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-　Maehara Project Group #１１　-

My favorite shop My name is Shoko. This shop is our favorite now. They have a variety of goods, including clothes, strawberry-shaped key holders and bead key holders.The reason I want to introduce this shop is that I like their strawberry-shaped key holders very much.                              (Shoko) My FavoriteThing My name is Kaori. Everybody calls me “Kao-chan”. The “in” thing among myself and my friends right now is to put on makeup or fake nails. I often go and see my friends with the self-made fake nails on. My favorite brand for clothes is called Mesopiano. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  (Kaori) Trying hard I am Yuka. I have been longing for a singer who is also a fine dancer like BOA. So, every Wednesday, I go to the station, the third stop from here, to take a lesson. This dress is the one I put on for the dance performance. My mom helped me arrange this dress for the show. I have been taking lessons in dancing since I was a kindergartener. I stopped once but now I am trying very hard.                           (Yuka) Nakayoshi How do you do?  My name is Eri. I am now really absorbed reading a comic book. My treasures are my pencil case and a cat called ファッビー(Fabby?). Fabby lives with my family. The brand for the pencil case is Olive-de-Olive. That ’s all for now. I just wanted to tell you about my treasures and my favorite things. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　（Eri） Nakayoshi, good friends Our group is called “nakayoshi,” good friends. From the left in the picture, Shoko, Eri, Yuka and Kaori. 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