Abstract
This paper reports how Japanese 4 local governments, which are Uji-shi in Kyoto, Kawagoe-shi in Saitama pre., Chofu-shi and Machida-shi in Tokyo, have changed surplus classrooms in public schools to rooms for welfare programs.
In Japan, surplus classrooms in public schools had not changed with ease for the purpose of welfare utilization. They have applied the national model project for decentralization to solve the problem and achieved the space effects and cost effects.
To achieve the effects, several sections which are related with the project should cooperate each other, furethermore educational sections should understand better the educational effects that students relate to the elderly.
