Kawagoe Guide Volunteer

Our university is located in Kawagoe City, and students sometimes do activities oriented to the local community. Kawagoe Guide Volunteer is one of these activities!

The purpose of this program is to improve students’ communication skills through practice while we position staff of Kawagoe Festival Hall and Silver Volunteers who belong to Kawagoe Tourist Association as the pivotal role in the program.

When I was a freshman, I participated in this volunteer. Concretely, students including me did two main activities. One was to guide not only foreign tourists but also Japanese tourists to some places near Kuradukuri Street. The other was to ask foreign tourists to answer a questionnaire through communicating in English with them. Of course, students had to know about the geography, famous things, and shops, so we made a preliminary investigation before the activities.



We wore happi coats during the activities.



I participated actually in the volunteer, and felt difficulty of showing tourists the ways and talking to foreigner.

 On my first day, I was asked the way but I couldn’t tell it well. I couldn’t also ask foreigner to assist with our questionnaire because I got nervous and I didn’t know how I should talk to them. After I did activities for three or four times, I got used to it and could enjoy communicating with other people.



Bell Tower



Then I tried talking to a foreign man timidly. He filled out a questionnaire with a good grace even though my English was terrible. I was happy when he handed a paper to me. I think I could learn many things by communicating with other staff, local people and tourists.

Also, I enjoyed doing some sightseeing and eating famous foods like a sweet potato ice creamJ Kawagoe Guide Volunteer Program became a valuable experience for me!

Helpful Facilities

Students are sometimes given assignments or research papers, also they have to hand in their term paper it’s usually typed. In such a case, Computer Room which is on the 5^th floor of the 1^st building is very helpful to students who are under pressure from a deadline. They can use computers whenever they want.

 

There are more than a hundred computers (Windows&Macintosh), so students don’t have to look for an unused one. In addition, all computers were replaced with new one in this spring and therefore students can do their work efficiently in a better environment. There are also student assistants, and you can ask them when you have problems with a computer.

Computer Room is open from 9am to 9pm from Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, it is open from 9am to 5pm.

On Sundays and national holidays, it is closed but there are occasionally exceptions, so it might be better for you to check  ‘TIU computer information paper’ which shows when the room is closed monthly.

When you use this room, you have to keep some rules. First, you have to write your name in a user recording note before you start a computer. Second, you must not eat or drink in the room. Most important thing is to consider other people and not talk in a loud voice.

The space, which desks and chairs put in, is nearby the entrance of Compute Room. Students use this place to take a break.

I also use Computer Room to do assignment and sometimes

for fun.

When I took a picture, somebody watched animations or played an on-line game♢

The room is very good, so I recommend you to practical use itJ

CAFE

There are a lot of places where students like in campus!

Especially, cafeteria must be a place of recreation and relaxation for most of them.

The first campus has three cafeterias-----one is next to Research Center, the others are near 1^st building. In the lunchtime, starved students throng there and enjoy their own time. Cafeterias provide us with various foods such as ramen, udon, curry, set meal and so on. Just you hand a meal ticket to staff, they serve delicious meals with a lovely smile. Of course, breads are sold at reasonable prices.

Students also use cafeteria in their free time. Some do their report, some watch TV, others talk with friends. Everyday students’ joyful laughing voices range throughout there.

   This is cafeteria1. It is smaller than cafeteria3, but there are sufficient seats and　comfortable atmosphere.  →

←　This is cafeteria3.

 It’s walled almost in glass and the mild sunlight shines 
 in through the windows.

I like cafeterias too, and go there every day.

My favorite food is curryJ It’ spicy and so delicious that I eat this once a week!