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Creating a Place for Book Lovers in a Small Hokkaido Town of 4,200 People!
Creating a cozy space where you can stop by to enrich your daily life.
The facility we are opening is not just a "bookstore," but is planned as a "place with books" that people will want to visit again and again.
For example, by adding a cafe, we hope local residents will use it regularly, and visitors can discover delicious local products from around the town, which will be sold as food items. We also want people to enjoy it as a place to drink fresh beer from the "RIKKA" brewery, scheduled for completion in spring 2024. Furthermore, we envision it being used as a gallery and a space for small events.
A place where adults and children, men and women of all ages, locals and newcomers alike, can relax and enjoy the space. A place that can provide good opportunities. We hope to create a space where their future dreams can become more realistic or newly discovered. We also believe that contributing to the community in this way and meeting expectations will, in turn, become the strength that sustains our shop.
We're running a crowdfunding campaign!
For this building, Reperience Inc. decided to purchase it rather than rent, committing to taking over the land and store. The building is over 50 years old. The renovation is more challenging than expected, but we want to cherish the idea of carefully using and preserving old things.
The building that will become the general store. It faces the main shopping street of Urahoro and was originally a hardware store.
A cozy space where you can stop by to enrich your daily life a little.
We want to share the joy of a leisurely life with everyone.
We aim to create a cafe space where you can relax in a place with books, a shop where the ambitions of everyone in town can gather!
To let as many people as possible know about this project, we are running a crowdfunding campaign. If our vision resonates with you, we would be very grateful for your support!
"We want to create a place to encounter books in a small Hokkaido town of 4,200 people!"
Click here for the crowdfunding project page.
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Writer Profile
Reperience Inc. Hahaha Hostel Manager / General Incorporated Association .doto PR Director
Arisa Kudo
Born in Kushiro, Hokkaido. Studied community development with a focus on fieldwork at Hosei University's Faculty of Social Policy and Administration. During her studies, she supported the crowdfunding campaign for ".doto," which led her to manage the Twitter account for the General Incorporated Association .doto. After working in corporate sales for a life insurance company, she made a U-turn to Eastern Hokkaido in 2021. While managing the guesthouse "Hahaha Hostel" in Urahoro, she joined the board of .doto in 2022 and is in charge of public relations, social media, and weekly reports as the PR Director. She loves listening to music.
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