In the team competition, four teams played a round-robin tournament with fantastic prizes at stake, and every match was fiercely contested.
In the year-group competition, the results were 1st place: B4, 2nd place: M1, and 3rd place: M2—a somewhat disappointing outcome for the senior year group, but everyone had a great time and worked up a good sweat!
In the evening, we also held a social gathering titled the ‘B4 Welcome Party’, making it a day of complete excitement for both body and mind.
To demonstrate the best possible team spirit with this group, we must start with the best possible team-building! Stay tuned for what’s to come!!
We participated in the “Kamijima Art Walk” for the third time!
This year, we held a “Chopstick-Making Workshop” and screened the short film *Where*, produced by students from Eichi School!
The Chopstick-Making Workshop has become a regular feature, having been held at last year’s Art Walk, various other events, and even at the market we organized at Kie Elementary School last month. We were thrilled to see so many people join us again this year—it was a huge success!
Additionally, the screening of the short film *Where* by Eichi School students came about because the film used the “Former Kie Police Officers’ Quarters”—which we renovated—as the protagonist’s home ✨
It was a truly wonderful film, and with so many guests in attendance, the entire venue was filled with a warm and cozy atmosphere ♪
Our next event is scheduled for around July!
This year, six energetic fourth-year students have joined our lab, giving us a fresh new team!
We plan to continue engaging in a variety of activities, so we appreciate your continued support! /tamori
On 8 April, we held our annual cherry blossom viewing party!
We had a lovely time with the new members who joined us this year.
Over the coming year, I’m sure each of us will face both enjoyable and amusing moments, as well as difficulties and challenges, but I hope we can share these experiences, overcome them together, and make this a year we can look back on with no regrets.
It was a day that marked the start of such a wonderful life in the lab!
On 23rd December, we held the Kakura Stone Wall Seminar’s year-end party! With new lab members joining us this year and third-year undergraduates also attending, it became our largest year-end gathering ever!
It’s heartwarming. Next year too, we intend to enjoy university life together, faculty and students alike, working hand in hand.
2026 is just around the corner. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!
This project began in 2022, and last fiscal year marked the completion of renovations to the former police officers’ quarters. This fiscal year, under the theme “A Place to Make Your Dreams Come True,” we are conducting trial operations, including holding events and workshops approximately once or twice a month!
As part of these efforts, we held an exterior wall painting workshop in September and an interior wall plastering workshop in October, further transforming the building beyond its original state!
Additionally, at the event held in December, we hosted a collaborative exhibition by emerging artists and food sales, welcoming our highest number of visitors to date. Throughout this past year, we are truly delighted to have felt a strong connection with so many people. ✨
12月 一階の様子12月 二階コラボ展の様子
今後とも本活動へのご理解と応援を、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします！
We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding and support for our activities!
On 16 December, we held the third workshop for Chugoku Electric Power’s Energia Research Institute ABW Implementation Project! This time, we held it at Hiroshima University’s Higashi-Senda Campus for a change of scenery. It was a calm, warm space – a place that really sparked ideas.
Building on ideas from previous workshops, participants formed three mixed teams of employees and students. They discussed specific concepts, zoning, functions, and circulation plans, culminating in presentations by each team.
In this project, the implementation of ABW itself is not the objective; rather, it must serve as a means to foster the unique innovation that arises from bringing together specialists from diverse fields within this institute. To this end, we engaged in vigorous discussions involving both staff and students, translating abstract concepts into concrete plans while anticipating actual usage scenarios.
Some teams focused on comprehensive ideas, while others centred on employee development, with each group producing distinctive outputs. During the latter part of the workshop, all teams freely brainstormed points of interest and ideas they wished to explore using models. The key sticking point for future discussions remains how to utilise the large central void…
At last, the full picture of our renovated office is coming into view! Keep an eye out for what happens next!!
On December 12th, we held a workshop with elementary school students from Yano Minami Elementary School to disassemble school desks and chairs! This was the first joint class for our furniture upcycling project, and while it was the students’ first time disassembling furniture, they all participated in the dismantling work with great enthusiasm!
In the first period, sakurasaku gave a lecture on furniture-making techniques, the cycle of wood, and the work of carpenters, architects, and graphic designers.
During the second and third periods, we actually dismantled desks and chairs from unused classrooms. Since dismantling requires some skill, some elementary school students struggled at first. However, with advice from the sakurasaku staff on how to apply force and use the tools, the students gradually got the hang of it and managed to dismantle nearly all the target number of desks and chairs!
Additionally, although this was a dismantling workshop held within a limited timeframe, elementary school students actively participated, and some children asked questions and chatted with sakurasaku and the university students. This makes me think the upcoming workshop where we’ll create crafts using the dismantled furniture will be a lot of fun too.
This presentation meeting is a venue for students to share various community contribution activities, and this year, a total of 19 universities and technical colleges participated.
This presentation session serves as a platform for students to share their diverse community service activities. This year, 19 universities and technical colleges participated.
Additionally, I was able to interact with students involved in various fields such as agriculture, sports, calligraphy, and music, gaining new inspiration and learning opportunities.🌱
引き続き、地域とともに歩む活動を進めてまいります！
We will continue to advance our activities alongside the community!
On the first day, we joined a workshop at Sagiura Elementary School, where we enjoyed creating our own “personal national flags” together with the children and students who had gathered from across Japan and around the world. After the workshop, we lined up all the unique and expressive pieces and took a commemorative photo. It was an inspiring time that allowed us to interact closely with both the children and the students.
On the second and third days, we explored the island and worked on creating a mock-up of an earthen wall. There were many things we saw and experienced for the first time, making it a highly educational opportunity. In between activities, we also removed nails from dismantled materials in preparation for upcycling. I’m very excited to see how these materials will be transformed in the future!
On Tuesday, November 18, we held an off-campus workshop at Yasu-higashi Elementary School, where students experienced making their own wooden chopsticks.
After Mr. Sumikura’s talk on architecture, timber, and the work of carpenters, the sixth-grade students tried using a kanna (hand plane) to shave the wood and craft their chopsticks.
We university students also assisted the children together with members of the construction company, supporting them as they worked hard to handle the hand plane and shape their very own chopsticks.
Watching them use the hand plane, smooth the wood with sandpaper, and carefully finish every detail with dedication was truly wonderful and left a lasting impression on us.
We hope that this experience will inspire the children and help broaden their learning and future possibilities.
