As a means supporting international students and researchers in their daily lives, an exchange event and "recycling fair" was held recently on the Uji Campus.
The annual fair provides a place where students and researchers from overseas can pick up household items for free, thanks to contributions by Uji Campus faculty and staff. The ninth year of this event, as always a tea party was held concurrently to further promote exchange.
More than 500 contributed items were on display at the venue in the Hybrid Space at Uji Obaku Plaza, and over 70 people participated, including researchers, students, and their families. And as in previous years the items were wide in variety, including furniture such as desks and cabinets, appliances, children's things, toys, futon mats, clothes, tableware, and pans, underlying the event's popularity among Uji's international community, whether among single students and researchers or married couples with children.
At the nearby tea party, participants introduced themselves and engaged in conversations over tea, including also with the directors of several Uji institutes. Professor Yasuaki Kishimoto, Director of the Institute of Advanced Energy, delivered an address, after which Professor Takashi Aoyama, Deputy-Director of the Institute of Chemical Research, and Professor Sanga-Ngoie Kazadi of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere were introduced to event participants. Finally a home appliance drawing fueled a great deal of excitement at the venue.
Over the course of each year, 540 researchers and 100 students from abroad visit or reside on the Uji Campus as part of their research or studies. Kyoto University aims to continue offering support for their welfare through events and projects such as the recycling fair and tea party.
Recycling fair venue
Prof Kishimoto delivering an address
A winner in the prize drawing
