阪神・淡路大震災の大火事の時、たった一つ焼けなかった「丸五市場」
しかし30年近い年数が経ちシャッターも目立ってきました。
市場は火事に弱いということもあり、そしてこの地域は古い木造の密集地域！
地域の人々が市場の店舗持ち主に相談、今は店舗として商売をしていないお店４軒を「まちなか防災空地」として生まれ変えました。
そこで真陽地域の二葉町3丁目自治会、二葉町３丁目まち再生協議会、真陽地区防災福祉コミュニティが主催、いろんな人がより集まって
防災訓練ー今回は消火器訓練を消防署のご協力のもと実施しました。
特筆すべきはこの地域、二葉町3丁目の新住民となった神戸新長田日本語学院の4月にネパールから来日した日本語を学ぶためにやってきた
学生さんにも参加してもらったことです。
雨の中、地域の少年野球の子どもたちも交え共に訓練をしました。

◆Nellis　Report from an intern from Taiwan　台湾から来たインターン生ネリスの感想
It was a special opportunity to observe the training of fire extinguisher at the local community at 丸五市場.
Before heading to the place, Ms. Kim took us to take a walk around the neighborhood of 新長田, she also informed us that the nearby highway collapsed during the 1995 Hanshin Earthquake. Looking at these places nowadays, it’s very difficult to imagine how things were like after that earthquake and the resilience local residents have together been really admirable.
Afterarrivingat 丸五市場,someresidentswerealreadywaitingfortheeventtostart while the Kobe Fire Station and local community association were doing the preparation. Many parents took their kids to participate in this event, even the local baseball club was here! The fire fighters introduced about the proper way to use fire extinguisher and invited the audience to come
up and practice one by one.
Seeing local people have strong connections with each other while having high participation in these events is really admirable. In Taiwan, these trainings are normally done at the schools, and not every student would have the opportunity to practice how to use the fire extinguisher. Some of local communities also hold these campaigns, but mostly just the speech or lecture, instead of hands-on experiences.