INVITATION TO ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN WINNING WORKS OF 28TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2011 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School The Full of Nature in the Forest of ZAO - One of the Roundabout Routes - by Kohei SATO 1st Grade of KABA NO MACHI Primary School in SENDAI city,MYAGI prefecture Kohei SATO said, "It takes 1 hours on foot from my home to the Forest of ZAO where I like very much. I hear the wild birds' singing and I find Frogs' eggs there. There are not only wild birds but also wild animals, insects, amphibias and reptiles in the forest." The Domestic Section of Junior High School THe Map Around Castle Town, MATSUMOTO by Kenta MIYAHARA 2nd grade of MATSUMOTO SHUHO Junior High School in NAGANO Prefecture Kenta MIYAHARA said, "Every morning I go to School from MATSUMOTO Station on foot. My school route is along an urban area where we find many tall buildings and shopping stores. One day a cicada perched on my back during my school route. And I interested in the living things in the urban area. We had a strong earthquake registering a magnitude of five on Richter scale on June 30, 2011 in Matsumot city. it damaged many buildings. I wondered how many animals and plants survived in it. An then I determined that I should make of the map to indicate the places in which are animals and plants live in the urban area." The Domestic Section of Senior High School I Enjoy Tiny Discoveries in My Favorite Promenade by Natsumi OKAMURA 2nd Grade of KYORITSU JOSHI DAINI girls' Senior High School, Hachioji city, Tokyo Natsumi OKAMURA said, "I suppose that intimate organisms may change our future. For example, Bombix mori alias silk worm makes many good proteins which we can use to make artificial blood vessels. Flies and Mosquitos can distinguish various slight smells so we may make intelligent robots which have the habit and abilities of Flies and Mosquitos and so on. Watching many animals and plants in my favorite promenade, I enjoy to discover new ideas. " WINNING WORKS OF 27TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2010 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School My Road to Go to School on Foot Loitering on the Way - One of the Roundabout Routes - by Naotada YANAGIHARA 5th Grade of MINATO GA OKA Primary School in KITA-KYUSHU city,FUKUOKA prefecture Naotada YANAGIHARA said, "My road to go to school on foot is the street lined with Zelkova trees. This summer, I noticed that any cicadas did not sing among them. I think the soils around the roots of Zelkova trees are solid by the medicines so it is too difficult for cicadas to grow." The Domestic Section of Junior High School The Full of History and Nature in Akashi Park by Momoka TODA 2nd grade of Hyogo Prefectural University's Junior High School Momoka TODA said,"I le the ruins of old Akashi Castle in Akashi Park. I can watch many wild animals and listen to the songs of wild birds. Once I watched a dead mantis with a small mosquito in its mouth being caught by the web of a spider. And then, I considered "The Struggle for Existence" in the nature." The Domestic Section of Senior High School The Full of Nature in the Trail to Explore the Domestic Woodland (SATOYAMA) by Natsumi OKAMURA 1st Grade of KYORITSU JOSHI DAINI girls' Senior High School, Hachioji city, Tokyo Natsumi OKAMURA said, "The other day, I went to a domestic wood land (SATOYAMA) in the east end of Hachioji city. I was surprised to watch a blue-green snake coiling itself up under the big stone. And there are many holes as the passages of blue-green snakes. Here is a thicket in the domestic woodland (SATOYAMA) near the residential area and here is a paradise of many insetcts, animals, wild birds and wild plants." WINNING WORKS OF 26TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2009 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School My Road for a Walk with my DOG named, "KORO" - One of the roundabout route - by Mioko TOMONARI 6th Grade of TAKAGAWARA Primary School in ISHII town, TOKUSHIMA prefecture Mioko TOMONARI said, "My family has two dogs. One day I went for a walk one of our dogs named, "KORO" in one of the roudaboutroute leaving from some usual routes for a walk. I saw a farmer's house which cultivates ancient rice and famous TANAKA's house and TAKECHI's house which practice indigo dyeing in the route." The Domestic Section of Junior High School My Promenade in Retrospective Port MOJI by Maho SAKAKIBARA 1st grade of FUKUOKA prefectural MOJI-GAKUEN Junior High School Maho SAKAKIBARA said,"Port MOJI in KITAKYUSHU city where I live has many tourists as a tourist town recently. It has not rich nature but I found green plants such as crape myrtle, some tiny insects such as swallowtail butterflies and so on in the street." The Domestic Section of Senior High School The Route to and from School