An Introduction of Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School “Welcome to Ikeda High School”

School History & Educational Goal and Policy

School Guide

School Facilities

Nature around Ikeda High School

ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)

Education with Distinctive Features

Class Organization & Curriculum

Annual School Calendar

Club Activities & Extracurricular Activities

Students’ Paths following Graduation

An Introduction of Ikeda Town

School History & Educational Goal and Policy Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School (hereafter referred as “Ikeda High School”) is a general course public high school founded in 1984 in Ikeda Town, Ibi County, Gifu Prefecture, to cope with an increasing ratio of students who entered high schools and a rapid increase in the number of baby boomers’ children. The school is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment filled with rivers and mountains. In 2013 Ikeda High School celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding and it has turned out no less than 8,000 graduates, who have played active parts as leaders in all fields of society both in the local areas of Gifu Prefecture and in Japan About 460 students enjoy lessons and club activities every day. They have achieved good results in every aspect of student life. When there was the drastic rise in the number of students, Ikeda High School had as many as eleven classes in one grade and reached the maximum of about 1,300 students in all. But with a gradual fall of the number of children in the surrounding areas and with more junior high school students hoping to enter high schools in urban areas, Ikeda High School has become a small school with four classes in each grade. However, Ikeda High School is the only high school in Ikeda Town and can most certainly be considered a school belonging to the local community. Approximately 66% of the students come from Ibi County which consists of three towns Ikeda, Ono and Ibigawa; 11% from a neighboring town, Godo Town, Anpachi County; and 20% from Ogaki City. After graduation from Ikeda High School about 90% of students have advanced to higher education such as universities, junior colleges and professional schools and about 10% have chosen employment. Almost all of our graduates have attained their future goals. The educational goal of Ikeda High School is “to produce physically healthy students who possess intelligence, virtue and a sense of humanity and to nurture students who devote themselves to the development of a sustainable society by getting students to lead a cheerful and orderly school life under the school life principle ‘Desire to learn, Fraternity and Practice’”. In order to achieve this goal we carry out our educational policy as follows: (1) We encourage students to challenge themselves, to identify goals, and to set and execute their own action plans. (2) We aim for the academic progress of students through an active learning approach to make their future dreams come true. (3) We aim to help guide students to encompass cooperation, thoughtfulness, and appreciation of people’s support in their daily lives. (4) We nourish students’ sense of self-reliance and cultivate students who have admirable fortitude and physical strength. (5) We proceed to maintain and improve educational circumstances. We produce students who have a spirit of service and a mind to cherish nature.

Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School An aerial photograph of Ikeda High School from the north

School Guide (1) Address: 242-1 Rokunoi, Ikeda-cho, Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture 503-2495 Japan Telephone number: (0585)45-7755 Fax number: (0585)45-8527 http://school.gifu-net.ed.jp/ikeda-hs/ e-mail:[email protected] (2) History: April 5th, 1983 A preparatory office was established at Ogaki Kita High School. Dec. 23rd, 1983 The establishment of the school was resolved at Gifu Prefectural Assembly. April 9th, 1984 The first opening ceremony and the entrance ceremony were held. July 19th 1985 Debut ceremony of the school song was held. (3) Course, Department, and Enrollment Limit: Course: full-time Department: general Enrollment limit in 2016: 160 (4) Total Site Area: Building site: 19,761 ㎡ Ground site: 21,500 ㎡ Total: 41,261 ㎡ (5) School Emblem: Derivation: Our school is located at the base of Mt. Ikeda and the Ibi River basin. We made a design of them and the letter “High School” was placed in the center. Three lines extended from the far left to the upper and the bottom right edges symbolize students, parents, and teachers working together to make a school. The other three lines represent students trying to achieve our three ideals: intelligence, virtue, and health. These six lines radiated outward signify ongoing advancement and progress of our school. (6) Access: 〇 Take Yoro Line at JR Ogaki Station, and Ikeda High School get off at Ikeno Station. From there, it is olSchool a twelve-minute walk to the school. Ikeno Station 〇 Take Yoro Line at JR Ogaki Station, and get off at Kita-Godo Station. From there, it is a fifteen-minute walk to the school. Kita-Godo Station

JR Ogaki Station Yoro Line

Map of Ikeda High School from JR Ogaki Station (7) Location of Ikeda Town:

Japan Gifu Prefecture Takayama City Gifu Prefecture

Kyoto City

Tokyo Ikeda Nagoya Town Osaka City City

Ogaki City Gifu City

School Facilities Ikeda High School has an extensive campus of 41,261 square meters with several useful facilities. Some of these facilities include two four-story school buildings, a gymnasium, a martial arts hall, a physical training and shower room, tennis courts, a baseball field, a soccer ground, and a track and field ground.

