2026Years2Month8On Sunday, the 20th, the "Oda District Connecting Festival" was held at our Amagasaki campus, sponsored by our Faculty of Business Administration and Faculty of Education, co-sponsored by the "Omukaisan Project," and with the cooperation of Amagasaki City's Oda Regional Affairs Division.
The event was themed around "multicultural exchange, local disaster prevention, and local interaction," and students were the driving force behind the planning, creating something that could be enjoyed by everyone, from children to adults. We would like to thank the many local people who attended on the day.
The "Let's Try Asian Sweets" and "Let's Try Traditional Costumes" booths were prepared and run mainly by international students taking the service learning program "Local Revitalization Project Connecting People through Multicultural Exchange," and visitors enjoyed trying out sweets and traditional costumes from various countries.
Additionally, at the "Let's think about disaster prevention in the Oda area" booth, there was a disaster prevention quiz and an all-you-can-eat stockpile of biscuits, which livened up the event.
At the booths "Disaster Prevention Children's Cafeteria - Try Instant Rice" and "Make a Disaster Prevention Bottle," which were mainly run by students of the service learning program "Disaster Prevention Children's Cafeteria," participants had the opportunity to sample emergency foods such as instant rice, and to make their own disaster prevention bottles filled with disaster prevention goods. It was a fun opportunity for people to feel closer to disaster prevention.
Baba Seminar as part of the "Community Childrearing Project"2In the "Takoyaki Bingo" event run by the first graders, young children were seen engrossed in trying to make bingo by throwing takoyaki.
At the "Get to know Amagasaki companies" booth, students taking the service learning "Amagasaki City Regional Industrial Exchange Project Connecting with External Organizations" actually visited Amagasaki companies.3The company was introduced through a panel exhibition, and visitors were seen listening intently to the students' detailed explanations.
Furthermore, the "Fun and Easy to Understand Japanese Culture" event, planned and run by students taking the service learning course "Drafting Customer Attraction Plans for the Entertainment Industry," featured a rakugo performance by Rakugo performers Katsura Aobaasan and Katsura Kobunzo, both graduates of our university.TRAinnovation (Toranoinnovation)Hideyuki Horie and Jun Nishijima of the group performed on Japanese drums and shamisen. The audience was thrilled, and it was a moment when the charm of traditional Japanese performing arts was shared across generations and cultural boundaries.
Other events included a craft corner by our university's club, Aogaki Hiroba, a Disaster Prevention Metaverse booth where participants could learn about disaster prevention through games, and a workshop for making carp streamers by Swimmy Project Amagasaki, all of which helped to expand interactions with local residents.
In addition, the venue will be holding a special event titled "Reiwa7There were also reports on the activities of students from groups that received grants from the "Amagasaki City Human Resource Development Support Project to Foster Mutual Support in 2019," providing an opportunity to publicize the university's efforts to work together with the local community.
Although it was a cold, snowy day, it was a fun and warm day where people connected with each other across generations and cultures.
We would like to thank the Amagasaki City Oda Regional Division and the Omukaisan Project for their cooperation, as well as everyone who attended the event.
