Passing cards to each other フェアウェルパーティーを大盛況で終えた日本最後の夜。
みんな早く寝るのかなと思ったが、wi-fiが使えるとわかると全員インターネットキッズ状態。
遅い子は3時まで起きてたとか。とほほ…。
朝起き朝食をまばらに食べ、荷造りをしたあとはお散歩へ。あいにくの雨も寒い寒いと言いながら楽しんでました。 Good bye friends and see you soon! お別れ前には、みんなの一言とともにプレゼントが渡されました。
頂いたのはココナッツオイルやレイ、コンリーがつくってくれた男性が踊る時に身につける伝統的衣装の飾りなど。
私たちは写真に寄せ書きしたものをそれぞれ渡しグランドフィナーレ。全員が「ヤップか日本でまた会おう」と言っていたのが印象的でした。このプログラムが彼らにとってなにかのきっかけになってくれることを願います。
Snow in Minami-Uonuma. 大きな雪が迎えてくれた。 After farewell to the host family, We left Tokyo to Niigata. We shared the precious memory of a fun homestay and the feeling of expectation for the first snow in the bus.
After the Kanetsu tunnel, the snowy landscape showed up.The beautiful scenery took our breath away.
In Niigata, the local high school students came to meet us. We shared our own culture and the problems what we have each other.
Snow lantern. 雪灯籠で楽しむ。 In the evening we walked around the snow. We enjoyed the snow by throwing the snow balls each other and drinking the water from the melting snow.For dinner we ate local cuisines and self-made miso-soup and rice, After the dinner, we went out again and tried to make snow-candles. All of us made our original snow candles.
Environmental Education Center 環境学習施設えこっくる江東を訪問 隣接する環境学習情報館えこっくる江東にも訪れました。ヤップの子供達から「写真や模型、体験型のアクティビティ等を通して、水問題やゴミ問題について学ぶことができて分かりやすかった。」という意見がありました。また、分別することの重要性を各々が再認識しました。
The day 9th is a discussion day. In the morning, A guest lecturer specialized in marine resource provided a case report on corals in Okinawa area heavily damaged by developments.
Spending lunch time in parks close to the hostel, students enjoyed warm spring breeze together with cheery blossoms, students started the final discussion session; to talk about what they learned, acquired, and thought in past 8 days in Japan.
Spread into three groups, they talked enthusiastically about environment, trash, food, climate, water, life style and others. The conversation continued after dinner time till very late. Only two more nights left in Japan…..
From tomorrow night, students from Yap will stay in an ex-dormitory of Shiozawa Junior High School. For that sake, volunteers are preparing sheets for sleeping bags.
Students are having a reflection session at the Youth Hostel. After finishing quite busy schedule, students exchange opinions over what they felt today.
Finally, the team arrived to Japan! At 10:20 a.m., the students and chaperons from Yap showed up to the arrival gate of Narita airport on 20th, March. Some were wearing “nunu,” or flower wreathes on their heads. Despite departing Yap in midnight, they looked excited and energetic. They are now on the bus to central Tokyo.