Furano Shizenjuku

I joined Furano Shizenjuku camp as an instructor in August 2006.

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Summer vacation—and the children's camp began.
It began with our home, the green planet, the Earth.
An earth with a diameter of one meter, and inside is the….
When all the sea water is collected, it's the amount of one bottle of beer.
The forest area on the surface is about 45 centimeters x 30 centimeters, of which about 30 centimeters x 30 centimeters is covered with rainforest—only this much.
　
The journey of the Earth of 4.6 billion years
It took about one hour to walk 600 meters.
　
A.D. 1 is only 0.2 millimeter before the goal. What mankind did before that was…
Night with twinkling stars
Reading in the woods
　
Morning in the woods
Birds chirping, wind rustling
The next day started with planting trees. We assembled flower pots made of paper.
These pots, called Kaminekkon, are excellent as they protect small seedlings.
We chose seedlings from the nursery.
Put the seedlings and soil in the pots.
We planted them in groups on ground that used to be a golf course.
With Mr. So Kuramoto and Shizenjuku staff members, we all did a good job.
Everyone was weather-beaten and became a little tougher.
　
My woods
Misho—meaning raised from seeds, what a cute name!

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