Whose Responsibility?

Yesterday, I found a huge speaker near my house.
I finally found where that cute announcement came from.

On the weekday afternoon I heard something like this.
“It’s almost a going-home time, please look after a children around you.”
Few minutes later I started to see kids running around my house.

I often hear this kind of announcement too.
“5 yrs old boy is missing. Please let us know if you have any information.”
And once they found him, ” The boy was found, thank you for your time.”
Isn’t is sweet!?

In any culture, first and foremost, it’s important to consider the safety of a children. In japan, most of children walk home from school. Early elementary school children has to wear a yellow hats so people can pay attention on restless children. Some people said raising children as a team is an old-fashioned way of thinking, however this is still building a stable peace for many regions I guess.

May 5th is Children’s Day. J’s are having a long vacation this week to enjoy the season. I ate rice cake wrapped in an oak leaf and at night took a baths in iris leaves. The smell of new green leaves and commune with nature is beautiful. May be this will promote love for nature and gives us a hint of something to teach to our children.