Otemae University students have apparently created a walking map of the Shukugawa area.
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It looks like students from Professor Watanabe’s seminar and Professor Ebi’s seminar in the Tourism Business major, Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies at Otemae University, took the lead in creating a “walking map” of Nishinomiya City’s Shukugawa, Kurakuen, and Koroen areas. The illustrations are so cute.
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Created over six months by a total of 50 Otemae University students
It features places Nishitsu has also covered, such as “TAOCA COFFEE Kurakuen,” “Taishoan,” and “Michelbach.”
Because the impact of COVID-19 made wide-ranging off-campus training difficult, they switched to creating a map that could be researched in small groups within walking distance of the university. Apparently, all 50 students worked on it together, spending six months on production from October 2020 to April 2021.
It seems the students handled everything from making appointments to taking photos
This page features places such as “Cookie Shop Angie,” “Sakura Table,” and “Encore un matin(Encore un matin).”
The students selected the locations to research themselves, made appointments with the shops, visited them in person, and carefully handled the whole process, including interviews → writing the articles and taking photos → proofreading, even visiting the shops again directly to have the content checked. (Wait, that’s even more impressive than Nishitsu.)
Finally
After completion, the map was apparently distributed to new students. Since it isn’t being distributed to the general public, it’s a shame we can’t see the real thing. If you received such a stylish walking map right after enrolling, when you don’t know the surrounding area yet, you’d be really happy, wouldn’t you? Some students also said it helped them “rediscover that there are many stylish shops around Shukugawa, where the campus is located.” That’s nice to hear. They also said they would like to distribute it to local residents in the future, so we’re looking forward to that. It’s such a wonderful initiative. How about a collaboration with Nishitsu sometime? ^^