brings back old Memories by Arisa MIKI 1st Grade of KENMEI JOSHI GAKUIN girls' Senior High School, HYOGO prefecture Arisa MIKI said, "The area of MASUI-KOUKU where I live is called, "Subcenter of HIMEJI city" where has many tall buildings and it has active shopping streets. However we are able to enjoy rural ladscape aroud Mt.HIROMINE and Mt.MASUI where leave a little way north from MASUI-KOUKU as the Subcenter HIMEJI where has rich nature and local history." WINNING WORKS OF 25TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2008 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School My Road for a Walk to Grandfather's House - Stopping at The 10th Dam and The Big Stone at Sakurama - by Mioko TOMONARI 5th Grade of TAKAGAWARA Primary School in ISHII town, TOKUSHIMA prefecture Mioko TOMONARI said, "I live in Ishii town where the big River named YOSHINO-GAWA runs, Tokushima prefecture, Japan. The distance from my house to my gradnfather's house is about 2 km. I could find wonderful small nature in the many places at the roadside while I walked from my house to grandfather's house." The Domestic Section of Junior High School Let's Walk along the Pilgrims' Road of the Buddhism in AWA Country - from the 4th Chapel in DAINICHIDERA temple to the 5th Chapel in JIZOUDERA temple - by Teika ASHIZUMI 1st grade of ISHII Junior High School in ISHII town, TOKUSHIMA prefecture Teika ASHIZUMI said,"There are 88 chapels of Buddhism for Pilgrims in SHIKOKU island belonging to Japan islands. Many pilgrims walks for the next chapel along in ITANO town where my grand father and grand mother live. I watch many indigo plants along pilgrims' road. Indigo plant name AI was cultivated by Tyako IWATA during world war two, so we can get various clothes dyed indigo." The Domestic Section of Senior High School Narrow Mountain Path for Collectiong Edible Wild Plants by Yuri SATO 2nd Grade of Yamagata Prefectual Yonezawa Technical High School Yuki SATO said, "I live near the entrance of Mt. Azusa in Yonezawa city, Tamagata prefecture. Now and then in the spring, I climb Mt. Azuma with my mother to collect edible wild plants such as butterbur, bracken, flowering fern, buds of angelica tree, Acanthopanax sciadophylloides and so on." WINNING WORKS OF 24TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2007 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School Rich Nature and Many Various Living Things in the Road named Exploration by Shudai HAMADA 3rd Grade of MOMOI No.4 Primary School in the ward of SUGINAMI, TOKYO The Domestic Section of Junior High School The Nature Breathes Through the Urban Forest - Park of Tomioka Nishi in the Spring, 2007 - by Sayaka SUGAWARA 3rd grade of TEINE Junior High School in SAPPORO city, HOKKAIDO The Domestic Section of Senior High School Our Back Hill - Memory of Rice Fields in the Valley named KUROKAWA - by Kazuteru KYODA 2nd Grade of Tokyo Agricultural University's Senior High School WINNING WORKS OF 23RD ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2006 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School The River, MURASAKI Where is a Promenade through the Town by Maho SAKAKIBARA 4th Grade of MINATOGAOKA Primary School The Domestic Section of Junior High School Map in SONOU for a Comfortable Walk by Shoko TSUJI, Maoto KAMIGAME Tashiro TOMIKAWA, Tadaaki MATSUYAMA 1st and 2nd Grade of IRIOMOTE Junior High School in TAKETomi Town The Domestic Section of Senior High School Summer Field in My Home Forest -- the Circumference around HNOBARU station of Japan Railways by Tatsudai YAMABE 1st Grade of CHUO University's Senior High School WINNING WORKS OF 22ND ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2005 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section Minister's Award of Ministry of the Environment in Japan The Domestic Section of Primary School Welcome to the Restraunt for Living Things by Momoka YAMAKAWA 3rd Grade of Meiji Primary School in Kamimikami Town, Tochigi Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School A Silly Detective in a Path for the Reasoning by Hiromi SHINOHARA 2nd Grade of Tokushima Prefectural Jounouchi Junior High School The Domestic Section of Senior High School Map of Mushrooms in the valley named Shimizu-dani by Takumi INAGAKI 2nd Grade of Kanagawa Prefectural Chigasaki Senior High School WINNING WORKS OF 21ST ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2004 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section The Domestic Section of Primary School My Walking Path Aroud Mt. ICHINEN-BOU The Map of Dragonflies in a Marsh Where Killifishes Live by Yuki HAGA 6th Grade of Seibu Primary School in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School The Great Adventure in a Small Islet by Atsushi MASUYAMA 2nd Grade of Yobuko Junior High School in Yobuko Town, Saga Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School