The presentation of a competition in which schools across the country competed in their efforts to create biotopes, spaces in which living things live, was held in Tokyo, with Prince Akishino and his eldest son Hisahito in attendance.
This ``National School/Garden Biotope Contest'' is held once every two years, and approximately 400 school-related people attended the presentation held at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, Tokyo on the afternoon of the 4th. did.
In his speech, Prince Akishino expressed his feelings for the victims and victims of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and then said, ``Biotopes built in schools and gardens are not just places where people can come into contact with nature. I think this will be a place that will provide an important opportunity to think about coexistence with nature."
After this, the schools and kindergartens that won the top five awards gave presentations on their environmental activities through biotopes.Of these, students from Fukushima University Junior High School in Fukushima City, who won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, made presentations on the biotope they built in the courtyard. We introduced our efforts to create a pond in the shape of Fukushima Prefecture.
According to the explainer, Prince Akishino watched the presentation, occasionally asking questions, and Prince Hisahito, who has a strong interest in living things, also listened intently to the presentation.