Hokuriku Shinkansen Summit at Ueda High School

 On June 17th, nine students joined the “Hokuriku Shinkansen Summit” hosted by Ueda High School in Nagano prefecture.  12 high schools located along the Hokuriku Shinkansen gathered at this meeting.

First, Tomoki Nitta from JICA Hokuriku branch and Fuki Horiuchi from Saku University gave a short lecture.  Then, panel discussions were held, and each high school made presentations, followed by questions and answers.  Later, the participating students ate lunch together at the Ueda Park. 

Students who joined the Summit had meaningful discussions and precious experiences.  They would like to have the opportunity to interact with other Super Global High schools in the future.

[the participants’ comments]

＊I was surprised at the high presentation skills of other high school students.  Most students started their presentation with an inquiry or simple conversation, so a lot of listeners were interested in their presentation.  They also communicated with listeners well.  They were very friendly so we had a good discussion during lunch time.  I wanted to ask them for more advice.  We had a very meaningful experience.

＊Students from other prefectures had broad knowledge about various things, so we had deep discussions.  To my surprise, there were some people who didn’t know about peace education, and there were students of the same age who are trying to do volunteer work in foreign countries.  At first, I was very nervous but eventually I could enjoy listening to presentations and making discussions.  We were supported by a lot of people and owe a lot of thanks to them.