A project to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park
-Exploration activities by Tokachi Creation StudiesShion Kobayashi, Yui Endo, Sora Oichi, Futaba Hayashi

Overview
We thought about how to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park, and repeatedly
conducted fieldwork, questionnaire surveys, analysis of the current situation using logic trees, hypothesis
construction, etc., and examined solutions.
1. First of all

the number of tourists in Hombetsu, andAiming to revitalize Honbetsu Town, we

revitalize Hombetsu, rather than using nature.

tried to think of something that used thenature of Honbetsu Town and Honbetsu Park.

Therefore, we decided to change the setting task

At first, I thought that there would be no playjunior and senior high school students tousing nature in the Honbetsu Park. And we

Honbetsu Park".

from the previous tasks to "a project to attract

decided to create an athletic that can be

The reason for attracting junior and senior

enjoyed by junior high school and high school

high school students is that by attracting juniorstudents while using nature, and started
activities as a "project to enjoy nature".

high school students and high school students

However, as we talked about this project, theable to send out the good points of Hombetsu

focus turned to attracting junior and senior highTown and Honbetsu Park on SNS and attract

schooltotourists. Also, I thought that if people who do not

enjoying nature, I thought about using nature toknow Hombetsu Town now know about it, it will

attract junior and senior high school students, so

be a better city with more vibrancy than it isI decided to use nature as a solution and work as

now.

students.

Therefore,

in

addition

who often use SNS, we thought that we would be

a "project to attract junior and senior high school

Then, in order to confirm whether junior andstudents to Honbetsu Park." When I started thesenior high school students are really coming,
we conducted fieldwork in the park and a

activity, I thought that junior and senior highschool students might not have come to the park.
In addition, I thought that there might not be
athletics and facilities that junior and seniorquestionnaire survey targeting junior andsenior high school students in the town toanalyzethecurrent
situation.

high school students can enjoy in the currentpark, and I decided to proceed with this projectwith the idea of creating athletics that junior andsenior high school students can enjoy while
making the best use of the nature of the park.
2. About issues

At the beginning of the activity, we acted asa "project to enjoy nature" and thought about
creating a highly difficult athletic using natureso that junior and senior high school students
could enjoy using the nature of Honbetsu Park.
However, while discussing this issue, the purpose
was to attract junior and senior high school
students inside and outside the town, increase［SNS usage rate by age］
3. About the current situation analysis

What I learned from the fieldwork was that
it was during the summer vacation, and many
tourists from outside the town with children

under elementary school age used Honbetsu
Park for play and camping. Most of the users
in the town were elderly people, and I felt that

4. About the hypothesis

they were often used for walks.

situation, we used the logic tree to find out why

We decided to make a hypothesis. Based onwhat we learned from the analysis of the current

In addition, a questionnaire survey of junior

junior and senior high school students do not use

and senior high school students in the town andthe park, and how they are interested in and get

those who were in the park during fieldwork

to know Honbetsu Park and Hombetsu Town.

found that playable items such as athletics,

First, we noticed that the lack of attractiveness of

go-karts, and boats are popular, and a large

the park is that the size of the athletics is small,

proportion of people have used them. However,"not big enough for junior high and high school

bungalows, “Gosho”, and Hyoutan swamps are

students to play", and that there are few events

not well known, and there were many opinions

in the park.

such as "I do not want to use them in the future"

And in the second, "The charm of the park isand "I know but have never used them". It was

not conveyed", there were things such as notalso found that many people want to use the park

knowing Honbetsu Town and the fact that thein July or August when they have summerpark is large but there are few signs and othervacation, but there are few users of the campsite

landmarks.

and they often use it for play purposes.

Furthermore, the third "access problem" wasIn addition, there were many opinions thatthat there was no public transportation to the"there is no means of transportation" and "thepark and that each facility in the park was far

distance is far" were the most common reasonsaway. We thought that one of the first ideas thatfor those who did not use it. In addition, there

came up as a solution to this problem would be towere opinions such as "I don't have time" andcreate athletics that junior and senior high school"I'm not interested in nature and play". Then, in

students can enjoy. The reason is that by

the questionnaire "What kind of new playsets

creating athletics for junior and senior highand facilities would you like to come to?", "Water

school students, not only students in our town

athletics," "Water playground," "Hot springs,"

butand "Zipline" were listed in order from the top.

information, and junior and senior high school

Turned out to be more popular.

students

also

outsideoutside

the
the

town
town

will

spreadmight alsobeinterested.
In this discussion, with the advice of an inquiry
coach and

Mr.

