Thursday, November 17, 2011

Jinoshima -Fishing Island


























"Jinoshima" is a fishing island in Munakata. It's 10 minutes away from the harbor by boat. (300 yen for one way) I remember I went camping there a couple of summers in my childhood. Time seems to go by so slowly and peacefully in Jinoshima. Since kids population has been dropping deeper and deeper, the village established one year exchange student program in 2003 to save the elementary school from shutdown. "Nagisa-no-ie" (meaning "shore house") is open as a dorm for those kids. Here's the article on Asahi.com. They also recruit the instructors to look after exchange students at Nagisa's every year. It must be such a great opportunity for both students and instructors to experience culture, nature, and communication that tend to be cared less and less in recent years.
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地島は宗像にある漁村です。港から船で10分。(片道300円)子供の頃何度か夏にキャンプに行ったのを覚えています。地島では時間がとてもゆっくりと平和に流れていく気がします。子供達の数が年々減っていく中、小学校を閉鎖の危機から救おうと、2003年には漁村留学プログラムが発足されました。子供達の寮となるのは『なぎさの家』。Asahi.comに記事が掲載されています。同時に毎年『なぎさ』の留学生のお世話をする指導員も募集しています。近年どんどん意識が希薄になっていく文化、自然、コミュニケーションの面で、生徒側にとっても指導員側にとってもさぞかし貴重な体験だろうと想像します。

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