水や草の葉をお年寄りに集めてもらい、商品として売ることを考えた町がある。日本料理の店ではさしみなどに、緑や赤、黄色のきれいな葉を飾りとして付けるが、都会の店では、このような葉がなかなか手に入らなかった。それを知ったある田舎の町の役所の人が、町の85%もある森林の葉を商品として売ることを思いついた。これが、大成功。葉はいくらでもあるし、軽くて簡単に集められる。お年寄りが多い①この町にぴったりの仕事だったのだ。
お年寄りは皆、町が貸し出したパソコンを使い、多くの注文の中からやりたいものを選んで、必要な量を集める。採った葉はすぐお金になるので、暇があれば山に入る。皆、頭や体を使うようになり、「忙しくて病気になる暇がない。」と笑っている。そして、本当に町では、②病院に通う人が減ったのだそうだ。この仕事のおかげで、元気で過ごせるお年寄りも多いののだろう。
③この町のことは次第に有名になり、今では映画にもなっている。
AI translation, cross-checked between two models.
There is a town that came up with the idea of having elderly people collect leaves from trees and plants and sell them as products. At Japanese restaurants, beautiful green, red, and yellow leaves are used to decorate dishes such as sashimi, but restaurants in cities had difficulty obtaining such leaves. When a local government employee in a rural town learned about this, they came up with the idea of selling leaves from the forests, which cover as much as 85% of the town, as products. It was a great success. There are plenty of leaves, and they are light and easy to collect. It was the perfect job for ① this town, which has many elderly residents.
All the elderly people use computers lent to them by the town, choose the orders they want to take from among the many available, and collect the required amount. Since the leaves they pick can immediately earn them money, they go into the mountains whenever they have free time. Everyone has started using both their minds and bodies, laughing and saying, “We’re so busy we don’t even have time to get sick.” And apparently, ② the number of people in the town who go to the hospital has actually decreased. Perhaps this work has helped many elderly people stay healthy.
③ This town gradually became famous, and its story has now even been made into a movie.
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