Webcam Activity between Vienna and Mie: Report from Mie
Finally, the event we've all been waiting for - the Webcam Activity between Mie and Vienna. This time, I participated in Mie. Last year we experienced activities with Korea and Kyoto via webcam, so this is the third activity.About half the children here will be interacting with foreigners for their very first time. Excluding one child who said he'd be absent for the activity, 23 participated - that's a record for this year. There are even kids who came breathless from running to get to the event.
When discussing what to draw for the matching game, the children decided on the images one by one, freely giving their own individual opinions but also working together as a group to decide. The child that is usually the most quiet took on a leadership role, deciding one image right after another, and our facilitator Spike looked on in amazement.
When it came time for the webcams, everyone was super excited! Vienna won at Koetsuna, but the children from Vienna returned to the screen, saying, "One more time! One more time!", and so we enjoyed one more round of Koetsuna. Regardless of victory or defeat, everyone was able to enjoy the activity and forget their nervousness.
During the matching game, a new discovery was also made. In Vienna (Europe), the sun is yellow and chocolate is black. In Japan, the sun is red while chocolate is brown. Everyone found this interesting.
This time we took a survey of the children in the participating country. Before the event, "no particular impressions" seemed to be the overwhelming response, and there was only one person who had responded with "really like." 6 responded with "like," and 14 responded with "normal." [These answers are in response to the question, what do you think of Japanese children?]
Mie is this year's last activity. After the activity, when we asked who wants to come again next year, pretty much everyone raised their hands! This year, many extended their support to the Mie activities. Thanks to everyone, we've been able to create a place that's very important to the children. We're all very grateful to have been able to borrow this space.
Thank you so much, everyone. We'll be looking forward to next year.
Takekazu Hanada (Hanapooh)
NPO Pangaea Chief Administrative Officer
During the matching game, a new discovery was also made. In Vienna (Europe), the sun is yellow and chocolate is black. In Japan, the sun is red while chocolate is brown. Everyone found this interesting.
This time we took a survey of the children in the participating country. Before the event, "no particular impressions" seemed to be the overwhelming response, and there was only one person who had responded with "really like." 6 responded with "like," and 14 responded with "normal." [These answers are in response to the question, what do you think of Japanese children?]
Mie is this year's last activity. After the activity, when we asked who wants to come again next year, pretty much everyone raised their hands! This year, many extended their support to the Mie activities. Thanks to everyone, we've been able to create a place that's very important to the children. We're all very grateful to have been able to borrow this space.
Thank you so much, everyone. We'll be looking forward to next year.
Takekazu Hanada (Hanapooh)
NPO Pangaea Chief Administrative Officer
Posted by: kumakinoko | 1. Activity Report
