Gist
The aim of the activity of Ask 10 Persons ("A10" hereafter) is to change teens' view about others with culturally different backgrounds to a much friendlier one by enriching the images they have toward foreign countries from a familiar perspective.
Aims
The aim of the activity of Ask 10 Persons:
- to create the opportunity of answering the simple doubt or question for the culture of the foreign country which the children of teens hold
- to create the opportunity of ascertaining that it connotes heavily layer and the various sides in the word, culture, such as culture which each area possesses, the culture which each individual holds, and the culture whose community is high worldwide in the word
- to create the opportunity of sharing the feeling by being able to know the existence of the persons who have the same interest of her/him in the world
- to create the opportunity of exchanging mutual information of personal-based regional culture that mass media cannot afford to convey
- to create the database with which children in the world try to be able to search similar questions and doubts easily
Link: Ask 10 Persons Project Home
Who we are
Terushige Kohama manages the a10 forum with the help of core members and friendly members from all over the world.
The Forum In Agusut 2006 (hintodepinto from California)
Last night we had a great meeting with the SAT students. We talked about the differences between Japanese and American high schools. A Japanese lady named Hitomi was present and she helped with English to Japanese translation. A local journalist, Mr. Yoshimoto, attended and took notes voraciously. The students were very cheerful and asked me lots of interesting questions. Hitomi talked about her experiences in Australia and showed us lots of photographs. I hope we have many more chances to do this again.
Rafal from Poland visited us in summer 2007
One of our core members, Rafal, visited us in summer 2007. He learned calligraphy from one of the students called Aya. He went to Kamishima with students and ate takomeshi. He also visited Nara, Osaka, Kyoto, and so on during his staying in Japan. He went to watch hanabi, firework, with teru and Toyoshi's family. He really enjoyed hanabi!
He is learning Japanese in Poland and he wishes to visit Japan again with Michal.
Garnold from Poland visited us in summer 2009
Another core member, Garnold, visited us in summer 2009. His first arrival was Tokyo. He met Asakawa-san there. Asakawa-san took him to several nice places. He enjoyed looking around Tokyo with him. He enjoyed Japanese dishes there in Tokyo too.
Garnold took Shinkansen to Nagoya from Tokyo and visited Matsusaka. He met nice friends there during his stay for some weeks. On the festival day he danced with them. He danced so well! ;) And his Japanese helped him to make many Japanese friends.
Garnold and I visited Nara. Kei came there from Shiga pref. and joined us. Garnold found Kakigori was so nice. It became one of his favorite Japanese foods.;) After looking around Nara in a day, Garnold and I had a big problem. The battery of my car was dead! Kei had already gone for Shiga. So Garnold pushed my car on the main street of Nara. Fortunately the car worked after our serveral trials. :D
You can see some of his pictures at Krystian's visiting Japan and Suzuodori in 2009 and kibonosono's video chat 12 on the photo gallery.
Kei studies Economy in Warsaw 2009-2010
Kei is a Japanese member of Ask 10 Persons Project. He started to study Economy in Warsaw in September, 2009.
Garnold gave him some informations about not only the system of university but life in Poland. Thank you for the Ask 10 Persons Project. His informations helped a lot.
A few weeks after living in Warsaw, Kei visited Krakow. He looked around the Krakow and The Wieliczka Salt Mine with Arcueid, Garnold and Kasia. Kei spent nice time with them. :D
Kei enjoys studying and living in Warsaw. He met nice people there. He has some Pole friends and other friends for here and there in the world.
Kei sometimes travels other countries from there. He visitied Italy at the end of this year. He had nice experience traveling through Italy as I did. :)
How to join the project
Please contact us. You just need to click 'CONTACT' on the screen and write down your self-introduction to us.