[Market School] Held an end-of-term activity report meeting for high school students x market problem-solving project

Market School General Incorporated Association held an end-of-term activity report meeting for market stakeholders on Saturday, March 21. Market School is a project that conveys the original role and charm of markets. This initiative is part of the Nippon Foundation's "Umi to Nippon Project" which connects people through the sea to pass on a rich and beautiful ocean to the next generation.

What is the activity of "Market School"?

*This press release is based on the original text written by high school students, with additions and revisions.

"Market School" is a project where high school students and intermediate wholesale stores at the Yokohama Central Wholesale Market collaborate to convey the original role and charm of markets. High school students learn about the market and challenge themselves with "PR activities," "product development," "event planning," and more, aiming to communicate with many people. Through these activities, they aim to widely publicize fresh fish and the unique vibrancy of the market, and also to create opportunities for people who do not usually visit the market and those in the restaurant industry to visit and do business. By leveraging the flexible ideas and actions of the younger generation, they are pioneering new possibilities to connect the community and the market, and disseminating the charm of the market. This release provides reports from the participating members.

3rd Year Hana.S

For this end-of-term presentation, I worked on creating slides and a presentation script. In the previous interim presentation, I crammed too much information into the slides, making them difficult to see. This time, to improve that, I focused on extracting important parts and making them large and easy to see. As a result, when giving the presentation, I was able to speak while looking at the audience, rather than staring at the slides, so I think the presentation itself went better than last time.

3rd Year Ayu.I

I gave a report on services (Fish Idea Club) and PR. During the Q&A session, many suggestions were given regarding PR activities, such as "Why don't you try this?" and I felt grateful, realizing "These are perspectives we couldn't find on our own." Also, it made me truly happy that the intermediate wholesalers, city council members, and market stakeholders told me that our activities were meaningful.

Although I was in charge of PR, this year I went beyond that framework and also participated in service and product development activities. I was able to share the knowledge I gained from that, and even things that seemed unrelated to "Market School," with many people at this end-of-term presentation.

I am full of gratitude for being provided with such a valuable opportunity, following the interim presentation, and for so many people attending. Truly...