October 12
Lake Biwa Phase Day 1 - Field survey at Lake Biwa
The first day started with the field survey at Lake Biwa.
Inviting officers from Lake Biwa Restoration Division, Shiga Prefecurer and staff members of Kankyolakers (Environmental Educators' group in Lake Biwa area) as guest lecturers, the participants learned how the lake water is protected by listening to their lecturers, conducting water quality check and mud survey on the boat.
After that, they landed on Okishima, an island on Biwa lake where people are living to learn about how they co-exist with Lake Biwa.

October 13
Lake Biwa Phase Day 2 - Lake Biwa Museum
On the second day, they visited Lake Biwa Museum which has a huge number of collections of freshwater fish. First they took part in planton survey, one of the museum's environmental awareness rasing activities, they studied in the museum guided by a curator.
There they were introduced about the nature and traditional culture of the people lived near Lake Biwa in the old times.

October 14
Lake Biwa Phase Day 3 - Lake Hayasaki Restoration Project
One of the highlight of this day was interview to local stakeholders who are engaged in restoration of Lake Hayasaki, an in-land lake of Lake Biwa.
Before they interviewed the stakeholders, they leaned through an role playing game called "Dragonfly pond" (one of the program from Project Wild) which enhance the participant to understanding the importance of stakeholder involvement. After that, they visited Biwako waterfowl wetland center and conducted an interview to the local stakeholders including people from local government, fishery industry and scientists.