Many elderly people hope to remain in the homes they love and feel comfortable in even as they grow older or begin to live alone. Yet some choose to move out due to concerns about daily inconveniences and loneliness.
Residents in one housing estate in Gifu Prefecture, however, are working to make possible the wishes of those who want to stay by giving one another a helping hand in support.
In the city of Kakamigahara, a bedroom community for the cities of Nagoya and Gifu, about 2,000 detached houses line the streets of the hilly Yagiyama district, overlooking Inuyama Castle 〞 a National Treasure. Families began moving into the area during the 1970s, each building their dream home one after another. More than 50 years later, roughly half of the residents are now age 65 or older.
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