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-　Maehara Project Group #２０　-

Thia is all of us! How do you do!! We are Humor Kiran, from the left Yu, Yukkii, Tomomi and Saya. Our dream for future is: Yuki:  childminder Yukkii: Happy housewife Tomomi: announcer Saya: cartoonist We will tell about Japan. Mysterious building This building is model of “Sento　Chihirono　Kamikakushi” that is very famous Japanese movie. I impressed that such a famous building is near my house.                                    (tomomi) Building in Edo era When I went to Building Park I saw public building for bath. This building is model of Japanese famous movie. I impressed to see it.                                                  (Yu) Japanese style  We introduce Japanese traditional clothe called kimono. We wear kimono from old time. Kimono is full-cut clothe so we can wear it fron childhood to adult. We wear it over and over so it is ver warm. Recently, we often wear kimono at celibration. We want to introduce Japanese traditional thing, so we introduce kimono. That’s all of my message.                                     (Yukkii) Umbrella Japanese traditional umbrella, about 150 years ago, was heavy, big and expensive compared with recent cheap, light and usable one. It was made of thin paper-like thing. Now it is made of bloth or plastic. Its edge was made of bamboo so it’s heavy and user unfiendly. When I hold it I felt that it’s heavy and hard to open and close. I wonder if hail stone fall it may be broken.                             (Saya) 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