■ Date: January 28, 2017 (Saturday) ■Venue: Rokkaen
Kuwana city's international exchange project "Post Junior Summit in Kuwana 2017" was held in Rokkaen.Purpose of this event was to foster high school student with compassion to contribute their experience and learning back to local community in the future, not only to provide opportunities local high school students and international students to learn Kuwana 's attractive points through international exchange projects but also to conduct to promote cross-cultural understanding through communication.Four students participated to this event from Yokkaichi High School. They visited Rokkaen together with other 60 students including junior high and high school students from inside and outside of Kuwana city and international and Japanese students from Mie University. They experienced wearing kimono and observed the facility of Rokkaen.After lunch, participants were divided into groups and discussed on two topics of "activation and internationalization of Kuwana City" and "Dissemination and utilization of attractiveness as a tourism resource of Rokkoen" with World Cafe style. After the discussion, each group made a presentation in front of the mayor.