Final article!

     Take a look back this ARW Autumn semester, I could learn lots of new things such as how to write more effective and strong essay which include strong thesis statements, using many English sources, doing 20X20 presentation and blogging. These things really helped me a lot to improve my English skills and also get used to use technology.  

     Sometimes, especially this semester, it was hard to do homework and assignments till next class because of dorm festival and ICU festival, but I’m glad that now I could overcome this hard semester!:)) Moreover, through this hard and busy semester, I very feel that our section, BG could be more wonderful section such as helping each other’s and got along with everyone more deeply.

     Lastly, Thank you very much for helping us so much with lots of energy and passion, Mark! I really appreciate you so much! See you soon on the campus!:D

ARW Autumn term with Wonderful BG and Mark!!:D

Reaction to the Shreeve!

Shreeve states that is that really appropriate to define people as a race, because as Shreeve says that race is responsible for just a small amount of genetic difference, it is now somewhat easy to distinguish one population from another and place an individual by looking at a sample of DNA.

For me, I have never thought of the word, “race”, so it was quite interesting for me to think about that is really interesting for me to think about the word "race", and also why people divide people into different kinds of race which is based on skin color and something else even though we are all same human beings. Moreover, I wonder that why we, people use/divide in the word, “race” instead of other words. I thought it was sort of critical thinking such as focusing on one thing and criticize that which is already exists and common thing in our daily life. From that reasons, I really enjoyed to read this articles and idea about race which was written by Gould.

Reaction to the Diamond!

     Diamond states that it is difficult to define people which race they belong to by their appearance such as like skin color and so on. However, people tend to judge others by their appearance and decide where these people are from and which race they belong to, but it is just visual characteristics or features, and it won’t help us to define people. Moreover, Diamond says that what the definition of the word “race” primary is.

     In my opinion, I agree with his idea and theory, but I think he needs lots of evidences which support his idea and theory. Through these texts, I recognized that I am interested in anthropology so much, because I really interested in where our ancestor came from and how their eniviorment(race) related to their behave and physical features/characteristics.

Reaction to the Gould!

     Gould actually wants to say that scientists need to recognize that their perceptions have a BIG influence on society, because even they think their perceptions are objective, actually their perceptions really influenced our society unconsciously. It is sort of biases and Blumenbach’s idea or theory of race is a good example of this danger such as big influence on society.

     In my opinion, I strongly agree with Gould’s statement that perceptions from scientists really influenced society, because, for example, nowadays in Japan, we are afraid of dangerous from radio activity. We are always concern about it, and what scientists say about it. If they say something negative statement about that, we were worried, but if they say something positive statement, we could feel safety. Moreover, we easily believe what scientists say because they are professional about their range of study, and we even don’t know about these so much. From that reasons, I think perceptions from scientists have a really big influence on society.

“Relationship Between Okinawa and U.S. Military Bases”

Blue sky, blue ocean, colorful flowers and a unique culture. OKINAWA. If you hear about Okinawa, you can easily picture it as a tropical island. In fact, that is definitely true. Okinawa is located on the south-westernmost part of Japan. It is the only prefecture of Japan that is truly sub-tropical. Okinawa is a southern paradise of Japan, with an emerald green sea and sandy beaches with colorful flowers. Its coral reefs are among the world’s finest. The rich natural environment, unique culture and history, along with its potential as a resort, attract millions of tourists from all over the world. It sounds as though Okinawa is a tropical island. However, do you know what the number 18.4% portrays? In other words, roughly a fifth. The answer is the amount of area which U.S military bases occupy on this small island, Okinawa. In addition, surprisingly about 75% of the total land area exclusively used by U.S. forces in Japan is located in Okinawa (Okinawa prefecture, Military Base Affairs Division). (See fig.1.) Unfortunately, these U.S military bases cause many problems such as noise pollution, crimes and so on in Okinawa. Due to these problems, many people in Okinawa have felt for a long time that Okinawa should immediately move U.S military bases from Okinawa to elsewhere for safety. The final straw that resulted in this opinion was caused by an incident in 1995 when a 12-year-old girl was raped by three U.S military men. After that incident, about 85,000 people in Okinawa got together and held a convention against the U.S military bases (Inoue). About 70% of people there demanded to move the bases from Okinawa immediately (Ryukyu Shimpo). I mostly agree with that opinion. However, is it really the right decision to move these immediately without thinking? At that time, I strongly said “no,” because if they move bases from Okinawa right now without thinking so much, some problems may emerge such as the fact that economy depends on them and that they are an important part of Okinawa culture after WW2 to today. A plan for the future removal of all U.S. military bases in Okinawa should be made when Okinawa develops a solution that allows it the ability to keep and maintain a steady economy without support from the U.S military bases.

Fig. 1. The map which shows how and where U.S. military bases occupy in Okinawa. Image from Okinawa Prefecture; n.d.; Web; Oct. 2011.

At first, before presenting furthermore, here is a little bit of historic background and reasons why U.S military bases are in Okinawa. 67 years ago, Okinawa was the WW2’s final battlefield between the U.S and Japan in 1945. Through that battle, over 200,000 people, including both countries’ armies and civilians in Okinawa lost their life. After that battle, Okinawa had been placed under the control of the U.S administrations for 27 years until 1972 (Okinawa Peace Memorial Park). Geographically, “Okinawa is situated in a critical location connecting mainland Japan, mainland China, and the nations of Southeast Asia, it is anticipated that Okinawa will become a center for exchange between Japan and the various nations of East and Southeast Asia,” (Okinawa convention bureau). “As a result, Okinawa came to play a role as the ‘Cornerstone of the Pacific’ for the US Forces,” (Okinawa prefecture). Moreover, “Okinawa’s geographic location and infrastructure, capable of supporting large military operations in the Asia-Pacific region, make it vital to U.S. national interest in the region.” (U.S. Army War College). Through these, it is clear that Okinawa plays an important role for the U.S. military.

Secondly, Okinawa really depends on U.S military bases economically. There are statistics which show this claim. In 2007, total revenue from sources outside of the prefecture in 2007 was 23.741 billion yen, and about 9 percent (2.088 billion) of this revenue was found to be dependent on the revenue related to the U.S forces in Okinawa (Okinawa prefecture, 2007). (See fig.2.) This is the third-highest market share of all industries in Okinawa. For this reason, it is clear how much the government in Okinawa depends on the revenue related to the U.S forces, and also how important that is for Okinawa. In 2007, the municipality with the highest dependence rate on U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture was Ginoza Village at 35.5%. This was followed by Kin Town with a percentage of 26.5%. The amount of land the U.S. military uses privately amounts to 679 billion yen and 524 billion yen was spent by the U.S. military as compensation of employees. This revenue, in addition to the land expenses incurred by the U.S. military bases (9.8 billion yen) along with the living expenses of all U.S. military personnel (69.7 billion yen), as results in 1,698 billion yen for the economy in Okinawa directly. In reality, 8,987 people work within the base, and they got salary and live with these. (Okinawa prefecture, Military Base Affairs Division)  Through these statistics, we can see how much Okinawa depends on U.S military bases in economic field. Furthermore, until Okinawa finds a good solution to stabilize its economy without bases, Okinawa should not remove the U.S. military bases immediately.

Fig. 2. The breakdown of total revenue from sources outside of the prefecture. Image from Okinawa Prefecture; 2007.; Web; Oct. 2011.

    

If Okinawa wants to remove the U.S. military bases, Okinawa needs to solve these problems such as economic dependency on the U.S. military bases. To solve these problems, it would be best to promote Okinawa as a tourist destination for Japanese and other foreigners alike. From the statistics, total revenue from sources outside of the prefecture in 2007 was 23.741 billion yen, and 18.1 percent (4.281 billion) of this revenue was found to be tourism revenue (Okinawa prefecture, Tourism Planning Division of Okinawa, 2007). (See fig.1.)This is the second-highest market share of all industries in Okinawa, and one can expect that it will be become much higher each year. (See fig. 2.) In reality, the total number of tourists who visit Okinawa is getting higher each year; however, the number of tourists from foreign countries is still low. (See fig. 3.) To solve this issue, Okinawa needs to expand the number of airline routes from foreign countries and invite and attract more passenger ship cruises. For example, Okinawa should appeal to foreign airlines, shipping companies, and governments to explore new airline routes and direct routes from their countries, and also for cruises, because nowadays cruises from Asian countries are also increasing. This is because Okinawa is located at the center of Asian and is a very good place for tourists to stay and rest. (Okinawa Convention Bureau, 2010)  Otherwise, it will be difficult for foreign tourists to visit Okinawa, because it costs a great deal when they need to switch airplanes somewhere to visit Okinawa. So, if there were new airline routes in many foreign countries, we could expect more foreign tourists to visit Okinawa. As such, it would be great to expand the appeal of Okinawa to people from all over the world and to increase the number of tourists from Japan and foreign countries. The increase in tourists would allow Okinawa to bring forth a new culture. Also, as a result, Okinawa would be able to maintain and develop an even more foreign atmosphere from tourists all over the world. For these reasons, it is clear how much revenue the Okinawan government can earn from the tourism industry and also how important the tourism industry is to Okinawa. If it were become true, Okinawa government doesn’t need to depend on U.S military bases anymore, and becomes independent to steady their economy.

