Kumon EIC 2nd Overseas
Study Tour 2014 Report
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
23rd – 29th December, 2014

Aim of Overseas Study Tour
1. To experience Indonesian culture and see the reality of the world.
実際に自分の目で見ることで、それぞれの国の文化や抱えている問題を知ること

2. To think what we can do.自分には何ができるか考えること.
3. To try to use and communicate in English as a tool.
世界の共通語である英語を使って、コミュニケーションをとること

4. To motivate yourself to try hard and achieve your goals.
積極的に挑戦しようとする力、目標に向かって努力しようという意欲を高めること

5. To share and learn ideas with many people.
いろいろな年代の参加者との交流で、多くの考え方やアイデアを知ることStudy Tour Schedule1

Day1 Goals:
1. Travel from Japan to Jogjakarta safely
2. Check in to the Hotel
We are 2nd OST members.

We went to Yogyakarta, Indonesia last December. In EIC we learned manythings about many countries. We want to see the reality by our own eyes
and feel it.

Day 1 We went Yogyakarta by airplane, andarrived safely.

Selamat Siang!

2Day2 - City Tour
Let’s see and feel Yogyakarta!
"Familiarization, Learn & Fun"OST Goals:
1. To understand why we are here and what we can learn
2. To get familiar with Jogjakarta

Indonesian street was very crowded. And, there were many trash. I think Japanesestreet is clean. Let’s keep Japanese road clean.

We went to Kraton which is place of king of Yogyakarta
It’s the picture we took there! It was so hot. We saw many things about king. Some ofthem are related to Japan, so I was glad to see them. Also, we ate lunch which king usuallyeats there. It was so delicious, but it’s not gorgeous so much as we thought. We could feelfamiliar to king. After around the Kraton, we went to a place called Kota Gede. Kota Gedemeans “Big City” and it is the oldest city in Central Java. The road was very narrow andcomplicated, but local children were running around on a motorcycle. We learned not only
different but some same culture between Indonesia and Japan. For example, green color
means a symbol of peace in both countries. If the beginning of name is “R”, she is princess
in Indonesia.

3Day3 City Tour
Let’s explore Indonesian cultural heritage!
"Familiarization, Learn & Fun"OST Goals:
1. To get familiar with Jogjakarta, - explore 1 heritage in Yogya, (Borobudur)
2. To learn and explore about Indonesia culture (Batik)
We went to Borobudur, King Boko andRamayana ballet show. We went toBorobudur! Borobudur is world heritage.
We pick garbage and treasure hunt.
Treasure hunt is very difficult. There are somany garbage.
I feel Japan is very clean. I hope one day,Borobudur will be clean like Japan

Next, we went to KingBoko.
There’s located in the prambanan area.
We could see beautiful prambanan’s areafrom there. And there has mysteriousstory.We ate dinner and watched CLs playabout Ramayana there. In Indonesia, there
are many many mysterious building.

I introduce Ramayana
ballet show.
It was beautiful andvery powerful.

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Day4
Education in Indonesia
Let’s visit local school & Local house.
"Cultural Exchange"
OST Goals:
1. To learn simple ways to contribute to society
2. To gain confidence and sense of achievement through action
3. To learn Indonesian culture and share Japanese culture
4. To understand the life style of Adik Bintang

Do you know who Mega san is?
She is a principal of Hoshizoara foundation.
Hoshizora is a foundation which supports children’seducation. It’s not only supporting in money, but also
maintaining communication. We visited a local school, andfound differences intextbook and studying
style. They have group
work and presentation. InJapan, there is no group work and the teacher is notstrict.
We heard Indonesian music. It was different from Japan.
The music was very good. I was very enjoyed. We introduced about Japanese tea toIndonesian kids. I was very nervous. Because Indonesian kids was very shy. Maybe,Indonesian kids do not understand about Japanese tea. So, I wanted more share it.
We donated pianicas, soccer balls, books and a lot. I think this donation should becontinued.About pianisas, Mai is taking action, Happy Music 運動, and I am taking action
as well. It is Toin semyum bingtan 運動 We should takeaction! We should do something!

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In the Afternoon…
① We visited Adik Bintang house.

I met two children. They are one boy
elementary school and a girl high school
students. We talked about school, life and soon. We had a very good time. I was surprisedthat there are too many differences between
Japan.

② We made our own Batik.

Batik is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to whole cloth, or cloth made using
this technique. We felt making drawing batik is very difficult. Batik is a traditional
objects in Indonesia, Let’s try it next time!

③ We went shopping at Malioboro.
But souvenirs sell well and low, price.

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Day5
Communicate with local kids
Let’s try, play and talk!
"Challenge & Raise Awareness, Social Contribution
OST Goals:
1. To challenge ourselves by doing many activities.
2. To explore, have fun, while learning Indonesian culture.
3. Social contribution (Let’s cook and share)
4. To raise awareness towards the reality & problem in the world, andrealize own responsibility.

In Japan we use machine to plant rice but in Indonesia, they all did it with hand andbuffalo. So we are very tired. But we were very enjoyed!! We thought it was a hardwork.
Eating rice culture is same in Japan. We felt ache hip when we rode buffalo.
We enjoyed playing game with children in the village. Communicating with them wasdifficult but local kids and we were happy just to play activities/games together!
Japanese kids play more in indoors such as TV games. So it was great experience to playoutside in beautiful/tropical nature of Indonesia.

7In the Afternoon…

Let’s cook for street
children!
It is the time for socialized with street
children. At first, we all Overseas
Study Tour members cooked dinner
for street children.
Those were Karaage, Onigiri, Potato
salad, Okonomiyaki, and so.
We cooked Karaage. I put soy sauseand ginger on the meat. It was fun.
I recognized they didn’t finish up theirdishes, even they kept! Then I asked
camp leader, “Why are street children keeping their food?” The answer was, ”Theirparents are poor, so they saving their food to bring back home to share.” It was surprisedfor me! After the dinner, street children and we did some activities together; sang somesongs, did Origami and talked a lot.

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Day6 Communicate with local kids
Let’s try, play and talk!
Confidence, Fun & Closing
OST Goals:
1. To interact with Hoshizora (HZ)
2. Saying good bye to HZ3. Closing of Study Tour – Reflect on what we have felt and learned.

We went to Gembira
Loka zoo with Hoshi Zorakids. So I was looking
forward to going to there.
But I was not able to pickup garbage so much. I
regret that I didn’t talkwith Hoshi Zora kids.
By the way we watched
Komodo dragons in thezoo. Do you know
Komodo dragons?
Komodo dragons are big
lizard. Komodo dragons
live in only Indonesia!!
So I thought that it was very important that each country had each good point.

I introduce KRUPUK. It is the simple cooking that we only fry in oil.
We can by it on the internet. Everybody, please eat, too!

Day7
We fly back to Japan safe and sound.
And we should think
about what we can do.

9I learned a lot through this tour as other member said, and I want you toask a question.
Do you get interest in Indonesia & issues which they are faced with?
If you do, maybe some of you think what I can do for them or to solve it. I
want to share my idea; please share what you heard and learned today.
If many people do, many people will think what can they do as youdid. So, many solutions are thought and the situation will be improved,
isn't it? Just keep in contact with them as friends and care about theschool or people we visited is also fine.

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