On July 27 and 28, our first-grade students went on a two-day excursion to Noto Peninsula as part of an ongoing “regional studies” project.
Students joined several activities in order to have contact with the local people and natural environment of Noto Peninsula, and they also had an opportunity to listen deeply to the people working there for local revitalization.
Through these experiences our students had in Noto, each group of students is expected to advance their studies so that they can make more practical proposals to solve the problems.
Each and every group chose one option from each category of the following timetable; so all students enjoyed three different kinds of activities during their excursion.

27 July (AM)
・Morihachi (Traditional Japanese-style confectionery)
・PFU(Frontier industry)
・Ishikawa Agricultural Research Center

27 July（PM）
・Sugiyo, Co.,Ltd.(Seafood processing)
・Amaike textile industry Co.,Ltd. (Textile)
・Ishikawa-Sanken Co., Ltd.(Semiconductor)

28 July
・Tofu (bean curds) making workshop
・Natural dyeing workshop
・Salt extracting workshop

All companies and institutions students visited on the first day are successfully promoting innovative products and hence expanding global presence while they are acting locally. Based on a series of visits to these innovative companies, each group of students made poster presentations on the afternoon of July 28. By this means, students shared information and important findings from the visits, which would be good clues to make further progress of their “regional studies” project.