On June 18, Human Resource Development Group from Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative organized a "Owari-cho District Walking Tour" for 13students to promote the town's attractiveness as part of a cooperative project with the Owari-cho shopping district, which is implemented as part of Project: AERU.?
First, students walked in the district under the guidance of the member of the Owaricho Shopping District. They listened the explanations about the town's history and architecture, and experienced the charms of Owari-cho. At the end of the tour, the group visited Koshiyama Kanseido, a long-established Japanese confectionery store with its main store in the same shopping district. After that students listened to Director Yasuhiko Tokuyama talk about Japanese confectionery and fermented bean paste, and tried a new product made with fermented bean paste.
The project team is going to cooperate with people from the shopping district for the promotion of "Anyato Festival" which is planned to be held in Owari-cho disrict on Saturday, August 24. As well as for the promotion of the attractiveness of the shopping district in general.
For more information on Project: AERU's efforts, click here.
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Visiting the Owari-cho Citizens' Cultural Center (former bank) that was built in 1907 -
Healthy azuki bean products made by a unique fermentation process
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