Agricultural group of Kurita seminar
About us
We want to convey the charm of the Shitsukawa area!
We belong to Kurita Seminar of the Faculty of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, and have been active since around 2018 in the Shitsukawa district of Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The goal of the current project is to increase the number of people who visit the Shitsukawa area.
The activities started with the same attitude and direction of local reconstruction as we and the local people, and together we create and disseminate the attractiveness of the Shitsukawa area.
1 hour drive from Osaka and Kobe
What we did
We set up a booth selling Tamba Sasayama's specialty products at the school festival.
Tamba Sasayama's special product, the yam, was used for chips and sold at the school festival.
Mountain potatoes are very sticky and rich in nutrition. It is a rare potato,
If you see it, please try it.
International Student Tours
We invited international students to Himeji and Sasayama for a bus tour as a joint project with Hyogo University Consortium Kobe.
We toured a company Gozasoro and worked with local revitalization volunteers at Satoyama Kobo Kumobe.
It was a great opportunity for people overseas to know about Shitsukawa.
Interviews were conducted.
In the course of our activities, we have often heard from residents who have given up on the idea that they can't help it if it continues to fall into disuse.
Therefore, we want to research initiatives that will improve the satisfaction of each and every one of the people in the community! So I did research and study for the paper.
Write and present a paper based on the research
In writing this paper, we conducted a questionnaire survey of the residents of Shitsukawa and received their cooperation from various people.
As a result, I received the "Regional Development Subcommittee Award" at the ISFJ Japan Policy Students Conference.
This is also thanks to the cooperation of the people of Shitsukawa.
We don't just write a paper, but we will do our best to give back to the community.
Town Planning Workshop
This workshop started with the idea that we should take our time and think about the future of Shitsukawa without rushing.
Through the group work, we were able to share our thoughts on the appeal of Shitsukawa and its challenges.
We will continue to hold workshops to solve the problems.
Our activities were published in the Tamba Sasayama newspaper.
Tamba Sasayama newspaper reported on "We won a prize in the thesis contest and were able to promote Shitsukawa to students all over the country" and "We held a workshop on urban development in Shitsukawa".
We have learned a great deal by being deeply involved with the people of Shitsukawa. In the future, we will continue to carry out activities to make Shitsukawa a place we can be proud of.
