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21 (Friday) - 22 (Saturday) March 2014


I attended 2014 spring annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan, held at Intenational Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo.


I attended a science cafe on "Diagram of our Universe 2013," a beautiful poster of cosmology and our present view of the universe, organized by "tenpla," an astronomy popularization project by young astronomers, held at Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka, Mitaka, Tokyo.

18 March 2014 (Tuesday)


I visited special need education class, Kii Junior High School, Wakayama, and talked about stars using the air-dome planetarium NEX.

12 March 2014 (Wednesday)


I visited Miyuki Kindergarten, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture. I discussed on science education for kindergarten kids with the principal Ms. Yamada Chieko, the president Mr. Tanaka Hirohiko, and Dr. Kotani Takuya of Osaka Ohtani University.

9 (Sunday) - 10 (Monday) March 2014


I attended 8th annual meeting for Certificate of the Astronomy Guide, held at Guest House, Ito Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.

4 March 2014 (Tuesday)


I visited Hikari Nursery School at Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

1 (Saturday) - 2 (Sunday) March 2014


I attended the Symposium on Science Education for Young Children, held at Osaka Ohtani University, Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture. I gave a talk titled, "Science Activity: a discussion on what and how we see it from children."

15 February 2014 (Saturday)


We had a meeting for annual report of university-school collaboration coordinated by Faculty of Education, Wakayama University and Boards of Education of Wakayama Prefecture and other areas, held at Faculty of Education, Wakayama University. I presented my work about Universe Awareness activity at kindergarten, and its evaluation.


The mater and graduation thesis presentation of Department of Earth Sciences, academic year of 2013, was held at Earth Sciences Experiment Room.

13 February 2014 (Thursday)


I attended the final lecture of professor Yoshimitsu Matsuura of Faculty of Education, Wakayama University, "Developments of my educational studies," at Wakayama University G203 room.

11 February 2014 (Tuesday, holiday)


I attended 5th annual meeting of Practical Educaion, School of Education, Wakayama University, held at Center for Community Cooperation and Lifelong Learning, Wakayama University.

9 February 2014 (Sunday)


I attended 29th meeting of childcare in Kumatori, held at Tsubasa Community Nursery, Kumatori town, Osaka Prefecture.

4 February 2014 (Tuesday)


I talk at the lecture of Gender Equality Office, Toyohashi University of Techonology, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture.


I visited Toyohashi Audio-Visual Education Center, Toyohashi City, guided by Toyomasu Shinji-san who is now a staff at the center and has been a staff of Misato Observatory, Wakayama Prefecture, for a long time.

31 January 2014 (Friday)


I attended the Academic Year 2013 Annual open class education meeting held at Special Needs School attached to Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

30 January 2014 (Thursday)


I visited an open class, Fujitodai Elementary School, Wakayama City, Science class by Naruto Hidekazu-sensei, "motion of the heated air."

22 January 2014 (Wednesday)


I visited Satsukiyama Nursery School at Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

10 January 2014 (Friday)


I attended the Leading Forum 2013 of the Program for Leading Guraduate Schools, held at Congres Convention Center, Knowledge Capital, Osaka City.

21 December 2013 (Saturday)


I attended the meeting of Japan Association of Universities of Education, Kinki Local Division, Science Division, held at Attached Junior High School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

15 December 2013 (Sunday)


"Omoshiro" Science Festival was held at Wakayama University, and I worked as a member of the organizing committee.

11 December 2013 (Wednesday)


Six of first-grade students of Izumi-Tottori Senior High School visited the Astronomical Observatory, Faculty of Educaion, Wakayama University, with four teachers and five university students who guided the university. One of the teachers is Miyasaki Keiji-sensei who got his master's degree from Wakayama Univerisity, and he majored astronomy in my semiar.

8 December 2013 (Sunday)


I attended 2nd meeting of "gakudo" (day-care after-school club for primary school children) hosted by Osaka City Liason Council of Gakudo.

7 December 2013 (Saturday)


I attended 9th Education Forum, held by Faculty of Education, Wakayama University and Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education, at Wakayama Prefecture Library, Wakayama City.

1 December 2013 (Sunday)


I attended Kinki regional meeting 2013 of Japanese Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy, held at Seminar House of Graduate School of Scienc, Kyoto University.

26 November 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Hikari Nursery School at Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

25 November 2013 (Monday)


Dozens of presidents of neighborhood self-government associations of Wakayama City visited the Astronomical Observatory, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University. I and staff of Institute for Education on Space showed the observatory and gave a small lecture.

