Category: Training course/ study tours

Welcome to beautiful Japan, young Brunei agricultural engineers!

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Welcome to Japan

Since last Tuesday, I have been participating as a coordinator in a project operated by the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) under commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which invites youth people from ASEAN countries to Japan to learn about the good things about Japan. The course I am joining in is attended by young farmers and agricultural officer from Brunei, and they have been attending lectures at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and visiting a new initiative called aquaponics, which combines hydroponic and aquaculture.

Tokyo to Matsusaka

Now we are in Mie Prefecture since last weekend, where we have been enjoying autumn in Japan by visiting irrigation facilities that have been in operation for over 200 years and farmer’s market by agricultural cooperative, and enjoying mandarin orange picking. And since the day before yesterday, they have been staying at a farm and experiencing various life of farmer. This course is a joint course with young agricultural workers from Vietnam, and I am translating English while another coordinator translating to Vietnamese at the same time, which can be a little difficult, but I enjoy it with the energy of the young people. Although it is a short course of about one week, I hope that they will understand not only the good things about Japan, but also the difficulties of agriculture in Japan, and that this will be useful for agricultural development in their home country of Brunei.

Autumn harvest observation event in Yoyogi Park on a cold, rainy autumn day

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Unfortunately, it rained in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of the three-day weekend. However, the rain was still a little light in the morning, so the Nature Exploration group in Tokyo City Guide Club held an observation event in Yoyogi Park with the theme of autumn fruits or nuts.

We don’t usually pay much attention to these small fruits, but if looking closely, I can see that Chinese hackberry, Scabrous aphananthe, and camphor trees are secretly bearing fruits.

Also, depending on the type of acorn, the way the fruit is formed and the shape and pattern of the cupule, also called a cap, vary, and when we understand the differences, we will feel a little proud. The autumn leaves in the park have started to change little by little, with flowering dogwood and winged spindle bearing red fruits, but most of the trees, including the maple, are still green.

The autumn leaves are a little late this year, but in a little while the leaves of the trees in the park will turn red and yellow and we will be able to enjoy them again, but I am a little worried about how the heat of this summer will affect the autumn leaves.

What surprised me a little was that the early-blooming Kawazu cherry trees was blooming out of season. Could this be due to the long, hot summer this yea

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