General-admission 6000 yen

3000 yen for students

Regular Membership admission group membership 5000 yen

Students Membership admission 3000 yen

1000 yen within Okinawa (Free for Child and people with disabilities)

Event Overview

7/7 (Friday) Excursion

● Course 1: (capacity 30 people)
A course touring the Yambaru World Natural Heritage sites and facilities in the northern part of Okinawa Island
From 8:20 to 18:00 Participation fee: 5000 yen ※lunch is not included
Departure from Okinawa Urban Monorail Yui Rail Tedako Uranishi Station ~ Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center Ufugi Nature Museum ~ Kunigami Village Shinrin Park · Yambaru Forest Toy Museum ~ Lunch/Break Michi-no-Eki Yui Yui Kunigami (Roadside station) Kunigami ~ Higashi Museum ~ Higashi Village Fureai Hirugi Park (mangrove forest) ~ Sedake no Hama (Beach) Beach (near the planned construction site of Henoko base) ~ Disband at Okinawa Urban Monorail Yui Rail Tedako Uranishi Station.

● Course 2: (capacity 25 people)
A course touring the architecture, history, and culture of south-central Okinawa Prefecture
9:00-18:30 Participation Fee: 5000 yen ※Lunch is not included
Okinawa Urban Monorail Yui Rail Tedako Uranishi Station ~ Cosmo Story Nursery School (Uruma City) ~ Lunch Break Plaza House Shopping Center (first shopping center in Japan) ~ Sakima Art Museum (modern architecture, near Futenma Airport, Peace and Art, Ginowan City) ~ St. Clara Church (post-war modern architecture, Yonabaru Town) ~ Kakibana Higawa and other springs (Nanjo City, life and nature) ~ Ganju Station/Nanjo to Tedako-Uranishi Station.


7/8 (Sat) Workshop, Opening Ceremony, Keynote Speech, Oral Presentation, Poster Session, Symposium, Society Award Ceremony and Commemorative Lecture, General Meeting of Members, Social Gathering, etc.

●Workshop 1 (13:00 to 17:00)
Modeling play & place creation to foster creativity (bamboo & rubber band challenge to make three-dimensional sculptures)
Organizer: Titus Spree (Associate Professor, University of the Ryukyus)

●Opening ceremony 10:00-10:25 (Tedako Hall/Small Hall)
●Keynote speech 10:30 ～ 12:00 (Tedako Hall/Small Hall)
Yuko Yamauchi (Okinawa Children's Future Network)
Kazuki Oshiro (former director of the Haebaru Culture Center)

●Oral presentation
12:10 — 12:50 (Tedako Hall, Multipurpose Room 2)

●Poster Session 1 13:00-13:50 (Tedako Hall/Civic Exchange Room)

●Symposium: Children Living in the Community 14:00-16:30 (hereafter, Tedako Hall/Small Hall)
Panelist: Toshiyuki Shiomi (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Yasuyo Yamashiro (Director, Midori Children's Center)
Mitsuru Moriguchi (Professor, Okinawa University)
Commentator: Kinoshita Isamu (Professor, Otsuma Women's University)
Coordinator: Hajime Shimizu (University of the Ryukyus)

●General Meeting of Members 16:40 ～ 17:10
●The Society Award Ceremony and Commemorative Lecture 17:10 ～ 18:10

●Reception at 19:00 (planned) Hotel Ocean Naha Kokusai-dori (2-4-8 Asato, Naha City) ※There is a bus transfer from Tedako Hall


7/9 (Sun) Workshop, poster session, breakout session, summary session, etc.

●Workshop 1 (9:00 to 12:00)
・Modeling play/space creation that fosters creativity (bamboo & rubber band challenge)
Organizer: Titus Spree (Associate Professor, University of the Ryukyus)

●Workshop 2 (9:00 to 12:00)
・A workshop incorporating picture book storytelling and creative activities into nature experience activities
Organizer: Shinya Kuniyoshi (Professor, University of the Ryukyus) /Kanako Motomura (Assistant Professor, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)

●Poster Session 2 9:20 - 10:20 (Tedako Hall/Small Hall Foyer)

● Breakout session (morning session) 10:30 to 12:30 (small hall, civic exchange room)
・Session 1: Children's Development and Environment: Rethinking Children's Upbringing and Events from Regional Culture
Coordinators: Manabu Kawada (Associate Professor, Hokkaido Prefecture University) /Kiichiro Okahana (Associate Professor, University of the Ryukyus)
Panelists: Kamejima Atsuko (Deputy Director of Yomitan Municipal Yomitan Kindergarten) /Nagamine Kumiko (Arashiro Children's School Director) /Tengan Junyu (Director of Cosmo Story Nursery School)

・Breakout Session 2: A place to live and the state of a facility
Coordinator: Kakihana Michiro (Secretary General, NPO Okinawa Prefecture School Childcare Support Center)
Explanation of purpose: Hajime Shimizu (Professor, University of the Ryukyus)
Panelists: Tsukada Yukari (Associate Professor, Doshisha Women's University) /Kakino Yoshinori (Tokyo University of Science Professor) /Asato Emi (Shimabuku School Children's Club After-School Support Staff)

● Breakout session (afternoon session) 13:30 to 15:30 (small hall, civic exchange room)
・Breakout Session 3: Creating playgrounds as places to belong to the community
Explanation of purpose and coordinator: Hajime Shimizu (Professor, University of the Ryukyus)
Coordinators/Panelists: Noriko Kajiki (Kobe Women's University Professor) /Yuko Murano (Director of NPO AIKURU) /Yuri Reiko (Naha Naha City Hantagawa Community Center Staff)

・Session 4 Connecting children to the environment (nature, people, things)
Explanation of purpose and coordinator: Teruya Kenta (Professor, Okinawa Christian Junior College)
Panelists: Hiroki Ogura (Representative Director, NPO Yomitan Nature School) /Takeshi Sasaki (Assistant Professor and Curator, University of the Ryukyus Museum (Fujukan)) /Naka Ayako (Toyo University Professor) /Yoshida Etsuji (Professor, University of the Ryukyus)

●Summary Session Closing Ceremony 15:45 ～ 16:45

Organizer: The Children's Environmental Society
Co-organizer: Urasoe City
Support: Convention hosting support project (Okinawa Prefecture Prefecture/Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau)

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