai Honda:
Ballet is a world of effort plus innate talent. People from around the world had different natural gifts, so I felt like, 'Wow, they're amazing.' I learned a lot about that reality. On the other hand, in Japan, ballet felt like a hobby, but since I went to a school attached to a professional ballet company, seeing it as a viable career path made me think it was really cool.I thought people who continue to do ballet as professionals are really cool. Seeing that stimulated me, and being able to study abroad and get to know people from various countries was a valuable experience.

Yuipi:
Did you say you wanted to go study ballet abroad on your own initiative?

Ai Honda:
Yes. I had a book about ballet study abroad. When I was in junior high, I looked at ballet schools around the world a lot. I thought, 'That's nice, I didn't know a world like this existed.' Ballet schools held things like summer schools. I heard from my ballet teacher that there was an audition in Japan, and that's how I started. It was only supposed to be for the summer, but there was also an annual audition. I took it and got in, so I was like, 'I want to go!' I begged my parents, saying, 'I want to go, please let me.'

Yuipi:
Was that your first time going abroad?

Ai Honda:
I had been to a summer school before that. I went once in the summer, and the following year I went somewhere else, so it wasn't my first time abroad.

Yuipi:
Did anything change for you, ballet aside, after staying there for a long period compared to before?

Ai Honda:
Moving to Bandai Town and spending time in a new environment is one thing, but I think I've acquired the ability to adapt to new things, or rather, the spirit of trying things out without immediately thinking they're impossible.Of course, I get nervous and feel anxious about whether I'll be okay. For instance, I didn't know English at all. But surprisingly, I was able to communicate well with everyone. Looking back, I think about how everyone was kind, how I was able to communicate without any problems, and how I managed to cook for myself and live on my own, which gave me the confidence that I can actually do anything!

Yuipi:
Oh, I see. What was your life like after returning from the U.S.?

Ai Honda:
I wasn't very good at ballet, but I felt like I was allowed to study abroad, and I did have a desire to become a professional ballet dancer. That said, there was a gap between my actual ability and that goal, so I wondered what to do. It was about a year after I returned. I spent that year in Japan thinking about whether there was any way to do something with ballet. In the end, I realized I couldn't make a living as a ballet dancer and gave up. I didn't want to just jump into a job, so I decided to go to a Japanese university and enrolled. After that, I just lived a normal student life and then became a working professional.

Yuipi:
How was university?

Ai Honda:
I hadn't gone to high school and wasn't in any clubs, so I had a longing for school life. I thought that the so-called high school youth experience seemed nice. While I was grateful that I had something I wanted to do and was able to do it, I also had a longing for school life.So, I decided to properly experience being a student and spent four years doing so. I attended lectures seriously, worked hard on my studies, and I think it was very fulfilling. I was also blessed with friends.

Yuipi:
Were there things you were into or liked at the time?

Ai Honda:
What I was into, or rather what I did, was that I enjoyed my part-time job. Also, I did volunteer work. I was a student volunteer for an organization where high school students from around the world do exchange programs. What I did was hold orientations for high school students who were coming to Japan for exchange or going abroad. For example, I would go to Narita Airport to pick up students from dozens of countries who had just arrived in Japan and were going to stay for a year. We would stay for about two nights and three days at a lodging facility in Yoyogi called the International Olympic Center. We would teach them that there are minimum rules and manners for living in Japan for the next year, or give them advice on how to behave if they had trouble with school life, sharing various knowledge so that the exchange students wouldn't end up feeling isolated or unhappy. I was a student volunteer managing that, and I spent my time on that.

Ballet is basically something you do alone, so I wasn't originally that good at communicating with many different people. As a university student, I wanted to interact with many people, so I actively did volunteer work, worked part-time, and made friends at school.

Yuipi:
Did you notice any changes in yourself? After doing that.

Ai Honda:
Until high school, I had a personality that was more inward-looking. From there, I started talking to many different people all at once, and I realized that I actually had a social side to me.

Yuipi:
What about ballet? How was it in university?

Ai Honda:
I stopped doing it in university. I felt like, 'that's enough.' I barely did it at all.

