Course title
Forest Resources and Biomass   [Forest Resources and Biomass]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year   Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 18123
Instructor(s)
佐藤 敬一, 安藤 恵介   [SATO Keiichi, ANDO Keisuke]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
This course is 2-days field trip on forest products, timber engineering (wood processing and wooden construction). Visiting a factory of modern housing company, an ancient wooden bridge Saruhashi, monkey bridge, constructed 1300 years ago, and staying the night at Japanese traditional house. Next day visiting forests at Mt. Fuji and Fujisan World Heritage Center.
Expected Learning
Understanding utilization of Japanese forest resouses and forest products.
Traditional and morden Japanese wooden housing. Anceian and histrical wooden bridge. Forest in Mt.Fuji aria. Mt.Fuji as a world heritage.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/

Course schedule
24-25, Sep
1-day(24 Sep) Departure 8:00 (Fuchu Campus)
1) Visiting a factory of mordan Japanese housing company (Ichijo Komuten).
2) Visiting an ancient wooden bridge Saruhashi, monkey bridge, constructed 1300 years ago.
3) Visiting and staying at old traditional house.
2-day(25 Sep)
4) Visiting the forest near Mt. Fuji.
5) Visiting the Fujisan World Heritage Center
Arrived 19:00 or later, depend on the traffic (Fuchu Campus
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Course notes will be provided before the field trip.
References
Assessment/Grading
Report submission of field (100%)
Message from instructor(s)
Stay the night together! Foods must be cooked by ourself. Let's enjoy local foods (Houtou: regional udon noodle) and ethnic foods such as 'nasi goreng'! Let's go to Mt. Fuji!
Course keywords
Forest Resources, Forest Biomass, Timber Engineering, Wooden Housing, Wood Processing
Office hours
please request an appointment by email.
Remarks 1
This class may be cancelled due to COVID-19.
It will cost up to 10,000 yen for bus fare and accommodation.
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
1/31/2022 3:22:48 PM