‘Disabled Persons Week’ in Barrier Free Japan’s Corner of Kobe

By Barrier Free Japan

December 5 2023

Nada Ward, KOBE – Approximately 9,000 people with disabilities live in Nada Ward, Kobe City. Many people working in general employment. On the other hand, in Nada Ward, there are 17 facilities of varying sizes for people with disabilities, and some people attend these facilities. In these day care facilities, people with disabilities perform various tasks as part of their activities. Some businesses make full-fledged cookies and cakes, others hold Taishogoto concerts every year, and others make felt works, provide cleaning services, create art works, Saori weaving, grow vegetables, and more.They work creatively. After the cost of sales of the completed self-made product is deducted, the remaining amount is used as wages for the person with the disability.

“Nadabitokissa”, a facility for people with disabilities in Nada Ward opens the Kissa Room once a week in a conference room on the second floor of Nada Ward Office. The drink is delicious coffee. Inside the store, each business office’s original products are neatly displayed and sold.

Although our awareness among the residents is still low due to a lack of promotion, it has been nine years since we started the Kissa Room within the ward office. Each time, people with disabilities from each facility in the ward serve customers.