21 November 2013 (Thursday)


I gave a talk "Martian was born in this way: After-school day-care club primary school pupils saw them!" at a science cafe, Uchu (astronomy) Cafe, held at Belle Fum, a cafe, in front of Nankai Wakayama-shi Station.

15 November 2013 (Friday)


I attended a meeting of Advisory Committee meeting of Kiso Observatory, Institute of Astronomy (IoA), University of Tokyo, held at Mitaka Campus of IoA, Tokyo.

2 November 2013 (Saturday)


I attended the Education Conference as an adviser for science classes held at Attached Elementary School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

1 November 2013 (Friday)


I attended the Education Conference as an adviser for science classes held at Attached Junior High School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

25 October 2013 (Friday)


Adachi Daisuke-san of Miyazaki Science Center Cosmo Land visited Wakayama University. He and I discussed about astrophoto by cell cameras, astronomy play with young kids. Yoshizumi Chiaki-san and Okyudo Masami-san showed him the digital dome theater of Faculty of Turism.

24 October 2013 (Thursday)


I attended a meeting, "What will we evaluate?" held at Yoshida Izumidono garden, Kyoto University. The meeting was organized as a pre-workshop of "Evaluation of Science Communication" session at Science Agora 2013, and also as 36th meeting of Kansai branch, the Science Communication Society of Japan.

18 October 2013 (Friday)


I visited Tanabe Senior High School, Tanabe City, Wakayama, and gave a lecture about astronomy to 80 of the 2nd grade students. Yamamoto Toshiya-sensei arranged this class.

7 (Monday) - 10 (Thursday) October 2013


I attended EU Universe Awareness workshop 2013, held at House of Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany. I joined the workshop of Evaluation and Assessment guided by Dr. Grace Kimble. The workshop was great and exciting to me, and I learned a lot from this activity.

28 (Saturday) - 29 (Sunday) September 2013


I attended the 2nd meeting on universal-design astronomy education, held at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo. The meeting was especially discussing about astronomy education among impaired people. I worked as a member of the organizing committee, and worked as a leader of group discussion about international collaboration.

24 September 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Hikari Nursery School at Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

20 September 2013 (Friday)


I visited Kii Kindergarten, Wakayama City (18:30-21:00). Yumibayashi Takuya-sensei, the vice principal invited me as in last year, and he proposed a Moon watching party in the evening with observations through binoculars and telescopes. Luckily, the night was clear and temperate as was in last year.

19 September 2013 (Thursday)


I talked about my experience of paternity leave and what I learned from the experience for my work as a university staff, at the 2nd seminar of the KIT Center for Promotion of Gender Equality, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto. My talk was coupled with a wonderful talk by Atsumi Naoki-san of Diversity and Work-Life-Balance division of Toray Corporate Business Research, Inc.

10 (Tuesday) - 12 (Thursday) September 2013


I attended 2013 autumn annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of Japan, held at Tohoku University, Sendai.

6 September 2013 (Friday)


I visited a class of Kii Cosmos Special Needs Education School, Wakayama, where Azuma Chiho-sensei gave lessons on natural environment to a senior high school class. Nakatani Yukio-sensei of Faculty of Educaion, Wakayama University arranged the visit and guided the school.

31 August 2013 (Saturday)


The 5th starry event for primary school children going to after-school day-care clubs: I talked about stars and Martian story to about 50 children and their parents and teachers of Asunaro club, Konohana Ward, Osaka City, at nearby public hall. The after-school day-care club teacher Ms. Sakura Itai and other staff helped the event.

30 August 2013 (Friday)


Kotani Takuya-san of Faculty of Education, Osaka Ohtani University called a meeting on science education for early childhood over dinner at Osaka City; Nagase Yoshiko-san of Faculty of Education, Osaka Ohtani University, Takigawa Kouji-san of Faculty of Education, Kansai University of International Studies, Kotani-san and I enjoyed the session.

29 August 2013 (Thursday)


I gave a lecture, "Feel the Universe," a course of teacher's license renewal at Wakayama University, Wakayama City; 35 teachers, from kindergartens to senior high schools and education board, attended the lecture.

27 August 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Satsukiyama Nursery School at Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity. This time, Dušan from Serbia joined the activity. Children played with him, and he discussed with the principal Ms. Akemi Hyodo about international collaboration on science education.

