Stefania-Fukushima #nofilter
Hello everyone!
Nel
2015 sono venuta per la prima volta in Giappone. È stata una grande opportunità
per me e del tutto inaspettata.
In 2015, I came to Japan for the first time. It was a great
opportunity for me and completely unexpected.
I was attending the first year of a Master's degree in Milan and
those of us studying Japanese were involved in a collaborative project between
the prefecture of Fukushima and the Expo 2015 which was to be held in Milan.
The project consisted of showing Japanese students the progress
that had been made so far to deal with nuclear contamination and future
projects.
Before leaving, from May to July, we did a lot of research and
learned the technical vocabulary necessary to understand what would be
explained to us once on site. In addition, we were interested in all the cities
and events that we would take part in. We also created social profiles (on
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) in order to spread the information we had
collected as much as possible.
The trip lasted ten days, from 20th to 30th
July, and we were able to visit many cities within the prefecture; all paid for
by the local government, from airfare, to hotels, to food: everything.
Once back in Italy, we started working on a blog in which we
wrote articles about factories, workshops, artisans, farmers and all the people
we met on this magnificent journey.
Then finally, in October, in the Japanese pavilion of the Expo,
“Fukushima week” was held, a week of events dedicated to our project. This too
was a highly educational and interesting experience including dangosashi,
dried peaches, stage presentations and photos in samurai costume.
At the end of everything we organized a dinner in a Japanese
restaurant in Milan with all the Japanese representatives involved in the
project, again all paid for by the local government.
Unfortunately the blog is no longer available, but the Facebook
page is still active and I continue to post articles.
If you want to
check it out, it's called “Fukushima #nofilter” and has an akabeko as a
profile picture!
If you are
interested in the subject and want to know more, ask me questions in class!
opportunity:機会
unexpected:予想外
attend:出席する
Master's degree:修士号
involve:関与する
collaborative project:共同プロジェクト
prefecture:~県
be held:開催された
consist:構成する
nuclear contamination:核汚染
lasted:続いた
airfare:航空運賃
articles:記事
artisans:職人
magnificentmagnificent journey:壮大な旅
dedicated:ひたむきな