JAL Origami Airplane Workshop" project for interaction between children and the elderly, organized by the Hokuryu Town Board of Education

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

On Saturday, June 29, the "JAL Origami Airplane Workshop," a project to interact with children and the elderly sponsored by the Hokuryu Town Board of Education, was held at the Hokuryu Town Rural Environment Improvement Center (gymnasium).

Project for interaction between children and the elderly

Twenty-two children and 11 members of the Senior Citizens Friendship Promotion Committee had a great time playing with origami airplanes.

JAL Origami Airplane Workshop

The "JAL Origami Airplane Workshop" began in May 2022 as part of the JAL Group's next-generation development program, Soraiku®.

There will be instruction on how to fold and fly origami airplanes, tameshi-throwing, mini-competitions, and more.

Dear JAL Instructors

The instructors were very attentive to our needs.

• friend(Tomoko Mohri, Director, JAL Asahikawa Airport Office)
• late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch(Kenichi Chino, Assistant Manager, JAL Asahikawa Airport Development Office)
• green young man from a well-to-do family(Mr. Koji Seo, Assistant Manager, Asahikawa Branch, JAL Hokkaido Branch)
• Mari.(JAL Asahikawa Airport Operations)

Kenichi Chino, Instructor, Origami Hikoi Association (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture)

Chiken said, "We hope that this origami airplane class will spark an interest in airplanes, and through origami airplanes, we can have fun with the children of the future, and that they will learn from the experience.

22 children participated

11 participating members of Fureai promoters

3 types of origami airplane folds

1. Navel airplane JALL type
2. skyking
3. cuttlebone

Folding Tips

1. Fold the left and right sides of the fold carefully and neatly, with good balance. After folding, do not touch it too much to avoid getting grease on your hands.
2. Leave a gap of 1 to 2 mm between folds
3. Ideally, the finished airplane should fly with the wings in the shape of a Y when held in the hand and the wings in the shape of a T when flying away from the hand!

free flight

Everyone flew free with the completed paper airplane!
A paper airplane that is unexpectedly difficult and does not fly straight!

Try to fly it as if you were gently pushing it forward," advised Chinoken.

Mini-competitions with the elderly and children

A competition in which children and senior citizens fly together to measure the distance flown!
The children flew in groups by grade level with members of the senior citizen community.

Who flew the farthest?
Measure the distance flown!

Results

The top five finishers will receive a certificate and a prize of Chinoken's original paper airplane.

🌻 Winner:Congratulations to Amo Fukuda, 2nd grade student at Manryu Elementary School, with a distance of 10m20cm!

commemorative photograph

souvenir

Original Big Paper Airplane Flight

Chinoken-san flew JAL original big paper airplane from the second floor.

It's made of paper, so when you chatch it, catch it gently so it doesn't break!" Tochi no Ken

We hope that you will enjoy the Origami Airplane Class, where you can learn and discover new things about the sky through paper airplanes, and enjoy the unknown world together with the elderly and children, with our infinite love, gratitude, and prayers.

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◇ Reporting and writing by Ikuko Terauchi (Photography and editorial assistance by Noboru Terauchi)