August 12, 2023
Summer School for Girls (Natsu-gaku) 2023 Implementation Report
Reiko Inagi, Chairperson of Natsu-gaku 2023 Executive Committee
Summer School for Junior High and High School Girls 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "Natsugaku") was held at the National Women's Education Center from August 5th to 7th . Ninety-eightfemale junior and senior high school students from 29 prefectures in Japan participated. Thirtyone university and graduate student staff ("TAs" including five student planning committee
members,), members of academic societies in the field of science and engineering (memberorganizations of the Liaison Association for Gender Equality), university and high school
teachers, researchers and engineers from companies served as executive committee members andprogram staff. The three-day science program was held under the united leadership of more than
200 support members.

It was the first face-to-face meeting in four years, and we felt a degree of excitement appropriate
to the beginning of the evolution of Natsu-gaku in the post-Corona era..
* Natsu-gaku Day 1

Natsu-gaku 2023 began with an opening declaration by the chairperson of the executive committee,Professor Reiko Inagi of the University of Tokyo. Students were divided into groups of 20 and met
and greeted for the first time with the TAs in charge of taking care of them. Still in a state ofnervousness, they quickly became acquainted with their newly acquainted peers and underwent
orientation with smiles on their faces.
The first science program, "Career Lecture," began with a video letter from Prof. Teruo Fujii(President of the University of Tokyo). He encouraged participants to talk with a variety of people,

deepen exchanges, and create a prosperous future connected with the world at Natsu-gaku.
Ms. Rina Tajima (Rina Tajima Design Office) gave a lecture on the real pleasure of designing
one's own life by pursuing one's own interests, presenting one's own problems, and solving them.
Dr. Saki Kawakubo (Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.) talked about her career from her time as a

student in the sciences to her current position as a member of society, and emphasized theimportance of not worrying about choosing something that interests you and of gaining theunderstanding of those around you in your career path.
The following TAs’ projects, " Atsumare Rikejo no Mori (Gather in the Rikejo Forest)" and"Solve it with your friends! Science Quiz," each group was guided by a TA as they communicatedwith their new friends through games and quizzes, and made efforts to make new friends. Afterdinner, in a TAs’ project "talk.talk.talk!!“, students were divided into groups according to theirhometowns and fields of interest in order to find their "place," and deepened their friendshipwith their friends who would spend the three days with them. In order to find one's place in theworld, it is necessary to interact with others, to find oneself, and to learn more about oneself. It

was a project where you could experience the real thrill of connecting with a diverse range of people,and enthusiastic conversations resounded throughout the venue.
* Natsu-gaku Day 2
On the day of the event, over 200 researchers and technicians from universities and companies
conducted a variety of projects designed to show students the best of research in a wide range ofscience and engineering fields and to share ideas with a diverse group of people through dialogue.
In the morning, experiments and practical training were conducted by 15 cooperating scienceand engineering societies and companies, who challenged the students to become mini-scientists.
In the afternoon, 37 organizations presented poster exhibits, and students were free to lookaround the poster exhibits and deepen their scientific knowledge by listening to explanations
from researchers and engineers at booths of their interest. In the following "Career and TechnicalAdvisory Café," students visited 19 booths divided by research fields and themes and asked
researchers and technicians for individual career and technical advice, using the experts'
experiences and opinions to develop their own future career images. In another TAs’ project,"Shape Your Dreams - Let's Make a Future Projection Chart," students created their own future
outlook and career plans based on their experiences during Natsu-gaku.
Students learned about the diversity of science and engineering research fields throughexperiments and hands-on science experiences, and through communication with researchers at
the poster exhibition.

* Natsu-gaku Day 3
Students created their own timelines for the future by incorporating the knowledge theyexperienced and gained through the two-day science program and compiling them into a "FutureProjection Map.” The students presented these to each other, exchanged opinions, andencouraged each other. Of course, the TAs and committee members also gave their full support
to the hopeful future plans.
Afterwards, the TAs delivered their messages in the last TAs’ project " Hana ga Saku (FlowersBloom)," and certificates of completion were handed to participants. In closing, the executive
committee chairperson Inagi s self-aid, "The experiences and learning during Natsu-gaku, which
are different from daily life, will lead to confidence in the future, and will expand to new learning.
Let's meet again somewhere in the future.” The closing declaration was made with cheering forfemale junior high and high school students.
Although the three-day camp was short, everyone left with smiles and tears in their eyes as theysaid goodbye to their friends who had become close through living together. It was hoped that
Natsu-gaku would provide an opportunity for the students to learn about diverse values and to
think about their future career paths, which would help them in their future careers when they
face difficulties.

Natsu-gaku 2023 has been very meaningful in building the foundation for new Natsu-gaku
management in the post-Corona era.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the academic societies and companies thatparticipated in each project foryour warm support and ask
for your continued support
and guidance to the spirit of
Natsu-gaku that has been
passed down to us. We would
also like to thank all thegrantees for their support.