Look!  This is what the Nagoya City has been doing at Aioiyama .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　english top

Since last year (the fall of Heisei 16 or 2004), the road construction has begun at the west end of the planned road site near the Shimo-yama-hata intersection.
Ｔhis roadwork　has a damaging effect to our precious forest.
Ｔｈｅ following　are the photos of the damaged and the yet to-be-damaged. You’ll see what the Nagoya City, the active participant in the Aichi Expo 2005, has been doing. proudly proclaiming that it is “Environmentally Developed.” They boast that they’ll build the “Environment-ｆｒiendly road, ” but the result is to pollute the pleasant environment at the cost of 360 million yen.

The forest which was already lost.
There were vegetable fields and flowerbeds between the Shimo-yama-hata crossroad and the forest’s west entrance. You could walk into the forest, going through the fields. Trees offered us shade even on a hot summer day.  This old cherry tree came # 1 in numbering all the trees in the forest.	After all, in the fall of 2004, the road construction　began. There have been cries of outrage about this distractive project entitled "Building the environment-friendly road" in the forest. Trees were cut, mud removed, and concrete walls appeared with speed. Sadly the tree was cut down before it blossomed.
The forest which I am going to lose from this.
This forest could disappear at any time, sooner or later.	The valley beyond the rope is planned to be a road.（phot：Rei Ohara） This is the bamboo valley called “the stage,” the dense habitat of “hime-botaru” or small geo-(not aquatic) fireflies, doomed to disappear.（phot：Rei Ohara）
Stepping in the forest, you’ll wonder if you’re really in Nagoya, surrounded in the green. Trees absorb noise, and make air fresh.  Don’t you think how ignorant the Nagoya City is to destroy such a wonderful green area?  Do you know the City officially calls itself “Environmentally Developped City”?	This is the east entrance called “Aioi-guchi.”　　Aioiyama Elementary school is very close to the Aioi-guchi.  School children are to be in danger.

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