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[Experience Learning] Kyoto Nishiki Market Shopping Street - Towards the realization of a shopping street that combines tradition and innovation

Educational Travel Program

- Considering the future of "Kyoto's Kitchen" -
Nishiki Market has flourished as a fish wholesaler since the Edo period, with over 130 stores lined up along the 390 meters from east to west from Teramachi to Takakura. Walking through the long market is like walking down a road of 400 years of history. Learn about 400 years of history and food culture, and think about the "responsibility to the future" that Nishiki Market bears in the field of "food," which is closely linked to the SDGs!

Features of this Plan

  • [Program schedule example]

    [On-site learning]

    14:00~14:30 【Part 1】Classroom lectures
    ・"400 years of history and traditional food culture"
    Representatives from the association and stores will give lectures on the theme of "400 years of history and traditional food culture."
    ・"The Future Nishiki Market"
    He will talk about his vision for the "Nishiki Market of the Future" through his efforts in the SDGs.

     

    14:30~15:30 【Part 2】In-store experience

    Two to three people will be divided into six to eight stores, and at each store they will participate in actual sales and product display experiences.

    ・Sales experience
    ・Display experience

     

    15:30~16:00 【Part 3】Looking back
    - Gather again in the conference room and summarize what you have learned through your pre-study and on-site study.

     

    [Post-learning]
    ●Individual work

    ・Summarize what you learned and felt through your field trip.
    - Through on-site study, summarize what you learned in your pre-study and changes in your way of thinking.
    - Summarize initiatives that should be continued from the perspective of the SDGs.
    ・Summarize initiatives that "need to be improved" from the perspective of the SDGs.
    ●Group work
    ・Using the opinions that emerged from the individual work above, create a panel on a piece of paper with the theme of "What Nishiki Market can continue to do."
    - Students will make presentations in groups, compile their opinions, and submit them to Nishiki Market.

  • [Preliminary study]
    ・Summarize the 400-year history of Nishiki Market, Kyoto's food culture, and the SDGs issues in Kyoto.
    - Form a hypothesis about how the history, culture, and issues you have researched are being passed down in Nishiki Market today.
    [On-site learning]
    - Participants will receive lectures on the themes of "400 years of history and traditional food culture" and "The future of Nishiki Market."
    - Two to three people will be divided into six to eight stores and will participate in actual sales and product display experiences at each store.
    - Gather again in the conference room and summarize what you have learned through your pre-study and on-site study.
    [Post-learning]
    ・Summarize what you learned and felt through your field trip.
    - Summarize initiatives that should be "continued" and "improved" from the perspective of the SDGs.
    ・Write a summary on a poster board on the theme of "What Nishiki Market can continue to do" in the area of SDGs.

SDGs area of this content

  • 2.飢餓をゼロに
  • 3.すべての人に健康と福祉を
  • 11.住み続けられるまちづくりを
  • 12.つくる責任 つかう責任
  • 13.気候変動に具体的な対策を

Tour overview

Possible implementation period
Available all year round
Time required
①Conference room: 14:00-14:30 (required time: about 30 minutes)
② Experience: 14:30-15:30 (Time required: approx. 60 minutes)
③Return: 15:30-16:00 (Time required: approx. 30 minutes)
Implementation site
①Kyoto Nishiki Market Shopping District Revival Association Office Conference Room
② 6 stores in Nishiki Market
price
¥3,300 (tax included)
Number of participants
Approximately 15 people (2 to 3 people at each store)

■Contact information

Kyoto Educational Research Program Office
E-mail.kyototankyu@bsec.jp
Business hours: 9:30-17:30 / Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
*Please contact us by email

SDGs area of this content

  • 2.飢餓をゼロに
  • 3.すべての人に健康と福祉を
  • 11.住み続けられるまちづくりを
  • 12.つくる責任 つかう責任
  • 13.気候変動に具体的な対策を
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