Stone monument and cherry Main gate Cheering banners for the drama club and the blossoms by main gate Karate club that had won each prefectural

tournament and would take part in the All Japan High School Championship

Courtyard, which has an open-air stage for school events

Tennis field in the foreground, Gymnasium on the left side of the picture, Ren-shin Kan, a Japanese-style gymnasium for martial arts on the right side of the picture

Camellia in full bloom around the school buildings in May

Winter camellia in bloom with its buds in January

Baseball field Soccer ground

Main ground in the foreground and the second Gymnasium tennis field in the back

A large wall mosaic made of pieces of colored marble stones by Yabashi Rokuro who was a well-known artist born in Ogaki City which borders on Ikeda Town. You can see the mosaic at the main entrance of our gymnasium. After the school was founded, the mosaic was presented in 1985 by Ogaki City, Ikeda Town, and Godo Town which is located next to Ikeda Town. The mosaic was made in hopes that students of Ikeda High School would have wide perspectives to see not only their community but also the world. Therefore, the marble stones used in the mosaic were collected from 46 countries in the world.

A marble plate stating the mosaic was presented to Ikeda High School by Ogaki, Ikeda and Godo in July, 1985. 5

Entrance School office and visitors’ reception across the entrance

The former championship flags and trophies surrounding the entrance

A corridor in front of a teachers’ room Woodblock prints made by all of the students at an annual school event “Woodblock Print Contest.” You can see their excellent works in the hallways.

Renewed bathrooms with combination toilets and bidet

Nature around Ikeda High School Ikeda High School is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment filled with rivers and mountains.

Higashi River flows along the school building. Rape blossoms are in full bloom around the school in April. You can enjoy seeing some natural fireflies which inhabit only in areas with clear water, like this beautiful river in fall.

Bright pink and white dogwoods in the courtyard in May The fourth floor of the school building commands an extensive view of the rice field in Ikeda Town in the north.

Ikeda Town is favored with abundant water and has a lot of rice The autumn landscape from the connecting corridor of fields all over the town. This picture was taken during the rice our two school buildings in November. We can enjoy harvest. You can see Ikeda High School and Mt. Ikeda in the seeing Mt. Ikeda turn red and yellow this season. back ground of the picture.

The view facing Ogaki City to the south from Mt. Ikeda obscured by fog in January the fourth floor of school building.

ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) “Global Welfare (To lead a better life in our community and the international community)” is a goal we aim to achieve in ESD.

The overall picture of ESD in Ikeda High School

ＧｌｏｂａｌＷｅｌｆａｒｅ To lead a better life in our community and the international community

University, junior college, and vocational school etc. Education for Sustainable Development

イラスト：WANPUG Junior high school

Elementary school

A kindergarten and a nursery school

Gifu Prefecture released the “Gifu Prefectural Vision for Education, Second Edition”, a five-year basic promotion plan of education starting from the fiscal year 2014. It says “Our ideal image of a person from Gifu is someone who thinks and acts as a true member of the local community. We want them to be able to make rich human relationships at home, at the workplace and in the local community. We want them to aim high and have a global outlook. We want them to reach for their dreams.” In order to realize this vision Gifu Prefecture has made some essential measures, one of which is “to reform public high schools in the medium to longer term future”. It promoted a new guiding principle, stating that “We develop abilities and skills for a person to act as a true member of the local community. In order to realize it we aim to create an educational environment where a person can grow together with the local community and can work for it by promoting a close cooperation between elementary schools and lower and upper secondary schools and by utilizing educational resources of the local community.” Under our school goal, the prefecture promotion plan, hopes of the local community, and the outcome of our past educational activities, Ikeda High School, as a base school of ESD (a UNESCO associated school), will contribute to the sustainable development of the local community in the following three areas with our school goal, “Global Welfare,” as a subject of study.

