Eha Dordett in Osaka

Konnichiwa mina-san! Greetings from Osaka! There’s been a while since my last post. Six days at Yume Miyakojima were filled with lots fun and activities. Monday the 10th of October was the 10th National Holiday, called Taiiku no hi. It’s a Sports Day. All institutions are involved and everybody is participating. Schools are organising different kind of competitions, same are …

First dance students in Osaka

Santasport is a sports institute offering Vocational Education in Dance in Rovaniemi, close to the Arctic Circle, located at the fell Ounasvaara in the middle of the picturesque northern nature of Finland. First students travelled to Osaka October 2015. We will have very soon more information about their exciting time in Osaka. Santasport Institut

My experiences in Jinpuu

When I came to Chiba to work in JINPUU, I thought that two months is a very long time. I also thought that I would feel lonely, miss my home and my husband, that I would be exhausted from the physical work, and basically felt worried about lot of things.’  wrote Carita Österberg in her blog. I can’t thank Jinpuu’s …

Aya Obayashi – messenger of creativity and wellbeing

”I hug a tree!” japanese Aya Obayashi declares as an answer to a question from where she gets her energy. The beauty and colours of Finnish nature make her happy, as do wider themes like equality, respecting one another and well-being of children. Studying in Finland has offered great views to Finnish society and entrepreneuship but also a living lab …

HANAKO SEMINAR IN OSAKA

Osaka Seminar Report (ENG) (PDF)   Seminar invitation     Hanako Seminar in Osaka Program  (PDF)

Vuorenmäki daycare

Media Play Could Work also in the Yume-Chuo Day-Care Centre Media play and playground impressed Mr. Yutaka Komoto, vice-director of the Yume-Chuo day-care centre, who paid a one-week visit to the Vuorenmäki day-care centre in Kirkkonummi in November 2012. Inspiring Play Mr. Komoto hoped that media play could be introduced also to Yume-Chuo. “It was interesting to see how the …

Villa Tapiola (en)

Relaxed Atmosphere from Finland – Anticipation of Needs from Japan Sparkling wine, strawberry cake, coffee and gifts elated the farewell party of Mr. Kenichi Kuratani and Ms. Yuka Oonishi at the nursing home of Villa Tapiola in September 28. During their one week work period Mr. Kenichi and Ms. Oonishi had an opportunity to compare the Finnish and Japanese care …

Ryusei Fukushikai (en)

Japanese Visitors Were Pleased with the Progress in Co-operation Ms. Kayoko Fujimoto, director of the Ryusei Fukushikai Group, expressed her contentment with the progress in co-operation with the Finnish partners of the Hanako projects. During their visit of one week, the representatives of Ryusei Fukushikai participated in the Hanako seminar hosted by the Federation of Education in Central Ostrobothnia in …

Autumn Seminar 2012

Expansion of Cooperation Inspired Hanako’s Autumn Seminar Expansion of cooperation aroused interest in Hanako’s autumn seminar in Lahti in November 2012. In her opening speech, Ms. Marita Modenius, principal of the Salpaus Further Education, hoped to expand cooperation, especially in the wood, landscaping and audio-visual communications fields. Inspiring experiences of the student and expert exchange were shared in presentations and …