Guide to the 30th Annual Meeting ofthe Japanese Society for Environmental Education (Yamanashi)“Nature and Education . . . Back to the Basics”
Schedule of the Meeting

In the English Sessions on the third day of the 30th Meeting presentations, question-and-answer sessions andgeneral discussions will be held entirely in English.
This is the 8th consecutive year to hold English Session, and we look forward to receive English Session
entries not only from overseas participants, but also from members within Japan to make this English Session
more active.

Outline● Date:August 23rd (Fri) to 25th (Sun), 2019＊Excursion will be held on August 23rd (Fri) and 26th(Mon)● Venue:

Hokuto city Koryo High School (5-minute walk from Nagasaka Station (Chuo Line),
3-minute drive from Nagasaka Interchange (Chuo Highway) in Yamanashi prefecture)● Hosted by:

The Japanese Society for Environmental Education (30th Meeting Executive Committee)● Cooperated by: Hokuto city Education Commission; Hokuto City Koryo High School● Supported by:

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Ministry of theEnvironment; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Yamanashi
prefecture; Hokuto City; Yamanashi Prefecture Education Commission; Nirazaki city
Education Commission; ESD Activity Support Center; Kanto District ESD Activity
Support Center1

Access Guide< Koryo High School >2003 Nagasakakamijo Nagasaka , Hokuto, Yamanashi, 408-0021, Japan
Map: http://www.yamanashi-koryo-h.ed.jp/pages/englishpage/access.html
School Website (English page): http://www.yamanashi-koryo-h.ed.jp/pages/englishpage/englishindex.html■	  How to reach to Koryo High School○ From Narita Airport
Take JR Narita Express from Narita Airport to Shinjuku Station (about 75mins), take express train* fromShinjyku sta. to Kofu sta. (about 90 mins), and change to JR Chuo Line from Kofu Station to Nagasaka
Station (about 30 min). Then walk for 15 mins from Nagasaka sta. to Koryo High School.
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If you decide to take local train instead of express train (which require to buy express ticket), it
will take about 2 hours 30 mins and you much change train at least once.
〇 From Haneda Airport
Take Tokyo Monorail from Haneda Airport Station to Hamamatsucho Station (about 20 min), change to JR
Yamanote Line and travel from Hamamatsucho Station to Tokyo Station (about 5 minutes). From Tokyo
Station, please follow instruction written in “From Narita Airport”.
〇 From JR Nagasaka Station
About 15-minute walk from the station
Landmark from JR Nagasaka Station from east exit➡Uoko (Japanese restaurant)➡Sereo➡Nagaseki➡
Nursery school➡Nagasaka Elementary School➡Nagasaka Junior High School ➡Koryo High School2

■	 Registration and payment of participation fees
Societies that are participating in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) have an agreement thatallows a certain number of members to participate in the meeting free of charge. We ask that each societykindly forward a list of such members planning to participate to <iec@jsfee.jp> by July 6th. At that time,please specify whether or not the participants also wish to take part in the Reception.
The Reception on Saturday night requires a participation fee of JPY 5,000. Please prepare to pay in cash on
the day of the reception.
If you are not a member of JSFEE or its associated societies, please send a registration form to<iec@jsfee.jp> by May 31st. The registration fee of JPY 6,000 and reception fee of JPY 5,000 are payable(only in cash) at the registration desk of the annual meeting.