Fig. 3. The number of tourists who visited Okinawa. Image from Okinawa Convention Bureau; 2010; Web; Oct. 2011.

In conclusion, Okinawa should not remove the U.S military bases immediately to somewhere else for safety, because the government in Okinawa really depends on U.S military bases economically such as the amount of revenue it receives from them. Furthermore, the most serious problem is that Okinawa has no plan to compensate for these losses in the problem the U.S. military bases really were removed. For these reasons, Okinawa should not move the U.S military bases to somewhere else immediately since they have no idea about the problems that may arise. So, as for solutions, Okinawa needs to solve problems such as economic dependency on the U.S. military bases through developing its tourism industry such as increasing the amount of tourists from all over the world that come to visit Okinawa. Through this, Okinawa would stabilize its economy, and there would be no need to depend on bases. One day, Okinawa will solve these problems, and I hope the Japanese government takes action to move the bases from Okinawa for our safety. We, the people in Okinawa, dream of a day in which U.S military bases don’t exist in Okinawa and are able to live in peace and safe. No U.S. military bases in Okinawa!

Reaction to the 20x20!

It was not so difficult for me to make PowerPoint because I was used to make it when I was in high school. However, I’ve never done the presentation as one slide in 20 seconds, so it was quite difficult to do one slide in 20 seconds. I think I did well for most of slides, but some slides contain so much words and difficult to read and present in 20 seconds. Moreover, some section mates also mentioned about that, so in the future I would like to make presentation, I mean each slide more easily to see and understand. Anyway, 20x20 presentation was really helpful for me to get used to present my thinking and idea about the essay in front of many people, and it will also helpful in the future when I do presentation at the company or somewhere else!:))) Thank you.

Essay Draft!

     Blue sky, blue ocean, colorful flowers and a unique culture. OKINAWA. If you hear about Okinawa, you can easily picture it as a tropical island. In fact, that is definitely true. Okinawa is located on the south-westernmost part of Japan. It is the only prefecture of Japan that is truly sub-tropical. Okinawa is a southern paradise of Japan, with an emerald green sea and sandy beaches with colorful flowers. Its coral reefs are among the world’s finest. The rich natural environment, unique culture and history, along with its potential as a resort, attract millions of tourists from all over the world. It sounds as though Okinawa is a tropical island. However, do you know what the number 18.4% portrays? In other words, roughly a fifth. The answer is the amount of area which U.S military bases occupy on this small island, Okinawa. In addition, surprisingly about 75% of the total land area exclusively used by U.S. forces in Japan is located in Okinawa. Unfortunately, these U.S military bases cause many problems such as noise pollution, crimes and so on in Okinawa. Due to these problems, many people in Okinawa have felt for a long time that Okinawa should immediately move U.S military bases from Okinawa to elsewhere for safety. The final straw that resulted in this opinion was caused by an incident in 1995 when a 12-year-old girl was raped by three U.S military man. After that incident, about 85,000 people in Okinawa got together and held a convention against the U.S military bases. About 70% of people there demanded to move the bases from Okinawa immediately (Ryukyu Shimpo). I mostly agree with that opinion. However, is it really the right decision to move these immediately without thinking? At that time, I said “no,” because if they move bases from Okinawa right now without thinking so much, some problems may emerge such as the fact that economy depends on them and that they are an important part of Okinawa culture after WW2 to today. A plan for the future removal of all U.S. military bases in/on? Okinawa should be made when Okinawa develops a solution that allows it the ability to keep and maintain a steady economy without support from the U.S military bases.

