H.I.S. (Tokyo), a major travel agency, has begun recruiting four-day tours for elementary school students to experience community development for regional revitalization in collaboration with Kochi University and NPO Children's University.Residents of the Reihoku region of Kochi prefecture and teachers of Kochi University, who are the destinations of the visit, will act as instructors to learn about the current situation in depopulated areas and to experience rural life through private lodging and interaction with residents.
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The Reihoku region of Kochi prefecture in the central part of Shikoku is a beautiful mountain village surrounded by rich forests and rice terraces, but due to the stagnation of the forestry industry, it is suffering from depopulation and the progress of an aging society as it is said to be the birthplace of marginal villages. increase.The tour was planned to let children in the city know the current situation of these areas and to think about the future and affluence of Japan by experiencing the cross-cultural experience of living in the countryside.The tour price is 1 yen per person.For applications and inquiries, please contact the H.I.S. Study Tour Desk.
