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Abandoned School Mixed-Use Development — The Best Pattern Combining Welfare, Education, and Café [2026 Edition]
…are food production Schoolyard / grounds Agriculture, outdoor activities, parking Separate building wings Different operators and uses can be assigned per wing In the FY2024 survey the large…
Operating Public Facilities Through Disability Welfare Reimbursements — The Stability of Statutory Revenue [2026 Edition]
…ccommodates a wide range of activities — agriculture, light manufacturing, food production, and cleaning — that can be tailored to the facility's characteristics. Agricultural Type B employm…
Abandoned Schools × Welfare Facilities in Kyushu — Nagasu Town and CTI Engineering's Initiatives
…ushu's strong agricultural sector makes "agriculture × disability welfare" (agricultural welfare linkage) models particularly viable. Pattern 3: Elderly Welfare Utilizing as day services, co…
Small Concession in Hokkaido — Strategies for Utilizing Vast Land and Idle Facilities
… experiential facilities linked to wine, agriculture, and food culture. The design leverages the Tokachi Wine brand to attract visitors from outside the region (tourists, workation users). I…
Abandoned School Reuse in Tohoku — Challenges and Success Stories from Japan's Aging Frontier
…icy that leverages regional resources in agriculture and forestry. Miyagi Prefecture includes areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and some closed school reuse has advance…
Closed Schools × Community Exchange Hubs — Operating Models for Composite Community Facilities
…connected to the local motorcycle enthusiast culture around "Hayabusa Station" are a distinctive feature. Awaji Island, Hyogo: Nojima Scuola The former Nojima Elementary School (closed 2010)…
A Guide to Opening a Park Cafe or Restaurant — How to Start a Food Business Using Park-PFI
…r is announced is too late. Maintain regular contact with the municipal parks department and capture project information early. Building a Food Business Plan Menu Design Principles Park cafe…
Closed Schools × Agriculture & Sixth-Sector Industrialization — Plant Factory, Processing, and Direct Sales Conversion Models
Why Closed Schools Suit Agriculture and Sixth-Sector Industrialization The building structure of a closed school is well-suited to consolidating the three functions required for agricultural…
Closed Schools × IT & Coworking: Ten Cases from the MEXT Casebook, Zoning and Urbanization Control Areas, Trial Satellite Offices and Grants
…ory museum since FY2007. In FY2018 a company contacted the town after seeing the facility on MEXT's Minna no Haiko Project website, and talks began. After briefings for the town council and …
Closed Schools × Tourism & Lodging: Inn Permits, Zoning and Fire Rules, Farm-Stay Grants, and Six Cases from the MEXT Casebook
…. Article 29(1)(ii) covers buildings for agriculture, forestry or fisheries specified by Cabinet Order and housing for people engaged in them, and (iii) covers railway stations and other rai…
Small Concession Financing — What Municipalities Paid in the Handbook's Cases, the Caps on the Two Study-Cost Subsidies, and the Interest Subsidy Rate and Term
…Affairs and the Japan Sports Agency; the agriculture and industry ministries; and MLIT, the Japan Tourism Agency and the environment ministry, showing for each program which stages it covers…
Subsidies for Closed School Reuse: All 6 Ministries Covered [2026 Edition]
…s Rural Promotion Grant (farm-stay type, agriculture-welfare type) Social welfare corporations and similar bodies Social Welfare Facility Development Subsidy A municipality can also take the…
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