Report 2019 Spring

Childhood Dreams When I was a child, I used to wonder about what life would be like as a country farm girl.  Having only ever known cities or suburban neighborhoods, I was naturally curious about it, and would often imagine highly…

Thinking About the Environment Through Culture: Final Report 08/01/19 Sumire Otani Introduction I spent my childhood in Akita prefecture, and growing up I was always surrounded by nature. This experience nurtured my…

Thinking about the environment through culture. That was interesting. Though easy to understand why culture and the environment are two interwoven factors that constantly affect one another, its not a point of view I find myself or many…

Their cooperation is what creates the Takahata’s agriculture farming and leads to their further prosperity.

An Experience Gave Us A Sense of Ethics Final Report Understanding the Environment through Culture Aino Owada   It was a great pleasure for me to join the class, “Understanding the Environment through Culture” and…

Long time no see, thank you for open this page! My name is Ryota Takagi. I usually study law, but I love studying every fields. The reason why I took this course, “Nature and Culture,” is that it seemed interesting for me, and it was one of…

First, I want to talk about myself before class. Of course, I was interested in environmental issues but had no idea what should I do first. It was alright because I didn’t necessarily have to study them. However, when…

Throughout the whole course, I learned about environment from multiple aspects. We had lectures about plastics pollution, nuclear energy and agriculture etc, and went to Kamakura and Yamagata for field work. Kamakura For the first…

Weeks have gone by, but if I close my eyes and tune out the bustling streets of Tokyo, I can still picture myself in the vineyards of Takahada, listening to the slight patter of rain on vinyl and Arae-san’s stories about the local people. I…