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Park-PFI in Kanagawa Prefecture — Cases from Yokohama, Yokosuka, and Manazuru [2026 Edition]
…natural environment, landscapes, and fishing culture of the Manazuru Peninsula. Background of Manazuru Town's Small Concession Selection In the MLIT's Small Concession Formation Promotion Pr…
Consortium vs JV vs SPC: What Actually Differs, and the Five Functions a Winning Park-PFI Team Needs [2026 Edition]
…: Local companies (construction, retail, agriculture, etc.), town development companies, NPOs, quasi-public entities, and local chamber of commerce representatives Concrete forms of local co…
Kamiyama and Green Valley: Population and Migration, the Buildings Used for Satellite Offices, and the College That Turned the Former Kamiyama Junior High School into a Dormitory
… long-term plan, the Tokushima international culture village project April 1997 International culture village committee set up October 1999 Kamiyama Artist in Residence (artist invitation pr…
Manazuru Town × ENJOYWORKS — A Port Town of 6,000 Chooses Small Concession
…ing materials related to Manazuru's history, culture, and livelihoods. However, progressive building deterioration and rising maintenance costs led to closure at the end of September 2024. U…
Designated Manager Withdrawals: What the MIC Survey Counts, and the Four Options Open to a Municipality
…ocedure the city named the Kamakura Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation as the proposing operator for the next designation and asked it for a business proposal . From April 2022 to March 2…
5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
… reflect the locality's unique history, food culture, or resident needs. "Generic park cafés" may attract visitors initially through novelty but lose differentiation and visitor numbers over…
Institutional Framework for Welfare Facilities under Park-PFI — Organizing the Issues Around Inclusive Park Complex Models
… restricted in content. Cafes, bakeries, agriculture, laundry, cleaning, piecework, and small goods manufacturing are all recognized as production activities. Operators can be social welfare…
Fisheries Port Act Amendment 2024 — How the Fishery Port Facility Utilization System Is Transforming Harbors Through Kaigyo × PPP
…traction anchors. Category 4: Port-Based Aquaculture Land-based or sea-based aquaculture utilizing the calm waters within port zones. Revenue structure : High initial investment but stable r…
How to Reuse a Closed School: Survey Counts, MEXT's List of Closed Schools Seeking Uses, the Property Disposal Procedure, and National Subsidies
…and how to apply go directly to the facility contact at the local government . The index lists each facility on one row, with prefecture, municipality, school and address, and some rows are …
How to Repurpose an Abandoned School — A Complete Step-by-Step Guide from Site Selection to Proposal [2026 Edition]
… experience-based businesses combining local culture and nature. Since revenue depends on visitor numbers, look at location and market research first . Among reasons a use has not been decid…
READING GUIDE
Choose a starting point.
Follow a short route through the basics, examples and practical steps. Community groups, researchers and students are welcome.
ROUTE 01
For municipal planning
Start with the basics, then move through cases, process and dialogue design.
- What Is Public Facility Management? Challenges, Concepts, and Next Steps
- Sapporo Yurigahara Park Park-PFI LiLiLi — Sapporo's First Case, Community-Led SPV Park Operation
- The Complete Park-PFI Process — A Four-Year Roadmap from Concept to Opening [2026 Edition]
- Market Sounding for PPP: 8-Item Question Template and Step-by-Step Guide
ROUTE 02
For prospective operators
Understand the system, test viability and prepare a proposal.
- What Is a Small Concession? A Complete Guide for Local Government Officials [2026 Edition]
- Higashi Yuenchi URBAN PICNIC — Kobe Sannomiya Redevelopment and Park-PFI After 8 Years of Citizen-Led Social Experiments
- How to Build a Park-PFI Revenue Plan — With Simulation Template [2026 Edition]
- How to Write a Park-PFI Proposal — Working Backward from the Scoring Criteria [2026 Edition]
ROUTE 03
Learn from setbacks
See how projects stall and which conditions to avoid.
- Abandoned School Reuse Failures — Why Repurposed Schools Become Idle Again: Structural Causes of Withdrawal and Business Collapse
- 5 Patterns of Park-PFI Project Failure — Structural Analysis of Contract Termination, Financial Deterioration, and Resident Opposition
- The Zero-Response Sounding Problem — 5 Reasons Private Operators Don't Participate and How to Fix It