TEAM RP:

JACOB, MAK CHITT HON, EUGENIA, DEANNE, MELISSA, YEEHUI, SZE NING

• Arrived at Narita Airport

• Stayed at Tokyo Grand Hotel

• Dinner

• General Orientation

• Group Orientation

Orientation! • Upon reaching the hotel, there

is a general orientation for all of the participants.

Learning points:

• The objective of the project

• Our purpose in Japan

• Basic information on the Ibaraki prefecture

• Wake up call!!

• General Orientation 2

• Lunch

• Lecture on the Great East Japan Earthquake Damage and recovery, Dr Tatsuya Nogami, Meiji University

• Travel to Daigo town, Omoide Roman-kan

• Dinner

Lecture learning points:

• Great east Japan Earthquake

• Damages and recovery on Daigo Town

Reflection:

Harmful rumors are one of the main cause for the drop in tourism rate. Everyone avoided Daigo Town, Ibaraki’s products and this caused them to suffer a great loss!

Arriving at the Daigo Town Hotel

• Wake up call!!

• Orientation for visiting disaster affected area

• Lecture on Reconstruction of Daigo Town

• Move to Fukuroda Waterfall

( Observation, Harmful rumors )

• Making of wooden planters

( Oku-kuji Ikoi no Mori )

• Dinner

Learning points:

• Tourism site, Fukuroda waterfall is ranked as one of beautiful waterfall in Japan!

• Was affected greatly by harmful rumors

• Dropped in number of visitors

Making our wooden planters

Reflections: We learnt about how a small rumor could affect the different tourist attractions and affect the tourism rate.

In addition, we also tried to make our own wooden planters to be donated to the disaster affected areas.

It definitely felt good when I was able to contribute to helping the people living in Ibaraki.

• Hitachi Ota City

• Lecture and observation on agriculture affected by harmful rumors - Strawberry farm

• Lunch

• Observation of traditional industry affected by harmful rumors – Local craft work ( Handmade Japanese Paper )

• Lecture on Disaster affected hotel – TOSHIMAYA TSUKIHAMA NO YU

• Dinner ( Body temperature taken )

LEAVING ‘ OMOIDE ROMAN-KAN , DAIGO TOWN ‘ HOTEL

LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Setsuko’s strawberries suffered from harmful rumors caused by nuclear accident

• Tasted their strawberries, so it is definitely safe for consumption. • Nishinouchi paper is a traditional Japanese paper which is handmade with paper mulberry

• Learning the production process and the techniques in making the paper

MOVING TO ‘ TOSHIMAYA TSUKIHAMA NO YU ‘ HOTEL

Lecture on ‘‘TOSHIMAYA TSUKIHAMA NO YU ’’ HOTEL • The hotel sustained from the Great East Japan earthquake • Hardwork with the help of volunteers reopen the hotel • Tsunami destroyed the whole of 1st floor

Breakfast

Higashi elementary school

( School exchange/Volunteering – Takahagi City )

Lunch

Lecture on rescue activity at disaster sites and measures to prevent damages in future

Otsu port

Observation of affected site – Otsu port

Dinner ( body temperature taken )

LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Otsu Port is the major base port of round-haul net fishing boats in Ibaraki

• Tsunami submerged everything up to 200 metres away • Stop shipment and fishermen refrained from fishing voluntarily

• Revenue and income of the fisherman affected as they are not able to export

Breakfast

Supportive activity for the reconstruction of affected area – Making of glass craft

Lunch

Workshop – Making of action plan

Hotel, dinner ( Body temperature checked )

• Hear actual situation at the time of disaster • Making of glass crafts, finished works are to be

displayed for sale • Proceeds donated as part of the regional restoration

fund in KitaIbaraki

Breakfast

Workshop venue! ( Preparation of Action Plan)

Lunch

Presentation of Action Plan

Exchange with local people – Dinner party

Breakfast

Leaving Tsukihama No Yu hotel

Back to Tokyo

Honjo Life Safety Learning Centre

Dinner at restaurant

Return back to Tokyo Grand Hotel

Breakfast

Preparation of Action Plan

Observation of commercial facilities in Odaiba

Lunch

Learning about Panasonic Centre ( RisuPia )

Presentation of Action Plan

Receiving certificates!

Haneda Airport leaving for Singapore