Fujii

of the InstituteforComprehensive Care, we decided to consider not
only athletics but also planning of events uniqueto high school students.
The reason is that we thought that creating[Table: Month when you want to use the park]and executing an event would allow us to do more

the park］

things ourselves, and that it would be easier to
execute than creating an athletic. In addition, we
thought that high school students could devise
new events by thinking about events, and createplaysets and facilities that would be easy forjunior and senior high school students to beinterested in.
Based on these facts, we examined the solution.

[Figures / Tables: Good playset / facilities]

5. About the solution
Taking advantage of what we learned from thecurrent

situation

analysis

andtemporary

construction, we thought about how to attract
junior and senior high school students.
First, based on what we learned from thequestionnaire, we decided to clean up thelittle-known gourd swamp and build a water
playground there.
Then, at the event, we thought that it would bebetter to perform live concerts and winter sports
mainly by high school students. As a result ofcomparing these two, it is good to hold an eventand this was the solution.
6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]
It was good that we were able to proceed while
thinking on our own, even if we received a lot ofadvice from our inquiry coach.
We are now able to see things from a different
perspective.
[Task]The setup for taking the questionnaire wasbad, and it was later than planned.
7. Conclusion
We didn't have enough time to settle itproperly.
In addition, we think that it is difficult to
expand this issue any further, so we think that itis better to practice based on this solution inorder to carry out this activity. Finally, thank youtoeveryone

who

cooperated

with

the

questionnaire, coaches, and Mr. Fujii for yourcooperation.

A project to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park
-Exploration activities by Tokachi Creatio StudiesYui Endo, Sora Oichi, Sion Kobayashi, Futaba Hayashi

Overview
We examined what kind of solution to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park.。
1.First of all
Depopulation is progressing in Hombetsu Town,
and the number of children is decreasing. As atourist attraction in Hombetsu Town, there is
Honbetsu Park, which is representative of theTokachi area. However, I don't think there are
any junior and senior high school students in[Photo: Survey in the park]

Honbetsu Park, which is a tourist attraction.
Therefore, the group examined the usage status

4. About the hypothesisof the park and how it can be activated in the

The playset in Honbetsu Park was aimed atfuture in order to attract junior and senior highelementary school students and younger, andschool students to Honbetsu Park.

there were few things that junior and senior highschool students could play. In addition, although

2. Issuesjunior and senior high school students in the

As I mentioned at the beginning, I thought thattown were using it, junior and senior high school

junior and senior high school students had notstudents outside the town did not use it much.

come to Honbetsu Park, so I made it an issue to

From this, not only junior and senior high school

attract junior and senior high school students.

students outside the town but also junior andThen, the group discussed how to grasp the usage

senior high school students in the town can get tostatus of Honbetsu Park and attract junior andknow Honbetsu Park so that they can come more,senior high school students.

and if they install playsets for junior and seniorhigh school students to get interested, it can be

3. About the current situation analysis

solved. I thought it might be.

First, I gave some problems to solve the problems
based on the logic tree. Next, we conducted a field

5. About the solution

survey to see if the problems and the current

In order to attract junior and senior high school

situation

westudents to the park, we considered two things,

conducted a questionnaire survey of staff andwhat to install in the park and events. As for theusers who are actually using the facility, and also

playset to be installed, I thought that it would bevisited the facility to check the usage status of

better to set up Zip Line, a water athletic in thethe facility. We also interviewed the park staff.

Hyoutan Swamp, and a venue where survival

After that, we also conducted a questionnaire

games can be played at Shizuyama Camp Site. In

survey to junior and senior high school students.

addition, as for the event, I thought that it would

I also searched for similar facilities in other areas,

be better to hold an event that suits the season

such as playsets that are not found in Honbetsu

with an event sponsored by high school students.