My Field aroud The River, "HIRADO-NAGATANI-GAWA" by Narisa TOGO 2nd Grade of Kanagawa Prefectural Kouryou Senior High School WINNING WORKS OF 20TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2003 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section The Domestic Section of Primary School My House is between Two Rivers And I Examined to Compare Living Things in Two Rivers by Takashi SUZUKI 4th Grade of Matsukawa Primary School in Yonezawa city, Yamagata Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School The Promenade for Native Man, "HOSODA" Let's Find Visionary River MEGURO in Tsukimino, Yamato by Ami HOSODA 1st Grade of Toh-in Gakuen Girl's Junior High School in Yokohama city, Kanagawa Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School The Nature in My Life The Memory of the Daily Way to My School by Satoe TSUDA 1st Grade of Chuo University's Senior High School, Koganei City in the Metropolis of Tokyo WINNING WORKS OF 19TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2003 The Most Excellent Works in Domestic Section The Domestic Section of Primary School Natural Road for a Walk in ASAHATA by Tomofumi Suzuki 2nd Grade of ASAHATA Primary School in Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School My pet dog, COCOA's Map for a Walk by Erika Morishita 1st Grade of Kenmei Girl's Junior High School in Himeji city, Hyogo Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School River SAKAIGAWA and Me -- Around the Riverside-- by Yoshika Ohkawa 1st Grade of Chuo University's Senior High School, Metropolis of Tokyo The Domestic Section of Senior High School The Road in the Full of Memories by Shou Iijima 1st Grade of Chuo University's Senior High School,Metropolis of Tokyo The Domestic Section of Senior High School MUNEOKA Where I Seek Insects is My Town With Small Scenery by Akiko Kanou 1st Grade of Chuo University's Senior High School,Metropolis of Tokyo The Domestic Section of Senior High School In the Basin of the River SAKAI-GAWA, Many Living Things around KOTOBUKI Bridge have been Restored by the Improvement of the River by Megumi Kano 1st Grade of Chuo University's Senior High School,Metropolis of Tokyo International Section Thailand My Nature Trail in Ait Campus by Nilay Rego AIT Community School in Thailand Thailand AIT Community School Nature Trail by Do-Hyung Kim AIT Community School in Thailand People's Republic of China Birds Observation in Baihebu Swamp by Sun Ye & Li Na Beijing Zheag Guan Cuan Zhong Xue in Beijing City, People's Republic of China WINNING WORKS OF 18TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2001 The Most Excellent Works The Domestic Section of Primary School MY ILLUSTRATED MAP OF THE NATURE TRAIL IN THE "MUKOUGAHARA" PARK by Nodoka Asanuma Kanehodo Primary School in Kawasaki City of Kanagawa Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School A POND NAMED "HORAMINE-NUMA" IN THE NATURE RESEARCH by Yohko Itoh Namiki Junior High School in Tsukuba City of Ibaraki Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School "KARO'S FOREST"〜 THE NATURE AND ORGANISMS IN IT 〜 by Shinsuke Morishita Chuo University's Senior High School in the Metropolis of Tokyo WINNING WORKS OF 17TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2000 The Most Excellent Works The Domestic Section of Primary School WE CAN SEE MANY WILD ANIMALS WALKING ALONG A NARROW PATH IN THE FOREST OF MT. "ZAO" WHERE WILD BIRDS LIVE by Akira Meguro Oogawara Primary School in Oogawara Town of Miyagi Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School NATURE EXPLORATION IN "JUHRIGI" ENJOYED BY THE FIVE SENSES by Masashi Katsumata Tomioka Junior High School in Susono City of Shizuoka Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School THE "SENZOKU" POND 〜 THE NATURE AND THE HISTORY AROUND IT 〜 by Takahiro Sakaezawa Chuo University's Senior High School in the Metropolis of Tokyo WINNING WORKS OF 16TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 1999 The Most Excellent Works The Domestic Section of Primary School MT. OOMORI-YAMA WHERE ANIMALS AND PLANTS LIVE IN IS A PARADISE by Yuki Haga Seibu Primary School in Yonezawa City of Yamagata Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School HIMEJI CASTLE, A MEETING ROAD OVER THE TIME SPACE by Yuhko Yoshida Kenmei Girls' Junior High School in Himeji City of Hyougo Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School A BUDDHA NAMED "FUDOH" AT HUGE ROCK BY FOREST AND WATER by Masahiro Kuroda and Daisuke Segawa Kami-ichi Senior High School in Toyama prefecture The International Section VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS AT MIDDLE HIGH MOUNTAIN by Maran, Wangjincheng, Chenjinqiu and Wenw inyao People's Republic of China THE TRAVEL IS EVER GREEN WORLD by Zheng Ming xia and Huang xiano qing People's Republic of China WINNING WORKS OF 15TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 