こんにちは！
グローバル観光学科3年次生の田守 温陽(たもり はるひ)です。今回は、私が昨年夏に参加した「長野県・湯田中渋温泉郷」でのCEPプログラムについて紹介します！湯田中渋温泉郷は長野県北東部の山ノ内町に位置し、野生のニホンザルが温泉につかることで有名な「地獄谷野猿公苑」が近くにある温泉街です。私たちは約4週間、班ごとに旅館での就業研修やSDGs調査を行いました。

旅館での就業研修では、レストランでの接客やチェックイン補助、清掃、商品のPOP作成などの幅広い業務を行いました。私が研修を行った小石屋旅館さんは、海外ゲストが非常に多い旅館さんです。そのためレストランでの接客は、英語を使って対応することもしばしばありました。普段のアルバイトとは異なり、海外からのお客様と実際に接する機会を得られたのは、とても貴重な経験になりました！

また私たちの班は、地産地消とフードロスについてSDGs調査を行いました。私たちが就業研修でお世話なった小石屋旅館さん、ますやさん、炭乃湯さんでのインタビューをはじめとし、湯田中温泉のあぶらや燈千さんや地元レストランの渋温泉食堂gonkiさん、林檎園うえはらさんなど、たくさんの方々に取材協力していただきました。みなさんにご協力いただいたおかげで、地域の地産地消への取り組みの現状を把握することともに、今後の地産地消への取り組み意識について、地元の方々とさまざまな意見を交換することができました。

また昨年度は班ごとの就業研修とSDGs調査に加えて、私たち学生の視点からの「地域への提案」を行いました。4週間の滞在で垣間見えた温泉街の現状・課題を分析し、温泉街の新たなコンテンツ発掘や、観光アイデアなどを学生目線から提案させていただきました。

研修や調査を経て、観光の現場を自分の肌で体感し観光の現状や課題について発見し、自分自身で考える時間を経験できました。グローバル観光学科の学生として、この経験を通して更なる観光発展と自身の成長につなげていければと思います。
普段の生活圏とは異なる環境下で過ごすことで、新たな発見や知見を得ることができるかもしれません。是非皆さんも、新たな環境へと足を踏み入れてみてはいかがでしょうか。

I am Tamori Haruhi, a 3rd year student at the Department of Global Tourism at KUFS. Here I would like to introduce the CEP program I participated in last summer at Yudanaka Shibu Onsenkyo in Nagano Prefecture. Yudanakabushi Onsenkyo is located in Yamanouchi Town in northeastern Nagano Prefecture. It is a hot spring resort town near the famous Jigokudani Yaen-koen where wild Japanese monkeys bathe in the hot springs. We spent about four weeks in groups working at a ryokan and conducting research into the SDGs.

During our time at the ryokan, we performed a wide range of tasks such as serving customers in the restaurant, assisting with guests checking in, cleaning, and creating POP ads for products.

Koishiya Ryokan, where I conducted my training, is a ryokan with a large number of overseas guests. For this reason, I often had to deal with customers in English at the restaurant. It was a very valuable experience for me to have the opportunity to interact with guests from overseas!

Our group also conducted research into the sustainability of local production for local consumption and food loss - both of which are important SDGs.

We conducted interviews at Koishiya, Masuya and Suminoyu ryokans, all of which were part of our on-the-job training program, as well as Aburaya Tousen in Yudanaka Onsen, and a local restaurant called Shibu Onsen Shokudo Gonki, along with Ueharasa, an apple orchard.

Thanks to everyone's cooperation, we were able to understand the status of local production for local consumption as well as exchanging various opinions with local people about their awareness of sustainability going forward.

Last year, in addition to job training for each group and research into SDGs, we also made proposals to the local community from the viewpoint of a visiting student, analyzing the current situation and issues in the hot spring resort town we had glimpsed during our brief four-week stay. We then proposed new content and tourism ideas for the town.

Through the training and research, we were able to experience and learn firsthand about the current state of tourism and the issues it faces, and spend time considering these topics. As a student of the Department of Global Tourism, I hope that this experience will lead to further development of tourism in the region, as well as my own personal growth.

By spending time in an environment that is different from the one in which I normally live, I was able to make new discoveries and gain new knowledge. I encourage everyone to try stepping into a new environment, you can learn a lot!