     At first, before presenting furthermore, here is a little bit of historic background and reasons why U.S military bases are in Okinawa. 67 years ago, Okinawa was the WW2’s final battlefield between the U.S and Japan in 1945. Through that battle, over 200,000 people, including both countries’ armies and civilians in Okinawa lost their life. After that battle, Okinawa had been placed under the control of the U.S administrations for 27 years until 1972. Geographically, “Okinawa is situated in a critical location connecting mainland Japan, mainland China, and the nations of Southeast Asia, it is anticipated that Okinawa will become a center for exchange between Japan and the various nations of East and Southeast Asia,” (Okinawa convention bureau). “As a result, Okinawa came to play a role as the ‘Cornerstone of the Pacific’ for the US Forces,” (Okinawa prefecture).

     Secondly, Okinawa really depends on U.S military bases economically. There are statistics which show this claim. In 2007, total revenue from sources outside of the prefecture in 2007 was 23.741 billion yen, and about 9 percent (2.088 billion) of this revenue was found to be dependent on the revenue related to the U.S forces in Okinawa (Okinawa prefecture, 2007). This is the third-highest market share of all industries in Okinawa. For this reason, it is clear how much the government in Okinawa depends on the revenue related to the U.S forces, and also how important that is for Okinawa.　“In 2007, the municipality with the highest dependence rate on U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture was Ginoza Village at 35.5%. This was followed by Kin Town with a percentage of 26.5%. The amount of land the U.S. military uses privately amounts to 679 billion yen and 524 billion yen was spent by the U.S. military as compensation of employees. This revenue, in addition to the land expenses incurred by the U.S. military bases (9.8 billion yen) along with the living expenses of all U.S. military personnel (69.7 billion yen), as results in 1,698 billion yen for the economy in Okinawa. In reality, 8,987 people work within the base, and they got salary and live with these.” (Okinawa prefecture, Military Base Affairs Division)  Thorough these statistics, we can see that how much Okinawa depends on U.S military bases in economic field.

     To solve these problems, it would be best to promote Okinawa as a tourist destination for Japanese and other foreigners alike. From the statistics, total revenue from sources outside of the prefecture in 2007 was 23.741 billion yen, and 18.1 percent (4.281 billion) of this revenue was found to be tourism revenue (Tourism Planning Division of Okinawa, 2007). This is the second-highest market share of all industries in Okinawa, and one can expect that it will be become much higher each year. In reality, the total number of tourists who visit Okinawa is getting higher each year; however, the number of tourists from foreign countries is still low. As such, it would be great to expand the appeal of Okinawa to people from all over the world and to increase the number of tourists from Japan and foreign countries. The increase in tourists would allow Okinawa to bring forth a new culture. Also, as a result, Okinawa would be able to maintain and develop an even more foreign atmosphere from tourists all over the world. For these reasons, it is clear how much revenue the Okinawan government can earn from the tourism industry and also how important the tourism industry is to Okinawa. If it were become true, Okinawa government doesn’t need to depend on U.S military bases anymore, and becomes independent to steady their economy.

     In conclusion, Okinawa should not remove the U.S military bases immediately to somewhere else for safety, because the government in Okinawa really depends on U.S military bases economically such as the amount of revenue it receives from them. Moreover, to move the U.S military bases immediately would mean to lose a part of American culture which is very important part to Okinawa, because after WW2, the culture of Okinawa was really influenced by American culture through the U.S military bases. Furthermore, the most serious problem is that Okinawa has no plan to compensate for these losses in the problem the U.S. military bases really were removed. For these reasons, Okinawa should not move U.S military bases to somewhere else immediately since they have no idea about the problems that may arise. However, one day, Okinawa will find good solutions to solve these problems. I hope the Japanese government takes action to move the bases from Okinawa for our safety. We, the people in Okinawa, dream of a day in which U.S military bases don’t exist in Okinawa and are able to live in peace.

I'm so sorry for my late update!:(((

Outline!:))

2011 ARW Fall

Prof. Mark Christianson

Sec.BG Kai Ueta

Essay Outline

Research Question:

Let Okinawa go of the U.S military bases from Okinawa immediately?

My opinion: Not immediately, but in the future after good planning.

Thesis:

There are a lot of U.S military bases in Okinawa, and it causes many problems such as noise pollution, criminal things and so on. Through these problems,

1.) People in Okinawa want to move bases from Okinawa to somewhere immediately.

2.) However, is it right decision to move these bases immediately even though we still depend on bases like in economy field, and no idea after all?

