In front of Ashiya City Hall, south of Hanshin Ashiya Station, they were handing out bottled “Ashiya Water”!
↑On August 1, a blue-roofed tent had been set up in front of the City Hall North Building!
↑They had plenty prepared in room-temperature plastic bottles, which are easy on the stomach.
The giveaway is being held in connection with “Water Week,” which runs every year from August 1 to August 7, so residents can experience the safety and good taste of tap water firsthand. (via the Ashiya City official website)
The next distribution will be on Friday, August 5,
- 1）10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
- 2）2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
- 3）5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
and is scheduled to take place in three sessions.
Here’s the map for Ashiya City Hall↓
The address is 7-6 Seidocho, Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
We tried the “Ashiya Water” bottled water.
↑We got one right away! The outer label features the Ashiya City emblem.
↑It apparently uses “mountain stream water from the Ashiya River, nurtured by the Rokko mountain range,” and it’s clean-tasting and easy to drink.
↑Here’s what the nutrition facts look like. It’s soft water with a hardness of 30 mg/L.
↑This character, “Akurin,” is the mascot of Ashiya City’s waterworks department and is said to be “a water fairy born from the Ashiya River.”
The “dry mist” is also back for the first time in three years, running through August 31
In front of City Hall, the “dry mist” is also running for one month from August 1 to 31.
According to the Ashiya City official website, when tap water evaporates from the mist nozzles, it absorbs a large amount of heat, lowering the temperature and creating a cooling effect of 3 to 5 degrees Celsius! Amazing!
This is the first time in three years that it has been held, and the mist runs from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, rainy weather, etc.).
In closing
Since this event is tied to “Water Week,” it seems like a good opportunity to think about water resources and the water supply! It might also be fun for kids to research tap water or dry mist for their summer independent study projects.
