The Tohoku Project of the 14th Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee has begun!

What is the Tohoku Project?

Inauguration and transition of the project

touhokulogo In 2013, two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, most of the students in Kyoto, including the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee, had not yet seen the actual situation in Tohoku with their own eyes. This project was launched with the desire to see and feel this unprecedented disaster by going directly to the disaster area, and to think about what they can do.
Last year, we incorporated a tour of the disaster-stricken area and a seminar from the Disaster Volunteer Center into the itinerary, and provided an opportunity to learn about the Great Japan Earthquake itself, and in order to disseminate this information to everyone Mr./Ms.in the Kyoto area, we held a report on the results of the disaster, creating an opportunity to reflect on and think about the disaster together with the Mr./Ms. of Kyoto.
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Initiatives in Fiscal 2016

In order to bring many smiles and excitement to the local people, this visit will focus on the odori project that is popular with the local people (“Kyo Flame Fude It!” performance and exchange). After the visit, the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee will hold debriefing sessions and projects related to disaster prevention not only for the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee and its related parties, but also for the people of the Kyoto area, so that more people will have an opportunity to remember the Great Japan Earthquake, and the Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee will prevent the earthquake from fading into society in the Kyoto area and raise awareness of disaster prevention.
In addition, we will conduct fundraising activities for the Kumamoto earthquake out of a desire to support Mr./Ms. who were affected by the Kumamoto earthquake that occurred in April 2016. We aim to connect the circle of support for those affected by the Kumamoto earthquake from Tohoku to Kumamoto via Kyoto, and to raise awareness of disaster prevention in the Kyoto area.

Three Significance of the Project

1. We will deliver the energy and smiles of Kyoto students directly to the local people, and strive for continuous emotional exchange with Kyoto students.
2. By directly seeing, hearing, and feeling the Great East Japan Earthquake on site, we will lead to the personal growth of Kyoto students.
3. By disseminating what we felt and learned in Tohoku in Kyoto, we will prevent the disaster from fading.

Outline of the Tohoku Project

1. Pre-study session

schedule	Sunday, April 17, 2016
place	Campus Plaza Kyoto Lecture Room 3
participant	90 people (Kyo Flame Sodefure!) Odorite and Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee)
purpose	Share knowledge about the current situation of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Be aware of where the interests of the students participating in the project lie, and use this as motivation to investigate.　(The feeling of thinking about Tohoku, the feeling of wanting to know. ） Begin to mentally prepare for the Tohoku region. (After knowing and thinking about various things, what can I do?) ）
substance	Basic information on the Great East Japan Earthquake and current reconstruction status Changes in this project in previous years Action Plan for the Fiscal Year

2. Visit to Tohoku

Re	May 3, 2016）－Thursday, May 5
place	[Miyagi] Asuto Nagamachi Third Reconstruction Public Housing, Natori City Aishima East Temporary Housing, Natori City Yuriage (Lecture)
place	[Fukushima] Sasatani East Temporary Housing, Minami-Yanome Temporary Housing, Matsukawa Industrial Park Temporary Housing, Sugiuchi Multipurpose Sports Plaza Temporary Housing,Namie Town, Futaba District (Disaster Area Tour)・Fukushima University, Four Seasons Village
participant	・Kyoto Student Festival Executive Committee: 90 members (67 organizers, 23 executive committee members)
cooperation	Fukushima University Disaster Volunteer Center
substance	・ Kyo flame sode touch! Presentations, lectures, and general odori ・ Immersion / Four Bamboo Experience ・ Exchange project (chibi bamboo decoration experience, business card card, message gift) ・Visiting the disaster-stricken area (Tomioka Town, Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Yuriage, Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture) ・Study session with members of the Fukushima University Disaster Volunteer Center Click here for the detailed itinerary⇒⇒
report	We post our daily activities on our blog and SNS. Click here for the executive committee blog⇒⇒⇒

3. Post-mortem debriefing session part1

Date & Time	Saturday, May 21, 2016, 10:00-16:00
Place:	Fushimiko Park [Kyoto Student Festival Pre-Event in Fushimi]
Cooperation	Student Disaster Prevention Circle FAST (Composed by Ritsumeikan University and others)
Contents	(1) Activity report of the Tohoku project ■Creation of exhibitions and booklets about the Great East Japan Earthquake and the activities of the Tohoku Project ■ Lectures by students who actually participated in the project (2) Disaster Prevention Classes 　■ Making original slippers made of newspaper ■ Disaster Prevention Quiz A quiz corner related to disaster prevention to learn with the Kyoto student FAST character “FAST Red” There is a wide range of questions, from easy ones for children to difficult questions that even adults can find difficult to answer. (3) Kumamoto Earthquake Fundraising Corner

Post-mortem debriefing sessions are scheduled to be held in Kyoto City in July and October this year.
In addition to raising awareness of disaster prevention in the Kyoto area, we will connect the circle of support for those affected by the Kumamoto earthquake from Tohoku to Kumamoto via Kyoto.

Past Year’s Activity Report

Activities

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