24 August 2013 (Saturday)


The 4th starry event for primary school children going to after-school day-care clubs: I talked about stars and Martian story to several dozens children and teachers of Warabe club, Tsurumi Ward, Osaka City, at the club room. The after-school day-care club teacher Mr. Saruwatari and other staff helped the event.

22 August 2013 (Thursday)


The 3rd starry event for primary school children going to after-school day-care clubs: I talked about stars and Martian story to about 50 children and their parents and teachers of Tokiwa-Matsuzaki club, Abeno Ward, Osaka City, at the club room. This time, Dusšan from Serbia, who stayed at my office, joined the activity, and children played with him. The after-school day-care club teacher Mr. Kuzusako and other staff helped the event.

21 August 2013 (Wednesday)


I gave a special lecture about astronomy to 25 senior high school students, in 1st and 2nd grades, as a preparation seminar for Kinokuni Science Olympiad, a science contest for high school students in Wakayama Prefecture.

21 (Wednesday) - 30 (Friday) August 2013


Mr. Dušan Radosavljević of Preschool Teacher Training College, Novi Sad, Serbia, an expert associate for Informatics, STEM application and risk management, stayed my office at Wakayama University. His theme was "The Strategy for Achieving the Socio-Economic Benefits of Space Knowledge and Technology Applications; Education and Human Resources Development - lessons for structural reforms of Serbian educational system." He was interested in developing new space education and astronomy education in Serbia and the Balkan area in order to connect human minds and cultivate their friendship. I showed him space educaion activities by IfES (Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University), astronomy education for early childhood of my studies.

20 August 2013 (Tuesday)


I joined the field inspection tour, "Walk along Yamato-gawa River," organized by 63rd Annaul Meeting of Japan Society for Earth Science Education.

18 (Sunday) - 19 (Monday) August 2013


I attended 27th Annual Meeting of Astronomy Education and 2013 General Assembly of Japan Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy, held at Yamaguchi Prefecture Education Hall.

17 August 2013 (Saturday)


I attended 63rd Annaul Meeting of Japan Society for Earth Science Education, held at Osaka Kyoiku University, Tennoji Campus, Osaka City.


The 2nd starry event for primary school children going to after-school day-care clubs: I talked about stars and Martian story to about 100 children and their parents and teachers from four clubs in Higashinari Ward of Osaka City, at Narukawa-Enchi Park in the Ikoma mountains, where they enjoyed their summer camp activity. Though it was cloudy and I had to talk, we enjoyed the gibbous Moon for a while. The after-school day-care club teacher Ms. Kotaki and other staff helped the event.

7 (Wednesday) - 10 (Saturday) August 2013


I and four of Wakayama University students stayed at Kiso Observatory, Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Nagano Prefecture, for student's observation practice, together with Dr. Tomohiko Yamagata and his students of Bunkyo University, Dr. Masaru Hamabe and his students of Japan Women's University, Dr. Shingo Nishiura and his students of Tokyo Gakugei University, and Dr. Nobunari Itoh and his students of Mie University.

1 August 2013 (Thursday)


Wakayama Shin-ai Senior High School students visited Wakayama University. The school is conducting the Science Partnership Program (SPP), "Be Astro-Girls." The program consists of four lectures, and today was the final day; I talked and discussed with students, "Reports on Observations through the Kol-Kit Spica Telescope" in the morning, and after lunch, students enjoy seeing the 12m radio telescope of Institute for Education on Space, Wakayama University, and 60cm reflector of Astronomical Observatory of Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

30 July 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Midoro Youth Center, Kishiwada City, where I gave a summer class, "Look up the summer night sky," for about 20 primary school children.

26 July 2013 (Friday)


I visited Wakayama Shin-ai Senior High School, Wakayama City. The school is conducting the Science Partnership Program (SPP), "Be Astro-Girls." The program consists of four lectures, and today was the third day; I talked and discussed with students, "Making a small telescope and how to observe through the telesopce." Each student enjoyed making a Kol-Kit Spica telescope.

25 July 2013 (Thursday)


I joined the summer seminar, division of science, held at Attached Elementary School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University.

23 July 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Wakayama Shin-ai Senior High School, Wakayama City. The school is conducting the Science Partnership Program (SPP), "Be Astro-Girls." The program consists of four lectures, and today was the second day; this time, Dr. Saeko S. Hayashi, an astronomer at Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Hawaii, talked through skype, with the title of "Most advanced astronomical observations and latest views on the universe," and I helped her talk at the school.

