Kobe City: Kobe City-Miyazaki Prefecture Elementary School Student Exchange Program “Exciting, Exciting, Exciting Ship’s

Press Release (November 7, 2023)
Logistics Strategy Division, Port and Harbor Bureau
In September 2017, Kobe City and Miyazaki Prefecture concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the three areas of “promotion of exchange of goods and people connected by the port,” “revitalization of industries utilizing local resources such as agricultural and livestock products,” and “mutual cooperation regarding disaster prevention,” and as part of this agreement, elementary school students exchange As part of the agreement, the company has been implementing an exchange program for elementary school students.
This year, students from Kiwaki Elementary School in Kunitomi-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, will board a ferry operated by Miyazaki Car Ferry Co.
The students from Kiwaki Elementary School will deepen exchanges with students from Uozaki Elementary School in Kobe City through learning about and experiencing Kobe’s industries, as well as learning about the experiences and lessons of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

1. Date of implementation

November 10 (Friday) to 12 (Sunday), 2023
*Students of Kobe Municipal Uozaki Elementary School will participate only on November 11 (Saturday)

2. Participating children

About 80 students from Kinowaki Elementary School in Kunitomi Town, Miyazaki Prefecture
About 20 students from Kobe Municipal Uozaki Elementary School

3. Places visited

・ Kobe Sannomiya Ferry Terminal
・ Kobe Airport
・Meriken Park
・Marine Museum
・

Kawasaki World
・Atoa
・ Disaster Red

uction and Human Renovation Institution

*The underlined parts are only participated by students of Kiwaki Elementary School

4. Reference (Elementary School Student Exchange Program in FY 2018

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(Rokkosan Country House)

(Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution)