日本战后经济的飞速发展导致自然环境和城市景观遭到破坏。后来,尤其是近些年经济不景气,地方城市商业街急剧衰败,滋贺县大津市的商店街也没有例外地成为“关店街”。为了振兴商店街经济和社区建设,当地居民自发组建了保护传统商家民居“町屋”的组织“大津町屋关切会”。关切会在一处町屋面临转卖拆建的危机之时,促成了历史文化遗产保护团体将其购入保留,并进一步以民间力量修复,命名为“大津百町馆”开张。以此为中心,他们广泛联合包括行政、商业、教育、民间志愿团体在内的各界力量,开展多种多样的社区活动,取得了令人感动的成果。 The rapid development of Japan’s post-war economy resulted in the destruction of the natural environment and the urban landscape. Later, especially in the recent economic downturn, the commercial streets of local cities have declined dramatically, and the shopping street in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture has become the “closed street” without exception. In order to revitalize the shopping street economy and community development, local residents voluntarily established the “Otsumachi Miyazawa Concern Society” that protects traditional business houses and “Machiya”. Concern was expressed at the time when a machiya house faced the crisis of resale and demolition, which prompted the historical and cultural heritage protection group to purchase and retain it, and further repaired it with civil forces, and named the “Otsubo-cho Building”. With this as the center, they have extensively combined forces from all walks of life, including administration, business, education, and civil voluntary groups, and carried out a variety of community activities, which have yielded impressive results.