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-　Maehara Project Group #１0　-

Introduction of ourselves       This is three of us, from left Mizue, Yuki and Mayu. MYM means that M is Mizue, Y is Yuki and M is Mayu. My first favourite thing is Pricla. It is machine that taking picture and making seal or write draws. The reason I like precla best is that picture is clear and it’s fun writing drawings.  (Mayu) Nogawa River       Nogawa River runs under our school. This river also runs near our school. We research about river and nature of our town. Nature, such as river and woods, is occurred 29.5 percent of Koganei City.In spring, Little duck is born. They grow up now. What do you imagine from river? I imagine creature. While I walk along with side of Nogawa River I can see woods and fields. There is some kinds of duck. Most famous one is spot-billed duck, and four other kinds. There are many springs around clean river, water from these springs comes togather and runs into Nogawa River. I can see many acorn and other nuts. In Jomon Era, Japanese ancient time, people ate nuts mainly.  (Mizue) Our favourite things We choose three Japanese things we want to introduce to you. Mayu introduce first, Yuki second and Mizae last. My second favourite thing is e-mail. I send and receive messages by cellar phone, picture on the left. It is very enjoyable especially talking with other school’s friends because we can tell about our school each other. So I like it.   (Mayu) My third favourite thing is playing with felet. We keep them in my house. On the picture, yawning(?) one is male, his name is max, and other is female, her name is hime. They are very cute. I always play with them.  (Mayu)    My first favourite thing is pricla, same as Mayu. It is machine taking picture and making seal, showing it on left picture. It is very popular among girls in Japan.  (Yuki)  My second favorite thing is e-mail. I send messages by my cellar phone. I can talk with friends who live distance. So I like it.  (Yuki)  My third favourite thing is playing with hanny parrot. My  harry parrot is glass parakeet. His name is Blue. We keep him for four years. He is very cute. I play with him everyday.  (Yuki) My first favourite thing is knitting. I can make any thing with stick and wool. So I like it.  (Mizae) My second favorite thing is “computer” because I can play many softwares with it.  (Mizae)  My third favorite thing is “Shogi,” Japanese chess because there are many ways of defense and offence I can choose. It is fun for me.  (Mizae) Dear Students, Guardians and Teachers of Koganei Maehara Elementary School, We at VFJ/ALIESC have embarked upon a rather ambitious second-phase project this fall involving schools from Russian Far East and China's Inner Mongolia in addition to the United States, Japan and Nepal which have schools already participating in on-going programs, We would like you to know that this is the beginning of our plan of building a network that covers the entire Asia-Pacific region with an aim to bringing the children and youth of all countries of this region into direct and interactive contact at our web site called "Bridges Among Cultures." The primary purpose of all this is to provide the participants with an ever-expanding possibility of getting to know each other in an intimate and personal way using the best of the IT technologies, including satellite communication service for remote communities so that together they can share the rich diversity of Asia-Pacific national and regional cultures as their common heritage. Perhaps the most important among the various advantages of this program lies in the fact that such an interactive exchange started in early ages is bound to give birth to new types of lifelong friendship as a personal learning process bound to continue for one's  lifetime. First begining with digital and graphic participation, the children and youth of Asia-Pacific region will, as they become young adults, find ways and means of visiting each other’s countries, on business or ecotours perhaps, to meet each other and confirm their long-standing “digital” friendship for real. What else will be more effective in nurturing a lasting international understanding and a new spirit of cooperation based upon mutual trust among the youth during the first decades of the 21st century? December 9,  2002 Yutaka Okamoto Chairman Organizing Committee Assocation for Lifelong International Education Starting from Childhood (ALIESC) For more information and questions, please contact  International Exchange Secretriat