On May 17, 17 village men from Ciputagal, West Java Province, Indonesia, arrived in Japan and stayed in Fukuoka City and other places Kyushu Region, participating in inspection and training courses in the agricultural sector.
In addition to training at a seed company in Nagasaki, the participants also interacted with an organization that preserves Japanese Kagura (ancient Shinto music and dancing), as traditional theater has been handed down in the village near the OISCA Nishi-NipponTraining Center.
The participants also visited Hoshino Village of Yame City, Toho Village and Ukiha City,which have similar landscapes, to see how tourism is being promoted, and discussed how they could share what they had learnt and apply it to their local activities.
On May 20, an activity debriefing was held at the Nishi-Nippon Training Center, where the visiting Indonesian group introduced to local people and others the project being implemented in their area and reported on the training visit to Japan.
The participants were seen asking enthusiastic questions at each of the sites visited, providing more opportunities for the sustainable development of the project.