(1) Welfare Education We integrate welfare education into our school curriculum and encourage students to take part in volunteer activities in the local community and cooperative activities with other schools such as a nursery school, elementary schools, a junior high school, a special education school and a vocational school in the local community. Through these efforts we aim to produce a person who has a “welfare mind” to have respect for people and appreciation for their kindness and a person who has a capacity to sustain the local community.

Ikeda High School students showing elderly people of Ikeda High School students participating in a nursery home around Ikeda Town Festival an athletic meeting at Ikeda Nursery School as volunteers (2) Global Education By promoting communication-based, interactive ways of teaching and exchanges with people from other countries, we aim to cultivate students’ abilities to cooperate with others, to have outstanding presentation skills, to take an international point of view, and to contribute to the development of the local community.

Winners at Lions Inter-High School English Oratorical Presentation of English speech in Ikeda Town Contest were sent to Malaysia in summer as a prize.

(3) Environmental Education By encouraging students to take part in activities to preserve the local natural environment and developing a caring mind for nature, we cultivate students’ abilities and positive attitude to work on environmental problems in the local community and try to solve them.

Ikeda High School and the Higashi River where fireflies live

Science club: Research on the habitat of Hariyo

Education with Distinctive Features (1) Ikeda High School is a small-scale school. Making the best use of it, teachers can carefully give each student appropriate instructions.  We have two courses: a general course for students who want to study fundamentals thoroughly, and an advanced course for students whose goal is to enter universities.  In each English, mathematics, and Japanese class, we divide students into two small groups, providing each group with one teacher in order to give customized, attentive guidance.  We offer a number of elective subjects to the 12th graders toward the realization of their goals.  In addition to such classes, students can prepare for university entrance examinations, taking after-school tutoring, academic proficiency tests on campus, and mock entrance examinations off-campus for three years.  As Saturday tutoring for the 12th graders, we have implemented the online course by Recruit, a leading company researching on universities and colleges in Japan, so as to prepare for university entrance examinations including national center test for university admissions.

English class implemented by small divided classes Mathematics class implemented by small proficiency classes

Information/Computer Science (elective subject) Food Design (elective subject)

Career guidance for the 10th graders Internship program at hospital

Career guidance for the 12th graders (theme: Internship program at nursing home researching on universities and colleges) 10

(2) One aspect that distinguishes Ikeda High School from other schools is its variety of effective and motivating activities.  Students must be in the classroom when the first bell rings at 8:35. An eight-minute “morning reading time” begins and students start reading books they choose. After that classes begin at 8:50. Morning reading time greatly helps students to concentrate on their studies at school.  Woodblock Print Contest, a unique one-day school event that no other schools have, is held in February. Showing its cooperative spirit, each homeroom class has its own original design and works together to create one big print.  Every student participates in one of the sports clubs or cultural clubs. Students also enjoy a school cultural festival and athletic meets. Student council plays an active role in organizing club activities and school events. Students can develop their minds and personalities through such corporation with members of a school community.  Home Club Committee and Volunteer Club are school-wide student organizations. A lot of students take part in various volunteer activities in Ikeda Town by joining these organizations.

May: Volleyball Class Match September: Brass Band Concert at School Cultural Festival

September: School Athletic Meets September: Cheer leaders at School Athletic Meets

October: School Excursion in Okinawa February: Woodblock Print Contest

Volunteer activities: Visiting a nursery school Volunteer activities: Cleaning a school route 11

Class Organization & Curriculum (1) Students can choose their courses according to their academic abilities and future careers.  Each grade has general and advanced courses. Students are given instruction that matches their individual career goals in each course.  As for advanced courses, the 10th graders have a class of 40 students and the 11th graders have a class of 40 students which consists of a combined liberal arts and science course. The 12th graders have two separate advanced courses: one is a liberal arts course and the other is a science course. Both of them are small classes. (Advanced classes are formed according to students’ hopes, school records and future careers.) 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade To develop basic To enhance applied To foster practical academic abilities skills skills

General course(3 classes) Common subjects Liberal arts Liberal arts Learning of basic skills General course General course & fundamental knowledge (3 classes) (3 classes)