20 July 2013 (Saturday)


The 1st starry event for primary school children going to after-school day-care clubs: I enjoyed finding the first star popping up into view in the evening with about 50 children and their parents and teachers from four clubs in Nishi and Minato Ward of Osaka City, at Yahataya Park, Minato Ward, Osaka City. We found the evening star of Venus, Arcturus, Vega, Altair, Deneb, Spica, Saturn, and the gibbous Moon. The after-school day-care club teacher Mr. Sakaguchi and other staff helped the event.

17 July 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Wakayama Shin-ai Senior High School, Wakayama City. The school is conducting the Science Partnership Program (SPP), "Be Astro-Girls." The program consists of four lectures, and today was the first day; I talked and discussed with 30 and some students, "History of astronomical observations and cosmic view."

13 July 2013 (Saturday)


I visited "Karahori Kotoba Juku" (Karahori Words School) as a guest of science cafe.

9 July 2013 (Tuesday)


I attended 2013 Kiso Observatory Schmidt Smyposium, held at Kiso County Civiv Hall, Kiso Town, Nagano Prefecture.

4 (Thursday) - 6 (Saturday) July 2013


I attended East-Asian Science Education (EASE) International Conference 2013, held at Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China.

30 June 2013 (Sunday)


I attended 45th meeting of Osaka after-school child care, held Osaka Electro-Communication University High School, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture.

29 June 2013 (Saturday)


I attended Symposium on Sony Science Education Program for Children Awarded Kindergarten - Nishikori Kindergarten, Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture. The symposium was also held at Osaka Ohtani University, near the kindergarten.

25 June 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Hikari Nursery School at Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

24 June 2013 (Monday)


I visited Attached Elementary School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University, and saw an open science class of 6-A by Mr. Kazuhiro Tamura. I attended the conference of the class as an advisor.

12 June 2013 (Wednesday)


I visited Attached Elementary School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University, and saw an open science class of 5-C by Mr. Atsuyoshi Baba. I attended the conference of the class as an advisor. After the conference, Dr. Yasuhiko Fujie of Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo gave a lecture on teacher's guidance and support for children who can design their own learning.

9 June 2013 (Sunday)


I attended the 6th Explanatory Meeting of Universities Having Astronomy Course, held at Osaka City Science Museum, Osaka. I introduced IfES[J], Wakayama University to high school students and other people who are interested in studying astronomy and related subjects in university.

7 June 2013 (Friday)


I attend a colloquim, "Can Philosophy Discuss the Middle Organization?" by associate professor Dr. Masataka Muramatsu of Hokkaido University, held at Faculty of Education, Wakayama University; Associate Professor Dr. Ayako Ozeki organized the colloquium.

31 May 2013 (Friday)


80 junior high school stundents of Hidaka High School, Wakayama, visited Wayakama University. I gave a small lecture, "Ask questions on astronomy!"

29 May 2013 (Wednesday)


I visited Attached Elementary School, Faculty of Education, Wakayama University, and saw an open science class of 4-A by Mr. Fuminari Nishimura. I attended the conference of the class as an advisor.

24 May 2013 (Friday)


I visited Yagi-Kita Kindergarten, Kishiwada City, where a Wakayama University students was doing her teacher's training internship. Chief teacher Ms. Hiroko Kawase guided me around. Then I visited Midoro Youth Center, Kishiwada City, where I will have a summer class for primary school children. Director Ms. Naomi Ueda guided my around.

14 May 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Satsukiyama Nursery School at Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

11 May 2013 (Saturday)


I visited Dr. Fujiwara Tomoko's office of Kyushu University, where she is conducting Certificate of the Astronomy Guide program at Kyushu University. See also Pegasus Project[J].

11 (Saturday) - 12 (Sunday) May 2013


I presented my poster, Conversation with Children and Parents at Moon Watching Party at Kindergarten Attended as a Guest Astronomer, in 66th annual meeting of Japan Society of Research on Early Childhood Care and Education, held at Nakamura Gakuen University, Fukuoka.

23 April 2013 (Tuesday)


I visited Hikari Nursery School at Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, and performed astronomy outreach activity.

20 April 2013 (Saturday)


I gave a lecture, "How to read the pictures of galaxies," at Sundai Astronomy Lecture Course, held at Sundaigakuen Junior and Senior High School, Tokyo (16h to 17h). This year is the 48th year of the lecture course, and my lecure is the 565th one. Several dozens including primary school children and Sundai high school students joined my lecture.

13 April 2013 (Saturday)


WakayamaUniversity students hosted the 2nd education seminar of Kikuchi Shozo-sensei, a famous teacher of a primary school at Kita-Kyushu City.