On February 11, students from Volunteer Support Station, an extracurricular activity group of Kanazawa University, and their advisor, lecturer Kaisei Harada from Faculty of Economics and Management, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, participated in the "1st Imo Fest" held at the Mashiki Town General Gymnasium, Kumamoto Prefecture.
As part of the recovery support for the Noto Peninsula earthquake 2024, a Noto antenna shop was set up at the festival in collaboration with the organising group, NPO Team Yasunaga, and its cooperating group, Kanazawa University Volunteer Center.
The participating students sold local Noto sake (Japanese sake, wine, shochu, local beer, etc.), dried goods from the Wajima Morning Market, Wajima chopsticks and Wajima lacquer chopsticks from "Wajima Tebashiya," Noto reconstruction goods from Juzo Shrine, and other items. They also set up a donation box for Noto reconstruction in front of the store. The weather was fine on the day, and many visitors gathered at the antenna shop immediately after opening. The dried goods were sold out immediately, and the chopsticks and local sake were also popular, making the booth a great success.
Since Mashiki Town, where the event was held, was severely damaged by the Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016 (intensity 7 on the Japanese seismic scale), many visitors offered warm words to the victims of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024 and words of appreciation and encouragement to the volunteer groups.
With the support of everyone from inside and outside the prefecture, Kanazawa University will continue to contribute to the creative recovery of the disaster-stricken areas.
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Imo Fest venue -
The booth with photos showing the beauty of Noto -
Noto Antenna Shop attracts many visitors -
Customer service sales
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