[Case Study] Earthquake Legacy Combining "Education" and "Experience"

Real earthquake experiences enhance the value of disaster prevention education.

【Overview】 ■Purpose: Disaster transmission and disaster prevention learning support ■Category: Earthquake motion simulator ■Related product: Earthquake Zabuton ■Scope of provision: Complete set of earthquake experience equipment 【Background and Issues】 The Ojiya Disaster Museum "Sonae-kan" is a disaster prevention learning facility that conveys the damage and lessons from the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake that occurred on October 23, 2004, to future generations. Since its opening, the facility has exhibited the "Earthquake Zabuton." It provides visitors with an earthquake experience based on actual observation records. 【Provision System】 The portable earthquake motion simulator "Earthquake Zabuton" can realistically reproduce earthquake motions in two horizontal directions based on actual observation records. 【Effects After Implementation】 ■ Provides a disaster prevention learning experience program that combines "education" through storytelling and group work with "experience" using the Earthquake Zabuton. ■ Through a realistic earthquake experience, participants can gain a deeper understanding of the background of the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake. ■ Elementary and junior high school students from within and outside the prefecture, disaster prevention organizations, neighborhood associations, and local disaster prevention leaders visit the facility and participate in the disaster prevention learning program.

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