2021/03/05 02:00:00 Fieldwork and a tour in LAKE BIWA MUSEUM (Seminar led by Professor Minami)
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Student Reporter
Hello, everyone. My name is Shuka Kitada and I am a third-year student at the Department of Global Tourism Studies. I belong to a seminar which is led by Professor Minami Hiroshi and I am researching about the System of Lake Biwa. The System of Lake Biwa means “a deep inter-related connection between agriculture, forestry, and fishery which has brought blessings.”
On November 27 last year, 5 members of our seminar including me visited the Prefectural LAKE BIWA MUSEUM which is in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture to learn about the System of Lake Biwa deeply. Today, I will report about this fieldwork and what I learned from it.
There were various exhibition rooms which have respective themes, an aquarium, and an open-year exhibition in LAKE BIWA MUSEUM. In the exhibition rooms, we learned about Lake Biwa and the lives of people through themes like nature, history, and culture. We could learn about many different things, such as the history of Lake Biwa, agriculture, creatures, the lives of people of old days. There were also hands-on exhibitions in which you can touch some items with hands and feeling their weights. I felt that Lake Biwa Museum could provide its visitors fun experiential learning opportunities. Through watching and exploring these exhibitions, we could learn about how Lake Biwa was associated with the lives of people.
In an aquarium, we observed and learned about many kinds of creatures which live in Lake Biwa. At an open-year exhibition, visitors can walk and take a stroll along a promenade which is surrounded by trees from the museum to a lakeside. We were able to enjoy the scenery of Lake Biwa right in front of us, the other side of the mountains of Hira, and a magnificent view of the blue sky while feeling the existence of Lake Biwa to our hearts’ content.
Through this fieldwork, I was able to appreciate the fact that Lake Biwa, creatures, and human beings are all related to one another, and they are supporting one another. I could also realize that Lake Biwa has nurtured the surrounding cultures and livings of each era and they have been connected to today. In my view, this feeling of our connections with the surroundings represents the System of Lake Biwa. I would like to think about “the connection” which I learned from this fieldwork and hope to study and share the importance of this connection.
On November 27 last year, 5 members of our seminar including me visited the Prefectural LAKE BIWA MUSEUM which is in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture to learn about the System of Lake Biwa deeply. Today, I will report about this fieldwork and what I learned from it.
There were various exhibition rooms which have respective themes, an aquarium, and an open-year exhibition in LAKE BIWA MUSEUM. In the exhibition rooms, we learned about Lake Biwa and the lives of people through themes like nature, history, and culture. We could learn about many different things, such as the history of Lake Biwa, agriculture, creatures, the lives of people of old days. There were also hands-on exhibitions in which you can touch some items with hands and feeling their weights. I felt that Lake Biwa Museum could provide its visitors fun experiential learning opportunities. Through watching and exploring these exhibitions, we could learn about how Lake Biwa was associated with the lives of people.
In an aquarium, we observed and learned about many kinds of creatures which live in Lake Biwa. At an open-year exhibition, visitors can walk and take a stroll along a promenade which is surrounded by trees from the museum to a lakeside. We were able to enjoy the scenery of Lake Biwa right in front of us, the other side of the mountains of Hira, and a magnificent view of the blue sky while feeling the existence of Lake Biwa to our hearts’ content.
Through this fieldwork, I was able to appreciate the fact that Lake Biwa, creatures, and human beings are all related to one another, and they are supporting one another. I could also realize that Lake Biwa has nurtured the surrounding cultures and livings of each era and they have been connected to today. In my view, this feeling of our connections with the surroundings represents the System of Lake Biwa. I would like to think about “the connection” which I learned from this fieldwork and hope to study and share the importance of this connection.
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In front of the entrance of LAKE BIWA MUSEUM with seminar members and Professor Minami (photo taken by Prof. Minami)
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A lot of creatures in an aquarium (photo taken by Professor Minami)
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A scenery of Lake Biwa from an open-year exhibition (photo taken by Professor Minami)
