Experience the activity "Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" at Mobility Resort Motegi!
At Mobility Resort Motegi, an activity called "Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" was held during the Golden Week holiday period.
This time, we will introduce the state of the activity that was held.
"Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" What kind of activity is it?
Mobility Resort Motegi has a forest called "Hello Woods," a place slightly away from the city center where you can fully experience nature.
Within the Hello Woods forest, there is a rice field called "Hacchoutonbo Terraced Rice Fields." Various creatures that are rarely seen in urban areas live there. In spring, many tadpoles swim around, and you can find larvae of the red dragonfly called Akiaakane, as well as Tokyo Daruma frogs and tree frogs.
"Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" is an activity where you use a net to scoop up creatures living in the rice paddies and observe them closely.
A place where you can fully feel nature
By picking up and observing unfamiliar creatures yourself and touching them directly, you can use your five senses to perceive various things more deeply than by simply researching on the internet.
Also, in this activity, a living creature expert who is knowledgeable about various creatures accompanies the group. They explain not only the ecology of the creatures but also detailed aspects such as how they were born, why they live in this forest, and where they are most commonly found.
"Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" Experience!
So, we actually experienced what kind of program "Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor" is!
On the day of the event, we gathered on-site at the Hello Woods forest’s Hacchoutonbo terraced rice fields at the start time! Once we arrived at the rice fields, we immediately took nets and, together with the Living Creature Doctor, started gasa gasa-ing the rice fields to look for living creatures. That day, frogs were croaking all around, and the children who participated were completely absorbed in catching frogs!
Also, rice paddies are rarely seen in urban areas, so the children were very excited as they put their nets into the paddies and found various creatures.
The rice paddies are full of tadpoles. In addition, dragonfly larvae and diving beetles also inhabit the paddies. The doctor teaches us many things about these creatures. For example, tadpoles. In fact, the types of tadpoles vary depending on the season, and in the Hello Woods terraced rice fields, five species lay eggs in a set sequence.
In this way, you can immediately ask the doctor any questions you have about the ecology, species, and how the creatures live, which leads to a lot of learning.
Frogs are quite difficult to catch, but the doctor taught us some tips and showed us how to catch them together.
Let's observe living creatures
Let's observe the animal doctor and the frog! "What about the hands and feet?" "Where are the eyes?" "What about the mouth?" Children who participated used all five senses to observe the animals.
Enjoy nature experiences with peace of mind and safety
At the end, the creatures are returned to the rice field. The frogs that were caught swim away smoothly once released back into their original rice field. The activity lasts only about an hour, and since participants gather and disperse on-site, it’s nice to have the freedom to decide your schedule before and after!
Even for those who have a strong aversion to insects, children can see, touch, and feel nature, absorbing its goodness fully. There are many things you can only understand by actually touching. Hello Woods is a forest carefully managed by human hands, so it can be said that you can enjoy nature experiences with peace of mind and safety.
This time, we delivered an experience report of the "Gasa Gasa Introduction with Living Creature Doctor".
Usually, there are few opportunities to interact with nature and living creatures like this, so it felt like a valuable experience.
At Mobility Resort Motegi, many activity programs that allow you to experience nature will continue to be available in the future.
How about fully enjoying the nature that you normally cannot experience at Mobility Resort Motegi?