■	 Presentation applications
Deadline for presentation applications: 6 pm on Saturday June 1st
Deadline for submitting presentation summary data: 6 pm on Saturday July 6th1) Applications for oral presentations (research presentation or practice report) or poster
presentations for the English Session! A “research presentation” is focused on studies with academic significance, while a “practice report”
concentrates more on introducing practical activities.
! Those wishing to make an oral or poster presentation as part of the English Session should fill out theEnglish Session Presentation Application Form.
! Presenters (actual rostrum presenters) must be members of JSFEE or a society that is participating in theMOU with JSFEE.
! The time allotted for each oral presentation is scheduled to be 15 minutes (12 min for the presentation, 3min for questions).
! Oral presentations should be made with PowerPoint (up to 2013 version for Windows), and will bepresented using a computer belonging to the facility. Laptops and computers belonging to the presenters
themselves cannot be used. Please save your PowerPoint data on a USB memory stick or CD-R, andbring it to the meeting. We plan to ask presenters to carry out a virus check before their presentations areloaded on the facility computer. If a virus is detected on the USB memory stick, PowerPoint cannot beused for your presentation but only with the published proceeding.
! For each poster presentation, the space of 1,189mm (height) x 841mm (width) or 1,090mm (height) x
790mm (width) will be provided.
! Please note that every presenter is not allowed to apply for both oral and poster presentations, and arelimited to one presentation per person.
2) Application methods and deadlines! Please fill in the necessary items on the English Session Presentation Application Form, and save it.
! Email the application to the 30th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsfee.jp>
under the subject of “EE Meeting Oral (or Poster) Presentation (representative’s name)”.
Example subject: EE Meeting Poster Presentation (Mike Anderson)! Once the application has been received, a confirmation email will be sent containing a receipt number.
The deadline for applications is 6 pm JST on Saturday, June 1st.
3) Submitting data for the proceedings! Presentation representatives are kindly asked to email the data to be published in the proceedings. Word
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format (.docx) is preferred, files made in programs other than Word should be sent as a PDF (.pdf) file.
E-mail your data for the proceedings to the 30th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at<iec@jsfee.jp> under the subject of “EE Meeting Oral Presentation (or Poster Presentation) No. (Receiptnumber) (representative’s name)”.
Example subject: EE Meeting Poster Presentation No. 0001 (Mike Anderson)
Once the data have been received, a confirmation e-mail will be sent listing the things to keep in mind
until the day of your presentation. The deadline for sending your data to be included in the proceedings is6 pm JST on Saturday, July 6th.
* The period just before the deadline is expected to be busy; we therefore would like to kindly ask you tosubmit data as early as possible.
* If you are experiencing any difficulties obtaining information from the Meeting’s official website orsending data by e-mail, please contact the Secretariat of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society
for Environmental Education by e-mail at <iec@jsfee.jp>.

■	 Events aimed at participants of the meeting【August 23rd (Friday)】Social Gathering for Young Researchers:
From 5 pm to 6:10 pm at Nirasaki Civic Center NICORI

Seminar “How to write a thesis” (In Japanese):
From 6:15 pm to 8 pm at Nirasaki Civic Center NICORI【August 24th (Saturday)】
Oral presentation (In Japanese):
From 9 am to Noon and 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at Hokuto city Koryo High School (classrooms)

Poster presentation core time (In Japanese):
From Noon to 12:45 pm at Koryo High School (gymnasium)

International Workshop (In English):From Noon to 1:45 pm at Koryo High School (classroom, TBD)
This is an international workshop for 1) introducing of efforts conducted by Korean, Taiwanese, North
American and Australian societies of Environmental Education, 2) enhancing international network ofresearch on environmental education, and 3) searching possibilities of international joint
research/education practices. It has basic consecutive translation and support. Please bring your ownlunch. Soft drinks and local snacks will be served.

Teacher’s workshop (In Japanese):
From 9:15 am to 1:45 pm at Koryo High School (auditorium)

Special Presentation Session by High School Students in Yamanashi Pref. (In Japanese):
From 9 am to Noon and 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at Koryo High School (classroom)

Environmental Education Messe (Exhibition)
From 9 am to 4 pm at Koryo High School (gymnasium)
4Public Symposium (In Japanese, no attendance fee required):From 2 pm to 4:30 pm at Koryo High School (Muse Hall)
Keynote speech will be on the them of “Nature and Education . . . Back to the Basics”.
Speaker: Mr. Yoshiharu IMAIZUMI (Professor Emeritus at Tsuru University, Ethologist)
Panel Discussion: Coordinator: Prof. Ken TAKADA – Executive committee chairman of the 30th annual
meeting of JSFEE, Tsuru University)
Panel members: TBD (under arrangement)

Annual General Meeting of Members:
From 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Koryo High School (Muse Hall)
Please feel free to come and join for exchange of ideas and to understand the action plans of JSFEE.
Furthermore, we will conduct the ceremony for incentive award on research and practice of 2018 at thissocial gathering.
(Limited to members, in Japanese language only)

Reception:
From 6 pm to 8 pm (registration starts at 5:30 pm) at Uomitsu Kaikan (restaurant near Koryo HighSchool)【August 25th (Sunday)】
Oral presentation (In Japanese):From 9 am to Noon and 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at Hokuto city Koryo High School (classrooms)

Poster presentation core time (In Japanese):
From Noon to 1 pm at Koryo High School (gymnasium)

English presentation (In English):From Noon to 9 am to Noon at Koryo High School (classroom)

Environmental education presentation by primary and junior high students (In Japanese):
From 9:15 am to 11:30 am at Koryo High School (auditorium)

Exchange Event for EE presentation by students (In Japanese):
From 11:45 am to 1:45 pm at Koryo High School (auditorium)

