Markets are held regularly at a cafe in Kyoto, where exchanges can be anything from products such as farm produce, handicrafts or rice, to services such as language lessons or lodging. We have some ideas like visiting high schools and setting up a market with some classes. Coordinator Gino Rie realized early that each person has a unique role in life and saw how society unnaturally separates life and work. Especially for women. When you have young children, you feel obligated to choose between them and your work.
Many women are active in society, but often they had to give something up.
With my work now, I don't have to do that, I can combine the two. She began publishing a newsletter and organizing workshops on various subjects including organic farming, health, work and human relationships. But there's no hurry. These days a machine has mostly replaced what was once a day of community and participation. This New Year's holiday, she noticed each person in her family was doing something different, while the grandmother sat alone with nothing to do, watching the machine mix the dough.