Japan is the world's number one skateboarding nation. Five Olympic golds. 475 skateparks and still not enough. And right now, mountain towns across Tohoku and Shikoku are emptying — 5% population loss per year, abandoned homes listed at ¥1, local governments handing out land to anyone who will bring people back.
We are going to take one of those dying towns and turn it into the second Skatepark City.
Same model as El Salvador. Same charter. Same coin economy. Different mountain — with snow in winter, which means the rope tow becomes a chair lift in October and ski and snowboard athletes replace skaters until April. Two Olympic sports. One city. One gondola. Revenue 12 months a year.
Japan Mountain is where KASSO — Japan's biggest skate TV show, produced by TBS — films its permanent home. A 500m vertical drop. A 360° indoor dome that runs at 18°C all winter. An athlete village built by the same 3D-print fleet that built El Salvador.
Phase 2 launches when El Salvador is operational. We are fundraising now to secure the site and begin the permitting process. Be part of the city that saves a Japanese mountain town while building the world's best dual-season skate destination.
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