Park.

For example, in the summer, live concerts andmatch.

In

the

field

survey,sales of products devised by high school students.
In winter, I thought about doing winter sports*北海道本別高等学校２年生

such as snowball fights.
6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]
Based on the field surveys and questionnaires, I
was able to think of solutions for increasing thenumber of users of Honbetsu Park in the future.
[Task]
Many were expensive and time consuming, andmany were difficult to achieve.
7. Conclusion
We haven't come up with a solution, but if we do,
we'll start by holding a small event and aim toincrease the number of users. This time, throughTokachi Sosei Gaku, I was able to learn about
Hombetsu Town again and learned how difficult
it is to revitalize the town. Thank you to everyone
who cooperated.

A project to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park
-Exploration activities by Tokachi Creation StudiesSora Oichi, Yui Endo, Shion Kobayashi, Futaba Hayashi
Overview
We have conducted a project to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park, so we willreport on this activity.
1. First of all

In the beginning, we have been thinking about

many times, those who were not interested,
and those who did not have time to go. For thata project to enjoy Honbetsu Park using nature.

reason, we will build a temporary building toWhile talking with the inquiry coaches, I thoughtthat junior and senior high school students would

let junior and high school students in and out
of town know about Honbetsu Park. Then, in

not come to Honbetsu Park. Therefore, we haveorder to get people interested in Honbetsu

carried out activities under the theme of"attracting junior and senior high school students

Park, I thought that I could solve the problem
by creating playground equipment for juniorto Honbetsu Park."

high and high school students.

2. About issues
Based on the problem that junior and senior

5. About the solution
I split my solutions into two: parks and events.

high school students did not come to Honbetsu
Park, we analyzed the current situation with a

The things to be set up are zip lines, waterathletics in the Hyoutan Swamp, etc. At thelogic tree. As a result, three factors werementioned.
・ Lack of charm in Honbetsu Park・ The charm is not transmitted

event, I wanted to hold an event that suits theseason with an event sponsored by high school
students.

・ Traffic access problems
3. About the current situation analysis
In order to confirm whether junior and seniorhigh school students actually came to
Honbetsu Park, we conducted a questionnaire

6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]
It was very difficult for us to find the problem
and reach the one without the answer.
However, I was able to talk to the people who
actually visited, conduct questionnaire surveys,

survey to junior and senior high school
students in the town. When we analyzed thecurrent situation from the results, it was foundthat junior and senior high school students
actually came to Honbetsu Park. However,when I did fieldwork during the summer
vacation, many families from outside the town
came to Honbetsu Park, but junior and senior

and do many things that I had neverexperienced before.

high school students in our town did not come.

many times and sometimes got suffocated, but
we talked with the team members and inquiry
coaches and managed to proceed.
Honestly, it was so tight that I wanted tofinish early. But now it's over, I feel a sense ofaccomplishment. It was a very valuable

4. About the hypothesis
From the results of the questionnaire survey,
among the middle and high school students inthe town, there were those who had come[Task]
I couldn't come up with a definite solution andcouldn't realize it.
7. Conclusion

As a high school student, we went to the limit

experience. We were able to come this far
thanks to the cooperation of Mr. Fujii, thecoaches, and the students of the elementary
school, junior high school, and Honbetsu HighSchool who supported us. Thank you verymuch.

A project to attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park
-Exploration activities by Tokachi Creation StudiesFutaba Hayashi, Sora Oichi, Yui Endo, Shion Kobayashi
Overview
To attract junior and senior high school students to Honbetsu Park

1. First of all
We decided to make this project because we

The lack of charm of Honbetsu Park is that
there is no athletics that junior and senior highwanted to revitalize Honbetsu Park in order torevitalize the city we go to or live in.
At first, the name of this project was “To enjoy

school students can enjoy. The reason why thecharm is not conveyed is that Honbetsu Park isnature, ” but as a result of discussions, I

students. The access problem is specificallydisseminated because there is no publicthought that the problem is that not many
people come to Honbetsu Park, so I changed
the name into “To attract junior and seniorhigh school students to Honbetsu Park.”

not aimed at junior and senior high school

institution.
We conducted a questionnaire survey to findout why junior and senior high school students
did not come among the three major problems.

