Every year the Samani Junior High 1^st year students participate in the "Samani Origins Tour" where the students travel around town by bus and observe various locations and businesses. Afterward, the students are split into groups who decide on a particular theme and create a poster presentation based on their research. The poster session is held every December during the school's general assembly.

The theme of this year's tour was to learn about the history of Samani and to realize the relationship between the formation of the history and the topography of the area. The tour took participants to a stone quarry behind Samani Junior High School, the Samani Tourist Information Center, the mouth of the Horoman-gawa River, the peridotite quarry, and a strawberry greenhouse. At each location, the students listened to the guides and staff in charge, asked questions, took pictures, and summarized the information.

We set off on the tour after listening to an explanation about a new program, "SDGs Initiatives in Samani." Many were wondering what the history and topography of Samani and its industries would be like from an SDG perspective.

From the former Samani Station
The Tourist Association office is here and we learned about their ongoing efforts.


The new Hidakaso flower hand towels were on sale.

At the mouth of Horoman-gawa River

After explaining the history of the Samani Mountain Path and how difficult it was to travel, we asked the students to get close to the cliffs of the old national road to see just how steep the terrain is.

Horoman-kyo Gorge as seen from Izumi Bridge on the road to the peridotite quarry.

Many rarely visit here but it has some beautiful fall colors.

Inside the strawberry greenhouse

The students asked questions about management and operations.