Environmental Education Messe (Exhibition)
From 9 am to 3 pm at Koryo High School (gymnasium)

Project research (In Japanese):
From 2 pm to 4 pm and 4:10 pm to 6 pm at North lecture’s building (N building)Regular and Special Projects/Seminars (In Japanese):
From 2 pm to 4 pm at Koryo High School (classrooms)- Seminar of School Environmental Education
学校環境教育研究会- Seminar “Thinking of Fukushima after 3.11” (Global Environmental Education Study Group)「3.11 以後の福島を考える」研究会（地球環境教育研究会）

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- Seminar of Pollution Education (Global Environmental Education Study Group)
公害教育研究会（地球環境教育研究会）- International Joint Seminar for Environmental Education環境教育国際共同研究会- Seminar of Evaluation for Environmental Education Programs
環境教育プログラムの評価研究会- Seminar “Education of SDGs”「SDGｓの教育」研究会

Independent Themed Forum (In Japanese):
From 4:15 pm to 6:15 pm at Koryo High School (classrooms)	 

■	 Excursion (In Japanese):
August 23rd (Fri) and 27th (Mon), Details will be uploaded on website soon	  Details of Excursion will be uploaded on the website of the 30th Annual Meeting of the JSFEE by late April.
- A-1: National Outfitters Training School, experiencing adventure education program at Hino,
Nagasaka-Cho, Hokuto City.
August 23rd (Fri), from 1 pm to 3 pm, for 15 people, cost 1000 yen.
- B-1: KEEP (Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project), facility tour (collaboration with Internal
Exchange Committee), at Kiyosato, Takane-Cho, Hokuto City.
August 26th (Mon), from 9 am to 11:30 am, for 20 people, cost 500 yen.
- B-2: KEEP, experiencing nature environmental education program.
August 26th (Mon), from 1 pm to 3 pm, for 20 people, cost 1000 yen.
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Please register for excursion through the website of the 30th Annual Meeting of JSFEE.
*All participants should meet at the venue by the time the excursion starts. It is, therefore, recommended tostay at Seisen-Ryo (https://www.seisenryo.jp/en/index.html) or find a hotel around Kiyosato-Kogen.
■	  Environmental Education Messe (Exhibition)	 
Space is available for public relation campaign on products related to Environmental Education as well as
for reports and presentations on results of practices. Teaching material development companies, business
operators of activities for Environmental Education, NGO and NPO, University Laboratories and othergroups can reserve a space for display. Please use this space to communicate with participants of theconference. Cost for a display space is JPY 5,000.
Please refrain from eating and drinking at the gymnasium where the EE Messe is held.
* Please contact the 30th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsfee.jp> for more
information and reservation.

■	 Note:* There will be tables for the document distribution during the Meeting. If you are planning to distribute somedocuments, please set the copies accordingly. Please bring back the remaining copies after the Meeting. The
remaining copies will be otherwise disposed by the Secretariat.
* Proceedings for the meeting can be found on the JSFEE webpage, please download in advance. Or, you canrequest a printed copy (JPY 1,000) when you submit your “International Participant Registration Form”(limited to one copy per person).
* There is no Internet connection available at the Koryo high school.
* Participants are asked to make your own arrangements and reservations as soon as possible. Hotels
are located around stations of Nagasaka, Obuchizawa, Nirasaki, Kofu, Chino and Kamisuwa.
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* During the Meeting, cafeteria of Koryo High School cannot be used, so please bring your own lunch. Thereis no restaurant nor a convenience store around Koryo high school, so please make sure to buy yourlunch near Kofu Station.
* There will not be childcare services during the Meeting. Please make your own arrangements if you need.
* Please take off your (outdoor) shoes inside high school building. Please use slippers prepared by high school.
Bags to put in outdoor shoes are provided to carry with you.
* If you are required a visa to enter into Japan, please prepare the visa on your own. The office of JSFEE willnot be able to provide a support letter for applying visa.	 

Inquiries:
30th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsfee.jp>
Please direct all other inquiries by e-mail to the Meeting Secretariat at <iec@jsfee.jp>.
Please note that it may take several days to receive a response.
30th Annual Meeting of JSFEE Executive Committee Secretariat
Environmental Education Section, KEEP (Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project)3545 Kiyosato, Takane Cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 407-0301, Japan
E-mail: yamanashi2019@jsfee.jp
The Japanese Society for Environmental Education (JSFEE) website: http://www.jsfee.jp/

Website for the 30th Annual Meeting of JSFEE: http://www.jsfee.jp/members/meeting/367-jsfee30th_20197