3.) Lost “original” American culture in Okinawa.

4?.) Military issues,,,,?

1. Introduction.

a.) Introduce about Okinawa like climate, culture and so on.

b.) Gaps and Reality of Okinawa. (It seems like Okinawa is like tropical island,

but actually it has many problems which are related to U.S military bases.)

2. Body.

   

1.) People in Okinawa want to move U.S military bases from Okinawa to somewhere immediately.

       a.) Reasons with backgrounds why they want it. Give some examples such as noise pollution,,,

       b.) On the other hand, reasons why they can’t move bases from Okinawa.

  

2.) Is it right decision to move these bases immediately even though we still depend on bases like in economy field, and no idea after all?

       a.) States that statement with examples such as like how Okinawa depends on it.

       b.) Explain some expectations what problems will be caused

if there were no U.S military bases in Okinawa.(Money, Employment)

    

3.) Lost original American culture in Okinawa.

a.) Culture of Okinawa after WW2 is really influenced by American culture.

It causes very unique culture in Okinawa. Might get lost it if there were no base?

       b.) Many good cultural interaction between American and Okinawa people.

3. Conclusion.

4. Sources.

- “Okinawa and U.S.- Japan Relations in the 21^st Century: Bilateral and Trilateral Approaches to a Sounder Okinawa Policy” by Robert D. Eldridge, Ph.D. Fellow, Research institute for peace and security. March 2002 

- “Okinawa and the U.S military. Identity making in the age of globalization.” by Masamichi S. Inoue Columbia University Press 2007

-Military Base Affiars Office's Home Page from Okinawa prefecture homepage http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/view/contview.jsp?cateid=14&id=592&page=1

Idea for the essay!

1.) What is the issue you plan to research and write about?

- U.S military bases in Okinawa. (Let Okinawa go of the U.S military bases from Okinawa immediately?)

2.) Why is the issue important? What is the significance?

     - There are a lot of U.S military bases in Okinawa, and it causes many problems such as noise pollution, criminal things and so on. Through these problems, people there want to move bases from Okinawa to somewhere immediately. However, is it right to move these bases immediately even though we still depend on bases like in economy, and no idea after all?

3.) Why are you interested in this? What’s the connection to YOU?

     - Actually, I’m from Okinawa, and these problems are very common and the nature of things for me. However, in this summer, I realized that how blindness I am about these problems when I leaned that again through study tour and so on. For these reasons, I would like to know more deeply about that.

4.) What questions do you have about this issue? What do you want to find out?

     - How much income does Okinawa depend on from U.S military bases.

     - How many people are working there. (Japanese, Foreigners) = Employment

     - Do we have any good plan to fix economic system after they move to somewhere.

     - Is it really possible to move bases from Okinawa, actually.

     - Base culture in Okinawa.

     - Reality of U.S military bases in Okinawa.

5.) What English sources have you found regarding this issue?

     -I’m working on to find English sources right now.

Reaction to the Fischer!

     I find the text about Perception of self by Fischer very helpful for me to understand what people normally in their life. Furthermore, these are quite interesting for me about the 5 natures of perceptions such as experiential, selective, and inaccurate and evaluate, because I didn’t even notice that things and I also do these things unconsciously in my life. Therefore, I am so glad to know about these 5 perceptions from the text. Moreover, I think it is like human mystery that our blain separated much information to necessary and unnecessary things unconsciously (without knowing it) through 5 senses such as sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. In addition, these information are separated by each person’s background such as past experiences, I think it’s really mysterious and cool!:)))

Reaction to the Barna!

     The text was quite interesting for me to read, because I’m very interested in culture and ethnics. In the text book, it explains about cultural things such as assumption of similarities, culture shocks, and so on. I have been to some countries like the US, European and Asian countries, at that time, I also had many culture shocks there, and sometimes it made me so frustrated. Now I consider about it again I think these were caused by my stereo types or assumption of similarities for these countries. Furthermore, I was a person who thinks that “people are people”, it means that people are all the same. I didn’t even care about culture and their backgrounds at that time, however, after I communicated with many foreigners from all over the world, I was changed my mind, and noticed that people are all the same, but they all have their own culture and different backgrounds. As Barna states that it is really important to understand and also get along with people in the world each person has his or her own culture and background. Otherwise, we might get some conflicts or misunderstanding when we meet people from different countries. To avoid these situations, we would better to understand the differences between people and people, that make world more peaceful, I think.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Reaction!!:)))

     This book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was written by Harper Lee, and published in 1960. It went to win the Pulitzer Prize (In the US, one of 13 prizes that are given each year for excellent work in literature, music, or journalism.) in 1960 and later made into an Academy Award for the film. The author of the book, Harper Lee is a woman who was born in Alabama in the US in 1926. She always tried to consider her book to be a simple love story. In this book, she focused on the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown in Alabama(south part of America).