2.

About issues
I thought that junior and senior high school
students outside the town had not come to
Honbetsu Park, so I thought about how to
attract them to Honbetsu Park as follows.
①②③④

Get to know Hombetsu Town
Make it a more lively place
Spread the charm of Honbetsu Park
Increase the usage rate of SNS

The questionnaire was answered by 197
people. As a result, the current situation
analysis was found.
3. About the current situation analysis
I thought about the current situation as
follows.
① Junior and Senior high school students inthe town are coming②③④

Students outside the town have not comeFew people know the Hyoutan Swamp
Many junior and senior high school

students are looking for new playsets andfacilities.

Spread Honbetsu Park using SNS. There isa homepage for Honbetsu Park, but there arepeople who don't know that homepage, so I
want to use more SNS. I also want to use
Instagram etc.

④ Many people come with their families
After doing fieldwork, I found the above. The
number of people who come with their families
is 14 in the town and 133 outside the town.
But it was found that few junior and seniorhigh school students in and outside the town
came.
There were some junior and senior highschool students in the town who came but

Spread the content using a logic tree.
Due to the problem that junior and senior highschool students did not come to Honbetsu Park,I focused on the lack of attractiveness ofHonbetsu Park, the lack of appeal, and theaccess problem.

weren't interested in using it many times, andsome didn't have time to come.
When I actually went to the park, I found thatthe park is wider than I expected, and that thepark is surrounded by mountains, so I cancome into contact with nature a lot. Most of theplaysets are for elementary school students,
and there are few things that junior and seniorhigh school students can enjoy, so I thought
they wouldn't come to the park.

(event)・ Events sponsored by high school students,
live concerts, etc.
・ Winter events, winter sports, etc.
At events hosted by high school students, we

4. About the hypothesis
In order to attract junior and senior highschool students to the park, we considered thefollowing points① Let junior and senior high school students
outside the town know about Honbetsu Park

want to hold a live concert and sell foods thathigh school students have come up with. In
winter, we want to play winter sports such as
snowball fights. However, it takes time andmoney to install playsets and facilities, so I
think it is possible for us now to make it② Let them get interested
As a result of the questionnaire, I thoughtthat junior and senior high school students

possible for high school students who think it
is feasible to hold an event hosted by them.

would come if there were athletics and zip

6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]
・ Since there was no answer, I was able tolines that could be played in the summer.
5. About the solution
About the playset, facilities and events to beinstalled, We thought as follows..
(Playset / facilities)
・ Zip line
・ Water athletic・ Survival game place

think until I was satisfied.
・ We were able to give our own answers to the
problems.
・ I was able to actively conduct interviews infieldwork.
・ I was able to think logically while using the
logic tree.

We would like to set up the water athletics in
Hyoutan Swamp and the Survival game place[Task]
・ I couldn't express my opinion.

in the former Shizukayama Center.

・ Because of club activities, I couldn't work
after school and other activities I left it toothers.
・ At the time of the announcement, I could not
answer the question accurately.
・ I wish I could act independently.
・ I wish I could do more fieldwork during thesummer vacation.
・ I should have asked various people what
they couldn't solve by themselves.
・ I should have asked questions that are easy
for elementary school students to understand.
・ At the time of the announcement, we shouldhave put out what we wanted to emphasize
most.
・ Since what I'm looking for is different insummer and winter, I should have investigatedwhat I wanted more.

7. Conclusion

During this activity for a year, I was able tolearn various things. I was able to understandmy town. Since I live in Rikubetsu, so if I growup and come back to this area in the future, I
would like to make use of this experience torevitalize this area. And, through this activity,
I decided to think deeply about my career path.
I want to make a regrettable choice in my
one-time life, so I decided to think about what
was going on.
This exploratory activity called theHonbetsu Park Revitalization Project has
found a solution to some extent, so I think it is
not necessary to continue. However, in othergrades, it is a good effort to understand theregion, so I would like you to continue doing it.
This is because there is a sense of expectationthat it may be interesting, such as new
opinions that we could not give. I'm looking
forward to current students.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who
contributed to this project.