Advanced course(1 class) Common subjects Liberal arts & Liberal arts Learning of skills and Science Advanced Advanced course knowledge from a basic to an advanced level course (1 class) (1 class)  General course: Students learn basic skills and fundamental knowledge thoroughly. Science Advanced course  Advanced course: Students learn advanced levels of skills and knowledge. (1 class)

 In a number of subjects, especially in English and mathematics classes, students are divided into small groups, each group provided with one teacher to give careful instruction.  In addition to regular daily classes, students can take after-school tutoring classes. The10th and the 11th graders can take tutoring twice a week and the 12th graders can every weekday and Saturday. During summer holidays all students can take tutoring or supplementary classes.  We offer a number of elective subjects, shown below, to the 12th graders according to their individual career goals.

Elective A Elective B Elective C Elective X (2 credits) (2 credits) (2 credits) (6 credits)

・Contemporary Society ・Integrated Japanese ・English Conversation ・MathematicsⅡ ・Extensive English Language ・Information Study by ・Mathematics A Reading ・MusicⅡ Scientific Approach ・Advanced Biology ・Development of ・ArtⅡ ・Basic Social Welfare Children & Childcare ・Food Design ・Music for Childcare

(2) Curriculum LIBERAL ARTS SCIENCE COURSE COURSE SUBJECTS 10th 11th 12th 10th 11th 12th grade grade grade grade grade grade INTEGRATED JAPANESE LANGUAGE 5 5 JAPANESE LANGUAGE EXPRESSION △ 2 JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LANGUAGE A LANGUAGE CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LANGUAGE B 2 3 2 2 JAPANESE CLASSICS A JAPANESE CLASSICS B 3 3 2 2 WORLD HISTORY A 2 WORLD HISTORY B 2 4 GEOGRAPHY & JAPANESE HISTORY A HISTORY JAPANESE HISTORY B 2 GEOGRAPHY A 2 GEOGRAPHY B CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 2 ＊ 2 2 CIVICS ETHICS POLITICS & ECONOMICS MATHEMATICS Ⅰ 3 3 MATHEMATICS Ⅱ 3 □ 1 4 MATHEMATICS Ⅲ 6 MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS A 2 □ 2 2 MATHEMATICS B 2 2 APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS SCIENCE & OUR DAILY LIFE BASIC PHYSICS 2 2 ADVANCED PHYSICS BASIC CHEMISTRY 2 2 ADVANCED CHEMISTRY 2 3 SCIENCE BASIC BIOLOGY 2 2 5 ADVANCED BIOLOGY □ 3 BASIC EARTH SCIENCE ADVANCED EARTH SCIENCE SCIENCE PROJECT STUDY HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3 2 3 3 2 3 PHYSICAL EDUCATION HEALTH 1 1 1 1 MUSIC Ⅰ MUSIC Ⅱ △ 2 ART ART Ⅰ 2 2 ART Ⅱ △ 2 CALLIGRAPHY Ⅰ BASIC ENGLISH COMMUNICATION ENGLISH COMMUNICATION Ⅰ 4 4 ENGLISH COMMUNICATION Ⅱ 3 3 FOREIGN ENGLISHCOMMUNICATION Ⅲ 3 3 LANGUAGE ENGLISH EXPRESSION Ⅰ 2 2 ENGLISH EXPRESSION Ⅱ 2 2 2 2 ENGLISH CONVERSATION ◎ 2 BASIC HOME ECONOMICS 2 2 HOME ECONOMICS INTEGRATED HOME ECONOMICS DESIGN FOR LIVING INFORMATION STUDY FOR PARTICIPATING 2 2 INFORMATION COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION STUDY BY SCIENTIFIC ◎ 2 APPROACH DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN & CHILDCARE ＊ 2 SPECIAL SUBJECTS & FOOD DESIGN △ 2 SCHOOL DESIGNATED BASIC SOCIAL WELFARE ◎ 2 SUBJECTS MUSIC FOR CHILDCARE ◎ 2 EXTENSIVE ENGLISH READING ＊ 2 PERIOD FOR INTEGRATED STUDY 1 1 1 1 1 1 SPECIAL ACTIVITIES HOMEROOM ACTIVITY 1 1 1 1 1 1 TOTAL CREDITS 30 30 30 30 30 30 12th graders either take three 2-credit selective subjects from each of △◎＊or take all the three 2-credit subjects from □. 13