(Author: Harper Lee)

     The reason why I chose this book was that I am interested in the issues of racism, especially in the US such as African American’s discrimination there, because I learned about it little bit in high school, and wanted to know more details. Moreover, I heard that in autumn term, we are going to learn about ethnics and culture in ARW class, so I thought it is good chance and also opportunity to read this book, and get some knowledge about these.

     “To kill a mockingbird” is a story about the issue of racism which was in 1930’s Alabama. There are two main characters such as an elementary school student Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch in this story. They grow to understand that the world is NOT always fair for people through a black innocent man, Tom’s trial. It was that black man, Tom was caught by his false accusation. So, Scout and Jem’s father, Atticus tried to help Tom to exonerate his wrongfully convicted with feasible evidences which show Tom’s wrongfully convicted. However, black man, Tom determined as guilt in end of the trial, because he is just black (Negro). After the trial, Tom tried to escape from the jail and be killed. Through the trial and also town folks’ behavior, Scout and Jem noticed that the world is not fair for all of people, and they needed to understand it unfortunately at that time, but they keep thinking that we are all same and human being.

     After I read this book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, I could learn a lot of things such as the reality of discrimination in the US at that time and so on. First of all, it is so sad that the trust can be destroyed by social standing like color of skin. It should be rejected actually. Moreover, I think we all have to be fair and reject all of discrimination from all over the world. It seems like there is no more problems between white and black people, however it still remains somewhere in the world. We all have to be fair, because we are all same human being. Furthermore, the court and judge have to be always “Equal before the law”. We all should be taken care equally!

What do I want to learn/get from ARW Autumn?

In this semester, I would like to spend much time to read and write essay or something like that, because last semester, time flew like the wind, and could not concentrate on classes actually.
My goal of ARW Autumn is to understand the text more deeply and get used to do it!:))
Of course to write good essat too!!:))
I'm little bit worried about Autumn term, because many students say that this term will be really hard and busy for us bacause of ICU festival and so on! Actually it will be, I think. but I'll try my best!!:)))
I hope this term will be sooo much fun and helpful for me with Mark and BG mates!:)

My SUMMER VACATION!!!:))

My summer vacation in this year was really awesome!!!:))
Begginnig of the summer vacation, I went to Nagano with ICU friends to get driver's license!
I stayed there for 2 weeks, and had sooooo much fun!!! Nagano is sooo beautiful place, it is surronding by beautiful mountains such as called Japanese Alps, and natures! Of course, I could get driver's license!:))
I spent rest of the summer vacation in my hometown, Okinawa for one and half months.
My stay in Okinawa was super duper crazy but also amaziong! becauseI hangout with my friends almost everyday, and went around Okinawa such as ocean, mountain, and tourist spots etc,,,,

From August 3rd to 24th, I joined a camp called "Support Fukushima kids" as an instructor, because around 120 children(from elementary school to high school students) came to Okinawa from Fukushima during summer vacation to escape from radioactivity. It was really memorable time for me! We spent 3 weeks together doing camping, diving, sports, sightseeing, and many things! However, I also could know that the  real painful situation about Fukushima(radioactivity) from children such as they never played outside after 3.11 earthquake, and they need to move to other places to escape from radiocativity,,,,,,:((((
Many children were crying while they explained about that, because they don't wanna move to anywhere from their HOMETOWN actually. At that time, i couldn't say anything for them,,,, it was really unforgettable,,,,;(( This camp was really good opprtunity for me to consider about radioactivety(Genpatsu).

Futhermore, last 4days in Okinawa, Mariko(one of my section mate) and her circle mates came to Okinawa for study tour to learn about war and base problems in Okinawa! I joined with them, and went around Okinawa to see problems which Okinawa is facing right now! It was really good time for me to re-consider about problems in Okinawa.

In this summer, I could learn a lot of things in Okinawa and also Nagano!! and I hope these help me in the future!!:)