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。
Today, we went back from Niigata to Tokyo by bus. It was impressive that the students from Yap tried to see out of the window not to forget the scenery of Niigata. In the bus, they reflected what they had done in these nine days with the pictures.
After arrived at Tokyo, they deepened their learnings during this program and discussed what kind of future did they want in Yap. Then, they considered what they could do by themselves to make it happen.
During a farewell party in the evening, the students from Yap gave a presentation about their desired future of Yap and their learnings. Many people came and joined the farewell party including our supporters, host families and the people who had been to Yap. Thanks to them, it was a worm and wonderful party.
Discussion reflecting the days in Japan started After the Yapese students gathered with their host families in the morning 18th March, they had a social gathering. We saw their big smiles in the pictures during homestay, so that we could immediately find they had a wonderful time. Also, Yapese students gave a presentation and introduced about Yap, and their host families listened carefully.
来日8日目の3月18日。朝10時に集合し、ホストファミリーの皆さんと一緒にお別れ会をしました。ステイ中に撮影された写真はどれも笑顔に溢れていて、各々素晴らしい経験をしたということが一目で伝わってくるものばかりでした。子供達によるヤップの紹介も行われ、ホストファミリーの皆さんも真剣に聞き入ってくださいました。
Discussion continued, ふり返りの議論が続きます After that, they enjoyed making ice-cream by making good use of snow, and playing with snow. Then, they had a reflection session about these days, and shared their findings and thoughts from their own perspectives.
お別れ会が終わり雪遊びやアイスクリーム作りを楽しんだ後は、これまで8日間で学んできたことの振り返り。新潟と東京を比較して気づいたことや、全体を通して学んだことについて、各々の観点から、様々な意見が出ました。
For dinner, they ate more than the first day. We kept laughing during dinner and seemed to get to know well each other through these eight days.夕食では初日より食べる量が増えていたり、笑いが絶えなかったり、8日間もの間一緒に過ごしてきたことを実感しました。
Visit Elementary School, 薮神小学校を訪問 In the morning, the Yapese students visited Yabukami primary school and learned Japanese traditional games and calligraphy from the school children. The Yapese students had an opportunity to give a presentation about Yap to the students and enjoyed school lunch for the first time.
Making coconut rope ココナツの繊維で作るロープづくりを紹介 In the afternoon, the Yapese students experienced Japanese traditional rope making and handicrafts with straws. Since Yap has similar tradition to make ropes, they did well. They had opportunities to introduce Yapese culture such as making ropes with the fiber of coconuts, as well as splitting coconuts.
After the fruitful day, the Yapese students left for another homestay in Niigata.
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。
緊張もほぐれ、良い雰囲気のなか始まった二日目。
昨晩はよく眠れたのか皆の表情もやわらかい。 Observing the huge incinerator. まず向かった杉並清掃工場では概要ビデオを見たあと工場見学へ。 Big claws grab hundreds of garbage bags to be burnt.巨大なクレーンがゴミを焼却炉へと入れている様子は、ヤップの子どもたちに大きな衝撃だったようでした。ゴミを減らす取り組みについても聞き、身の回りのことで何ができるかなどをディスカッションする材料となっていました。
Boat ride from Asakusa to Tokyo Bay. 午後のクルージングは隅田川から東京湾へと下るルートで、お台場などの埋め立て地の見学でした。ゴミを埋め立ててつくったアンナチュラルな土地があることにみんな驚きの表情。でもこのストレンジカラーの海がヤップの海とつながっていると話すと…神妙そうな顔で考える子や「ヤップの海はきれいだし、日本人が汚くしてるんだよ」と言い放つ子ども、様々でしたが考えるいいきっかけにはなっていました。
Students arrived to Narita International airport. 成田空港に到着したヤップの若者たち Seven students and two chaperons fro Yap island, Micronesia, have arrived at Tokyo in the morning of Sunday, 11 March and were greeted by Japanese young volunteers. The students will stay in Japan for 10 days to learn about environment, like garbage and waste water issues in Tokyo and in rural area.
The study tour was organized by ECOPLUS, a non-profit organization based in Japan, with the support of Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund, United Airlines, Patagonia Japan and other organizations and citizens.
They departed Yap in the very early morning of the day and changed the plane in Guam. When they reached to the Tokyo international airport, 14 young Japanese were waiting for them. The temperature in Tokyo was like 10 C or 50 F. Many of students were saying it was a bit cold. They were given warm jackets and ride on the bus to the Tokyo Central Youth Hostel.
Walking around the hostel with Japanese students. After checking in to the youth hostel, they took a walk around the area to observe the difference and similarities between Japan and Yap.
Professor NAKANO Kazunori of Nihon University joined them at 3:30 pm and gave then a hands-on lecture how to manage the quality of waste water from houses. They got sample water from the river next to the hostel and did experiments to filter those water through gravels, sand, and charcoal.
It was quite dense and long day for Yapese students but they were still so excited.
Students from Yap in the bus to Tokyo with Japanese friends. 成田空港からバスで都心に向かうヤップと日本の若者たち ミクロネシア連邦ヤップ島からの中高生7人と2人の保護者が、2018年3月11日午前、成田空港に到着しました。一行は、日本の若者たちと一緒に、これから10日間、日本でのゴミや生活排水などの環境問題を学ぶ予定です。
Experiment to filter the water. 飯田橋にあるユースホステルに到着した後は、日本の学生たちと一緒に付近を散策して、日本とヤップの違いを探しました。午後3時からは、日本大学の中野和典教授に来ていただいて、排水処理の講座。実際に、近くを流れる川から水を汲んで、石ころや砂、炭などを通して、どのようにろ過がされるのかなどの実験をしました。