Report

Report 2009

On-site training (October 2009 - Mt. Fuji Phase)

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October 7
  Mt Fuji Phase Day 1 - Orientation and self-introduction

25 participants from AsEAN countries and Japan gathered in FUjisan YMCA. They spent the first night together in big cabins and started to develop a friendship.

October 8
Mt Fuji Phase Day 2 - Ice-breaking games and presentatations of country reports.

To get to know each other better, they did ice-breaking games and each country team made a presentation to introduce the environmental situation.
Each team prepared well and did a great presentation incorporating interesting photos and videos. This workshop ended with active Q & A sessions.。

October 9
Mt Fuji Phase Day 3 - Field trip to Mt. Fuji area

Exciting moment comes - the field trip to Mt. FUji area.
In the morning, we departed for the 5th station of Mt. Fuji, then did trekking around Hoei-crater. Having Jimmy (Mr. Tsuda ), fantastic interpretor at Whole Earth Nature School, the participants learned historic & scientific facts about Mt. Fuji.
Once they finished trekking, they visited "Sengen-taisha", shrine at the foot of the mountain.
They learned how the water from Mt. Fuji benefited the local people and how they respected and protected the water by looking and touching the clear water of "Wakutama-Ike" (pond).
After enjoying the local food, they separated into several groups and experienced the homestay in Yuno area.

October 10
Mt Fuji Day 4 - Trout catching and local festival in Yuno area

After saying farewell to the host family, they gathered in the Whole Earth Nature School and studied about its facility.
The sky cleared up from the rainy sky, then they experienced catching red spotted trout.
Since most of the participants had never experienced it before, it excited them a lot. They took off the organs of the fish using the knife then cooked it around the fire place inside the traditional Japanese house. Thought this activity, They learned the importance and preciousness of creatures.
In the afternoon, the participants were invited to join the local festival. Some of the boys did "Sumo" and others looked around the food booths.