1998 The Most Excellent Works The Domestic Section of Primary School THE PASSAGE OF FRESH VEGETABLES by Yuka Morohoshi Matsuno Primary School in Shizuoka City of Shizuoka Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School THE PROMENADE ON THE BANK OF RIVER by Yusuke Ishiduka Ushiku Junior High School in Ushiku City of Prefecture Ibaraki The Domestic Section of Senior High School WANPO ROAD AT THE RIVER ICHIBANGAWA by Kotaro Sekida Chuo University's Senior High School in the Metropolis of Tokyo The International Section MY BIG CLASSROOM IN NATURE by Zhang Yige Beijing City, China people's Republic of China NATURE TRAIL TO XIAOLONGMEN FOREST PARK by Wang Bowen Beijing 8th High School Beijing City, China People's Republic of China THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENERIES AT YANGTAISHAN by Goshou and others Risshin-School in Beijing City Beijing City, China People's Republic of China WINNING WORKS OF 14TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 1997 The Most Excellent Works The Domestic Section of Primary School THE DELICIOUS PERFUME OF PROMENADE IN THE FOREST OF JAPANESE BEECH TREE by Masaki Sato Misato Primary School in Toyama Prefecture The Domestic Section of Junior High School THE PROMENADE TO WATCH THE WILD ANIMALS' CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN by Yu Minami Chubu Junior High School in Hyogo Prefecture The Domestic Section of Senior High School THE DOOR OF THE MEMORY by Masatoshi Takami Sayoh Senior High School in Hyogo Prefecture The International Section A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE BEIJING ZOO by Rieshin, Chansei, Yuhkan, and Chinshensei High School attached to Chinese people's University Beijing, CHINA Peoples' Republic of China CHRISTMAS by Iwanowa kacha Teacher: Ms. Jaworonkowa Elena W. Moscow, RUSSIA THE INVITATION TO THE 28TH ANNUAL NATURE TRAIL CONTEST IN JAPAN, 2011 (The Plan) It is warmer and warmer in the winter of Japan islands from year to year because of the global warming. So, we should consider the environmental protection of the earth more and more. Would you please send us your students' works of their nature trails in their neighboring natures by mail? (1) The Aim of Nature Trail Contest The nature in which we live is in our neighborhoods, and it has very important role to keep our daily lives in amenity. We should investigate what plants and animals live in our neighbouring natures and then we have a question, "Which have our neighbouring natures good or bad roles for our lives." The earth in which all of human races lives is a only planet in which they can live in the space. But, the air, the water and the soil on the earth are being polluted with the human activities day by day. It is said, "Think globally and act locally." This proverb means that we should keep our environments clean so we will be able to keep the only one earth clean. The Nature Trail Contest is one of the international and global environmental education. Its purpose is worldwide nature conservation on the earth. (2)Qualification for Entry Pupils in elementary schools and students in junior and senior high schools (lower and upper secondary schools) of each counrtry. (3)Destination National Parks Association of Japan (Foundation) (KOKURITSU KOUEN KYOUKAI) c/o Mizuho Building 3-kai 2-1-3, Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, 101-0031, Japan or Mitsuo Saitoh The Society of Practical Education in Biology Saitoh Institute for Biology Education (4)Deadline The deadline is September 20, 2011. (5)Method of Entry Please teach your boys and girls in your elementary schools or your students in junior and senior high schools how to make their nature trails in their neighbourhood. And then, please teach them how to draw the illusrated maps and write their explanations of their nature trails. Please send their works (their illustrated maps and explanations) to National Parks Association of Japan or Mitsuo Saitoh by air-mail whenever you like. (6)Guidance for you how to teach your boys and girls or students to draw the illustrated maps of their nature trails. 1. Make your nature trail in your neighbourhood. 2. Draw a map of your nature trail and then draw some anilmals (mammals, birds, peptiles, frogs, fishes insects, butterflies and so on) and plants (flowers, trees, grasses, ferns mothes, marine-algaes and so on) which oyu have watched in your nature trail, with color pencils and oils in your illustrated maps. 3. The size of paper is A2 (42.0 cm x 59.4 cm). 4. The route lengh of your nature trail may be from 1 km to 2 km (1 - 2 hours on foot slowly.) 5. Name the good title of the illustrated map of the nature trail. 6. Set 10 observation points in your map in order to show animals and plants which you watched in your nature trail. nd write your explanations of each 10 observation points in other papers. Return to the top