Yuipi:
What do you mean by 'that's enough'?

Ai Honda:
I had been working hard aiming to go professional. But I had this conflict between high school and university where I realized I wasn't that good. I felt like I had given up, so I decided that if I was going to do it half-heartedly, I'd rather just stop and try something else.

Yuipi:
What was your life like after graduating from university?

Ai Honda:
After graduating from university, my life centered around work at the company I joined as a new graduate. That's how my 20s were. While there were waves of being busy and not so busy, my job was to introduce systems to clients, so it was relatively busy. I'm not a very dexterous person, and I couldn't do things well right away. I'm the type who, when I focus on one thing, can only focus on that one thing, so my life was just working intensely. Before COVID, I would go to the office in the morning and stay until late at night, like 9 or 10 PM. I'd go home, sleep, and go back again. I think that's what my life was like.

Yuipi:
Why did you decide to join an IT company?

Ai Honda:
I wonder why. My parents worked in the IT industry, so I was curious about what kind of world it was. I thought that if I was going to work, I wanted a job that would build the future, something that would develop and become indispensable to the world rather than just existing jobs. When I thought about it that way, I thought IT might be good.Also, I wasn't very good at IT myself, so I thought I could become a bridge between the people who need it in the world and the people who understand it well. It was a field I knew nothing about, but I thought it sounded interesting.

Yuipi:
Was there a trigger that made you think you wanted to work in a job that builds the future?

Ai Honda:
It wasn't that there was something I absolutely had to do, it was just a vague interest that arose. I had been so obsessed with ballet, thinking 'I will definitely become a ballet dancer!', and I always thought I never wanted to be the type of person commuting every day with a tired face like a salaryman. I didn't want that, so I wanted something that seemed fun. It was purely because I thought it sounded interesting.

Yuipi:
Was that company you joined as a new graduate the one you were at before changing jobs?

Ai Honda:
Yes, that's right. But what I'm doing now is similar, so I still hold the same sentiments.

Mirai: It's like, for the sake of family or someone else, you can go beyond the limits of just living for yourself.

Yuipi:
When you imagine the near future, the distant future, and even decades from now, all the way to the point where you eventually pass away, what kind of image do you have for the future?

Ai Honda:
I feel like I haven't thought about the future at all until recently. It feels like I was just desperate to live in the moment. In my 20s, I was just desperately doing what was put in front of me, so in my 30s, I have a desire to take more action toward what I want to do and what I want to achieve. I don't know the details for my 40s or 50s, but ultimately, I want to live while properly valuing connections with family, friends, and the local community.

Since moving to Bandai Town, I've come to think even more that human connections are wonderful. My parents are from rural areas, and when I was born, they moved to Yokohama, so I grew up in the suburbs. My father and mother had a hometown and connections with relatives, but I'm a generation where that has faded. My grandparents are gone, the house is gone, and I rarely go back to visit, so I haven't seen my relatives in a while. I feel a bit sad that family and relative connections are fading away like that.

Since moving to Bandai, I've come to think that having strong local connections is a good thing. Even if family connections are fading, I want to live while valuing the connections with the people I share my living space with, and I've felt that even more since moving here.That's how I feel toward the future.

Yuipi:
Why do you want to value connections with people?

Ai Honda:
Seeing everyone connected here and spending time happily made me think it was wonderful...

Yuipi:
......

Ai Honda:
...Hmm. I wonder why. Seeing everyone connected made me think it was lovely. Also, I've always done ballet, and I didn't really join big circles like school clubs; I felt like I was on my own path. That was fine in its own way, but I also think it's great to see people working together to achieve a goal while navigating the difficulties of relationships in clubs and such. I probably have that feeling somewhere inside me. Since coming here, seeing Kumi-san working within the community as I mentioned earlier, and seeing Naoki-kun expanding the scope of what he can do through connections with the community, I just thought it was great.

Yuipi:
What does it mean that you think those human connections are great?

Ai Honda:
Huh?

Yuipi:
What are you seeking by connecting with people?