Annual School Calendar April Opening Ceremony Entrance Ceremony Welcome Ceremony Assignment Test for 10th & 11th Graders Achievement Test for the 12th Graders Orientation for the 10th Graders Educational Counseling April: Entrance Ceremony April: Welcome Ceremony General Meeting of the 入学式 Parent-Teacher Association May Assignment Test Start of Saturday Tutoring Classes for the 12th Graders Start of the 1st Semester Tutoring Classes Emergency Drill May: Volleyball Class Match Vocational Aptitude Test for the 10th Graders Volleyball Class Match June First Semester Midterm Exams Career Guidance Workshop for the Parents Career Guidance Lecture September: School Cultural Festival for the 10th Graders Temporary Course Registration for the 10th & 11th Graders July Career Guidance for the 12th Graders Summer Holidays Tutoring Classes for the 10th, 11th & 12th Graders Parent-Teacher Conferences August Guidance for Junior High September: School Athletic Meets School Students Summer Holidays Tutoring Classes for the 12th Graders Assignment Test for the 10th Graders Achievement Test for the 11th & 12th Graders September School Festival (Cultural October: School Excursion Festival & Athletic Meets) First Semester Term Exams October Start of 2nd Semester Tutoring Classes School Excursion for the 11th Graders Career Guidance for the 10th Graders Field Trip for the 10th & 12th Graders Educational Counseling October: School Excursion October: Field Trip

November Course Registration for the 10th & 11th Graders Career Guidance for the 11th Graders Appreciation of Music, Drama or Traditional Art (once in three years) December: Ibi County Long Distance February: Woodblock Print Contest Second Semester Midterm Relay Race

Exams December Parent-Teacher Conferences Winter Holidays Tutoring Classes January Achievement Test February: Woodblock Print Contest for the 10th & 11th Graders Final Exams for the 12th Graders February Woodblock Print Contest

New Zealand Study Tour March: Graduation Ceremony March Graduation Ceremony Final Exams for the 10th & 11th Graders Closing Ceremony

Club Activities & Extracurricular Activities (1) Club Activities Sports Clubs: Karate, Baseball, Basketball (boys), Soccer, Tennis (boys & girls), Badminton, Table Tennis, Volleyball (girls) Cultural Clubs: Brass Band, Drama, Tea ceremony, Art, Calligraphy, Artisanship, Science

(2) Extracurricular activities Daily student life begins with “morning reading time” at 8:35, which helps students develop their reading skills and deepen their consideration for other people. A number of students join MS Leaders, which is short for “Manners Spirit Leaders,” a student organization that promotes traffic safety. Students also join Volunteer Club which is another student organization. They participate in volunteer activities such as cleaning station buildings and streets, visiting a nursery school and a nursing facility and helping Ibigawa Marathon Race as the volunteer staff. Through these activities students cultivate a “welfare mind” to have respect for people and appreciation for their kindness.

Students’ Paths following Graduation About 90% of the graduates have advanced to higher education and go to universities, colleges, junior colleges or vocational schools. The remaining 10% of them have found employment. Almost all the graduates have achieved their goals. There has been a growing trend where more and more students are interested in learning medical treatment or nursing care for their future career.

Percerntages of graduates' paths in the past decade

Employment 11%

Universities Vocational or colleges schools 41% 28% Junior colleges 20%

An Introduction of Ikeda Town (An Excerpt from the Home Page of Ikeda Town) Ikeda Town is located in the extreme north of the large Nobi plains which have been formed by the three Rivers of Kiso (the Kiso River, the Nagara River, and the Ibi River). To the west of the town stands Mt. Ikeda which is 924 meters high and occupies about 1/3 of the total area of the town. Ikeda Town borders Godo Town in the east, Ogaki Ciy in the south, Tarui Town in the west, and Ibigawa The view of Ikeda Town to the east from Town in the north. National Route 417 runs north to the top of Mt. Ikeda south through the central part of the town and it is 12 kilometers to Ogaki City and 20 kilometers to Gifu City.  Population: 24,671 (as of April the 1st in 2015)  Area: 38.80 square kilometers  Town Emblem: The design is made of the letters of the town’s name, “池田(Ike-da).” The central circle shows harmony and abundance of the entire town. The central cross shows brightness of light. The upper wings pray for the advancement of the town.  Town Flower: Green tea fields spread all over the eastern slopes of Mt. Ikeda and good quality tea grows under the warm sunlight. A white little flower from this tea plant is the flower of Ikeda Town.

