Hikaru Nemezawa and Nana Ito, graduates of Jissen Women's University, were presented with a letter of appreciation from Hino City on July 2020, 7, in recognition of their enthusiasm for community activities in Hino City when they were students.

 The community activities of Mr. Nemezawa and Mr. Ito were carried out as part of the "City Place Creation Project" of the Faculty of Life Sciences, Jissen Women's University.In an attempt to develop a model for creating a "town whereabouts" where citizens can easily gather in collaboration with citizens, Professor Yukiko Suga of the Department of Contemporary Living and Professor Hiroshi Tachibana of the Department of Living Environment collaborated with Hino City in April 2019. I am working from.

 Mr. Nemezawa created a "district center pictorial book" based on his graduation research.I visited the district centers in Hino City on my own foot and investigated the individuality and characteristics of all 66 locations.In addition to the abundant amount of information, 250 copies of the "District Center Encyclopedia" have been published with the desire to widely inform the citizens of the goodness of Hino City and the warmth of the residents, some of which are in addition to the 7 Hino City Library. It will also be rented out at the Tokyo Metropolitan Library.

 Mr. Ito was involved in a city project to tackle local issues for three years from the second year of university to graduation, and when he was in the fourth year, he participated in the "Minna no Isho Project" to examine the value of the district center with Mr. Nemezawa.He discovered the charm of Hino City with his rich sensibilities, planned many town walking plans, and appealed to university students and citizens.These activities were highly evaluated and a letter of appreciation was presented.

 The ceremony to present the letter of appreciation was held on July 7, connecting the two people living away from Hino City and the Hino City Hall online.Fuyuhiko Otsubo, Mayor of Hino, said, "It was really nice to meet the two of us at the regional round-table conference, and I was happy. I will continue to remember Hino City, if I have another chance. I would like Hino City to come and visit us. "

Reference: [Jissen Women's University] Visited all 66 locations in Hino City and published the "District Center Encyclopedia"

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