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Report : "Scavenger Hunt In Kyoto Botanical Gardens"(presented by SIED)

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Updated Dec. 10, 2021

SIED hosted "Scavenger Hunt In Kyoto BotanicalGardens" on November 20th (Sat.). This event wasaimed at healing COVID-19 related fatigue andstress, and in addition to that, for the purpose ofdeepening international exchanges, we had students
accomplish some SIED's original missions while
strolling around the Gardens. Also, the Botanical
Gardens' staff introduced the must-see sights in theGardens to us. On the day of the event, we had 12participants, including eight international students
from various countries such as China, South Korea,
the United Kingdom, Canada, and Bangladesh andfour local students; it was an absolutely international
event!

First of all, the staff of Botanical Gardens introduced awide range of information on various plants in theBotanical Gardens. The staff provided various topics
and knowledge that far beyond our expectations, andit was impressive that all the participants listened tothe explanation with interest. The descriptions were
so informative that even other visitors joined our tour.
Afterwards, we introduced ourselves with an ice
breaker activity and separated into some groups at
the central lawn. In fact, there was an animalillustration was printed on the back side of the nametag, which we had given to each participant. The
activity was a game to find people with the same
animal drawn on their name tags while giving selfintroductions to other participants. The game became
more exciting than we had imagined, and the way theparticipants interacted with each other, the way they
smiled, was so impressive.

Then, our main event, "Scavenger Hunt", finally
started! Participants were split into small groups withpeople who had the same animal drawn on theirname tag, and started to take up the missions givenby SIED while strolling around one of the largestgreenhouses in Japan where you can appreciate thetropical plants in the world and the gardens where thehttps://ois.doshisha.ac.jp/en/news/2021/1210/news-detail-948.html

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autumn foliage are beautiful. The missions wereunable to accomplish without visiting various places ofthe Gardens, but everyone was united and completed
the missions one after another. Finally, time was up;
the rankings of each team were announced, and thisevent came to an end. However, even after the wordof dismissal, many participants stayed there, talked
cheerfully with each other, and promised to meetagain; we were happy to see them end up like that.

We were pleased that many participants said, "It was fascinating!" in the event questionnaire. Unfortunately,
this event was cancelled once due to the state of emergency while recruiting participants in the springsemester. However, the situation of COVID-19 has turned better, and we were happy that we were able to holdthis event in the fall semester. SIED will continue hosting lots of events where you can make wonderful
encounters and connections under careful COVID-19 infection prevention. We look forward to seeing you atother events soon!

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