Hiroshima Summit May 19 through 21: With a willingness for learning, students show resolution to serve as tourist guides or interpreters at an inaugural ceremony of volunteers in Naka Ward
Feb. 12, 2023
by Yo Kono, Staff Writer
On February 11, an inaugural ceremony of student volunteers was held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward. These students will support operation of the summit meeting of G7 (The Group of Seven industrialized nations) to take place in May. They will serve as volunteers from this month until the end of the summit by providing tourism information or interpretation service for those visiting Hiroshima related to the summit.
The Citizens Council for the Hiroshima Summit, an organization established by the government and private sectors, requested 27 universities, junior colleges, and technical colleges in Hiroshima Prefecture to encourage their students to apply to be volunteers, and received applications from 123 students at 21 schools. Seventy-two will serve as “hospitality volunteers” to provide tourism guidance at airports and stations, and fifty-one students will work as “interpretating volunteers” for events.
One-hundred and five students attended the ceremony. A video message was shown by Hidehiko Yuzaki, the Council’s chair and Hiroshima Prefectural Governor, who said, “I hope you will welcome guests with a warm hospitality mindset.” On behalf of the students, Mutsumi Hinomoto, 21, a third-year student at the School of Engineering at Hiroshima University living in Higashihiroshima, expressed her resolution, saying, “The summit is an international conference which draws attention from around the world. I would like to learn a lot so I can utilize this experience in the future when I start to work.”
A group photo of participants in uniform, which they’re expected to wear during operations, was taken. They also received training on international protocol and how to give a greeting to guests. Riko Saeki, 19, a first-year student at the Faculty of Law at Hiroshima Shudo University living in Naka Ward, excitedly said, “I often watch the summit information on the news. With my abilities in English and Chinese that I’m learning now, I want to spread the attractiveness of Hiroshima to the world.”
(Originally published on February 12, 2023)
On February 11, an inaugural ceremony of student volunteers was held at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward. These students will support operation of the summit meeting of G7 (The Group of Seven industrialized nations) to take place in May. They will serve as volunteers from this month until the end of the summit by providing tourism information or interpretation service for those visiting Hiroshima related to the summit.
The Citizens Council for the Hiroshima Summit, an organization established by the government and private sectors, requested 27 universities, junior colleges, and technical colleges in Hiroshima Prefecture to encourage their students to apply to be volunteers, and received applications from 123 students at 21 schools. Seventy-two will serve as “hospitality volunteers” to provide tourism guidance at airports and stations, and fifty-one students will work as “interpretating volunteers” for events.
One-hundred and five students attended the ceremony. A video message was shown by Hidehiko Yuzaki, the Council’s chair and Hiroshima Prefectural Governor, who said, “I hope you will welcome guests with a warm hospitality mindset.” On behalf of the students, Mutsumi Hinomoto, 21, a third-year student at the School of Engineering at Hiroshima University living in Higashihiroshima, expressed her resolution, saying, “The summit is an international conference which draws attention from around the world. I would like to learn a lot so I can utilize this experience in the future when I start to work.”
A group photo of participants in uniform, which they’re expected to wear during operations, was taken. They also received training on international protocol and how to give a greeting to guests. Riko Saeki, 19, a first-year student at the Faculty of Law at Hiroshima Shudo University living in Naka Ward, excitedly said, “I often watch the summit information on the news. With my abilities in English and Chinese that I’m learning now, I want to spread the attractiveness of Hiroshima to the world.”
(Originally published on February 12, 2023)
