Cardboard Diorama
Disaster Prevention
ClassMaking it yourself makes you think about it.

ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF BOSAI-DIORAMAExcuse me but…

Do you know thegeographical featuresof your own town?
I’ve got a question.

Residential area in Yokohama

If we make a diorama

Dense
residential area

Narrowsteep road

Basin

Narrow road

Steep slope(Risk of landslide)When you are trying to flee froma tsunami or flood,
it will help you decide instantly
if you know
where the high places,
slopes and steps are.
When you know the geographical features
You will understand thedanger of sediment disasters,
and will be able to think
about where you live andcommunity development.

Make

Know

Let’s use a cardboard diorama to think about disasterprevention in order to learn life-saving behaviors.

Go andlookThinkMy house is inthese parts!

This is a valley,isn’t it?

MakeOh, you put it
on top of this.

Notice and get interested

Know
The water may risealong the edges ofthe river.

UnderstandThis is an uphill road.
It is really steep isn’t it?

These houses are
surrounded by cliffs.

It took longer
than I expected.
There are lots ofaccidents aroundhere.

This road isreally narrow.

Go andlookExperience and feelLet’s ask the people
in the shoppingstreet.
Let’s investigate
the storage
Let’s go downwarehouse.
the narrow
streets too.

ThinkFrom here, let’s flee tothis evacuation center.

Make it your own business

Rather than thisroad, let’s choose awide road.

My granny is in awheelchair so she cannot
take the steps.

Activities started in 2015
As far as Akita in the north,Kumamoto in the southand Tuvalu in the east

Active in:

Elementary, junior and senior highschools
Regional community development
activities
Disaster prevention events

Elementary school disasterprevention class(宮城県⼥川町）

3D simulation of tsunami flooding based on
lessons learnt from earthquake disasters

As material for a senior highschool class(Tagajo City, Miyagi)

Learnt about ridges and valleys, and thought
about the risk of sediment disasterDisaster prevention event at anapartment block(Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa)Everyone from children to senior citizens talked
about the layout of the town and risks.

U.N. Training for Women Leaders
UNITAR Hiroshima Office, Women’s Leadership in Tsunamibased Disaster-risk Reduction Training Programme(Vaiaku Island, Tuvalu)

Seeing is better than hearing. No language barriers!
We recreated the geographical features of the sea
bottom, and comprehensively discussed theenvironment and risk factors.

As learning material forenvironmental studies(Kita-ku, Tokyo)

Use in walks around the town, integrating thethree aspects of environment (flora and fauna),
history, and human activity into the diorama.

Town re-development project(Shibuya, Tokyo)

We assembled the diorama at thebeginning of the workshop, and use it
as a base for discussion.

Use the dioramas made in the community(Yokohama Municipal Subway Yoshinocho Station,Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa)So this is the diorama mychildren helped make!

The children’s activities are a way ofgetting adults and the community involved!

Based on the keyword of “disaster prevention”,
the cardboard dioramas connect communities.

ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF BOSAI-DIORAMA