 Town Tree The tree of Ikeda Town is “Yamazakura,” a wild cherry tree. The beautiful cherry blossoms in Kamagatani Valley are especially famous. They are chosen as a historic site and a natural monument of Japan and are also designated as one of the top 100 places of beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan.  Mt. Ikeda In Mt. Ikeda there is a natural park called “Forest of Ikeda” whose total area is 103 hectares. The park includes Kamagatani Valley, which is famous for its beautiful wild cherry trees and is chosen as a natural monument of Japan, and the mountaintop which is 924 meters above sea level. Both mountain trails and roadways have been improved in Mt. Ikeda and paddy fields spreading the park. at the foot of it  Ikeda Onsen (Hot Spring) Ikeda Onsen contains cationic sodium ion (Na+) and anionic hydrogen carbonate ion (HCO3-), creating sodium bicarbonate, or sodium hydrogen carbonate, which gives you a soft and smooth feeling on your skin when you soak in the hot spring. Furthermore, it is also worth noting that Ikeda Onsen has nothing but pure sodium bicarbonate, which is quite rare among other hot springs in Japan. This is why your skin feels quite soft and smooth when you soak in Ikeda Onsen as compared with other hot springs with salt or other ingredients in them. Hot springs with a lot of sodium bicarbonate emulsify oil and fat of your skin by their reaction and produce a material like soap and thus their alkalinity dissolves protein, so that you feel your skin becomes soft and smooth when you soak in them. For this reason alkaline hot springs containing a lot of sodium bicarbonate, like Ikeda Onsen, dissolve and remove old keratin of the

18 surface of your skin. You can expect the effect of beautifying your skin, so that such hot springs are called “Bijin-no-yu” (a hot spring of beauty). Ikeda Onsen is an “alkaline simple hot spring” and you can not only expect the effect of beautifying your skin but also have little irritation from it. So it is very safe for everyone, even for babies and elderly people, to use it without fear.

Outdoor spa Indoor spa Indoor spa  A Natural Monument: Kamagatani Valley Kamagatani Valley is a famous place for its cherry blossoms in Aza-Fujishiro of Kamagatani, Ikeda Town. Since 1928 this valley has been designated as “a natural monument” by the Japanese government because the valley is a vegetation place where a variety of natural crossbreds of “Yamazakura,” or wild cherry trees, and “Higanzakura,” or early-flowering cherry trees, grow. It has also been designated as “a place of scenic beauty” by the government because the landscape of a large number of cherry blossoms is breathtaking. “Yamazakura,” or wild cherry trees, “Yoshinozakura,” or Yoshino cherry blossoms, and “Shidarezakura,” or drooping cherry trees, and other cherry trees are in full bloom with the coming of spring all at once along the streams of the valley. Seen from the distance, the valley with a lot of cherry blossoms looks as if it is covered with a spring haze, so since a long time ago it came to be called “Kamagatani Valley” (“Ka(haze)-ma(around)-ga(having)-tani(valley)” means a valley having a haze around).

Kamagatani Vally in spring Kamagatani Valley in autumn Kamagatani Valley in winter  A Natural Monument: Hariyo (or Gasterosteus microcephalus, a freshwater fish) Hariyo is about five centimeters long. One of its distinct characteristics is that its body has six spines. It lives only in the southwestern part of Gifu Prefecture and the eastern part of Shiga Prefecture which borders on Gifu. It has been threatened with extinction in recent years. The stickleback genus including Hariyo lives in the cold northern part of Japan. Ikeda Town is too hot for it to live in but it survives in the cold water of fountain ponds in Yawata. In the breeding place in Ikeda Town, the local people work earnestly on protection activities for Hariyo. They pick up garbage, mow grass, study to reduce their living wastewater, and research on the habitat of Hariyo in order to protect the environment for it.

A fountain pond in Kami-Yawata where Hariyo lives Hariyo