Ai Honda:
Gee, I wonder. I spent my teens and 20s mostly for myself, but I feel that there is a limit to living only for myself for the rest of my life. Of course, my own ideas are important, but for example, when you have a family, doing things for them or for someone else allows you to go beyond the limits of just living for yourself.It's not about me doing something and that person succeeding 100%, but rather realizing that when various people gather and combine their strengths, various things can be achieved. I think it's interesting to use your strength for someone else or for something. I think I've started to realize that you can do more interesting things.

Yuipi:
I see. So, are there things you want to do or try?

Ai Honda:
Something I want to do in the near future is, well, I don't think it's good to just be passive, so in November, I'm personally planning a Bandai Town tour, inviting people I met at an online business school to Bandai Town. They are people I worked with on a case study in Ehime, and they know about my whole migration experience. I thought it would be interesting to do this, so I promoted it and said, 'Please come!', and since they are taking the time to come, I want to make it a good experience. I can't do it alone, so I've been consulting with Naoki-kun and Daiki-san. I want to present this town I moved to and show them how wonderful it is. I want other people to know about it, which is something I want to do in the near future.

Also, my current company has a base in Aizu-Wakamatsu. It's not that I joined specifically to do that, but in the future, I want to work on things like regional DX and such initiatives. That said, I know that digitalization is just a means, not an end. So, while I study what the local government is aiming for, I've been working in the IT field, so I'm looking for opportunities to see if there are any projects I can work on using that knowledge. That's something I want to do in the medium to long term.

Yuipi:
Then, instead of things you want to do, is there a way you want to be?

Ai Honda:
It might be repetitive, but I think I've spent my life until now for myself, quite self-centeredly. With this turning point of turning 30, I want to live with the feeling of being able to act on my own to do things for others—well, if you can call it 'for others'—to be someone who can be there for those around me.

Yuipi:
I ask a 'what if' future question. This is from when I was researching Ehime at business school. If you hadn't met Kumiko Watanabe, what kind of life do you think you would be living now?

Ai Honda:
I don't think I would have been in Bandai, at least. But I felt that living cooped up in Tokyo all the time was stifling, so even if it wasn't Bandai, I think I would have found a place somewhere else and lived a life that broadened my perspective, even if it wasn't exactly dual-residency. That said, I don't think I would have come to Bandai Town.

Yuipi:
That's true. Meeting Kumi-san is what led you to Bandai Town, isn't it?

Ai Honda:
Exactly (laughs).

Yuipi:
What kind of presence is Bandai Town to you, having moved here from such a chance encounter?

Ai Honda:
What kind of presence Bandai Town is to me. I don't know what kind of presence it will become in the future, but for now, it's a comfortable place. I don't quite feel like it's a second hometown yet, though.The people I've met in Bandai Town all seem to be enjoying their own lives in this place. So I want to enjoy this life more too, and I have a feeling that all sorts of things are going to happen here from now on.

Yuipi:
Lastly, I ask if there is anything you'd like to leave behind. It could be like a final testament looking back on your life, a message to the readers, or your thoughts on this interview—if you have anything, please let me know.

Ai Honda:
I realized that although I say I want to do something, I haven't been able to put it into words concretely yet. When I feel 'this is it!' in my own senses, I can take action, but I don't think I've reached that phase yet. If I say I want to do something, I think it won't become clear unless I put it into words more. However, just living here now is fun, and I don't have any complaints, so I want to continue enjoying it.

Yuipi:
Yes, thank you very much.

Afterword

I really enjoyed my youth during high school. From morning till night, it was club activities, studying, and school events. My class was close, and we laughed together every day. It was funny even just when a pen fell off a desk. We would hold our stomachs over such trivial things. But as soon as I graduated, I stopped laughing completely. My cheeks would cramp up from even a slight smile. I wonder why I was able to laugh so much back then... it's a mystery to me.
After a while, I realized that connections between people are necessary. I don't mean networking. That's just a tool. What I'm looking for is a connection that isn't based on logic. It's love, love. What's there is affection. In high school, I loved my classmates and my club members. That's why it was fun and why I was happy. But in the last few months, I've started laughing a lot again. I wonder why that is.

[Interview, Editing, Afterword: Yuipi]

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