It's a good idea but crypto doesn't automatically generate wealth, there needs to be demand for the coin. In a small village they need to give a reason why people should go to the exchanges and purchase it for use. Will it be to buy unique local delicacies or just an alternative to yen
Well bitcoin is already an alternative to Yen isn't it. It might be a small village as per Japan's standard, but I think there's more than that. I did try to look at the website and have it translated:
Nishi Awakura village is a municipality where about 1,500 people live and forests occupy about 95% of the village's area.
In the "major merger of Heisei", while most of the surrounding local governments accept mergers, in Nishiiakura village where they chose the way of independence, we aimed to create a sustainable community by revitalizing forestry that lost sight of the value as a regional resource , In 2008 the "100-year forest (mori) concept" is set up, we are actively working on the sixth industrialization of forestry, from logging to processing and distribution, and "local venture school" which is a migration entrepreneurship support project It was. In addition to improving the economic value of these regions, we are also making efforts to achieve the sustainable development goal "Sustainable Development Goals" (common name: SDGs) adopted at the United Nations Summit as a development target of the international community .
Through these efforts, a lot of local ventures have been born in the area. And people gather around the local venture, a new ecosystem is born, and various possibilities are realized there.
In order to accelerate this trend and create "region" around "people", we will realize the issue of unique currencies based on block chain technology and the formation of token economy accordingly.
https://nishiawakura.org/From paper it looks like their goal is really nice. They needed money to create a sustainable growth on their village. But I guess the local government can help them realized their goals. We all know how financially Japan is Maybe just a simple call from the government will do and no need to go thru this ICO thing. Just saying.