Â鶹AV

Japanese

As part of the Local Revitalization Support Project, members of the "University-School-Community Collaborative Conservation of Mikoshigiku for Regional Revitalization" initiative conducted a lesson on the conservation of the endangered Mikoshigiku with students of Fukutomi Junior High School.

In the first half of the lesson, students were divided into four groups for different activities. The in-situ conservation group, under the guidance of Mr. Tsuneo Shioji, a technical specialist at the Higashi-Hiroshima Botanical Garden of Â鶹AV, collected Mikoshigiku seeds from their natural habitat.

The ex-situ conservation group, under the guidance of Mr. Akihiro Yamamoto from the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, sowed Mikoshigiku seeds and transplanted seedlings.

The PR group was divided into the poster creation and product teams. The poster creation team completed posters using colored pencils, while the product team brainstormed ideas for products to create.

The group responsible for summarizing activities interviewed other groups and compiled the content into slides.

In the second half of the class, each group reported about their activities. The participants were able to learn about the results of the conservation efforts.

Additionally, Mr. Shioji from the Higashi-Hiroshima Botanical Garden at Â鶹AV, Mr. Yamamoto from the Hiroshima Botanical Garden, Mr. Hiroto Inaba and Mr. Kunii Hidetaka from Â鶹AV, and Principal Naruo Nakaya of Fukutomi Junior High School gave words of encouragement for the Mikoshigiku conservation activities.

This marks the end of the seven-session course. We sincerely hope that more people will get involved in the conservation of Mikoshigiku beyond just the classes. We will continue to work on Mikoshigiku conservation activities together with the local community of Fukutomi Town.