The "Egg Gathering Experience" has been held at Ark Tategamori for over 30 years. Participants enter the chicken coop and collect fresh eggs laid by free-range, healthy chickens from the nest boxes. This experience is held on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

In the past, many elementary schools kept chickens, but despite the growing emphasis on the importance of "education about life," the number of schools that keep chickens has drastically decreased due to recent concerns about infectious diseases and the difficulties of raising and managing them.

At Ark Tategamori, we wanted to offer learning opportunities while also providing an enjoyable egg-gathering experience, so we built a new "Egg School" and opened it on April 11th.

Inside the chicken coop at "Egg School," we have installed 34 Q&A boards as an element of "learning."

• Q: Is there a specific order in which the roosters crow?
• Q: What is a fertilized egg?
• Q: Do chickens "forget things after three steps"?

From simple questions to more specialized ones, we've incorporated various methods to make learning enjoyable for both children and adults.

The building itself is designed in a school-like style, befitting the "Egg School," and features a symbolic weather vane on the roof. Of course, there is also a garden that serves as a free-range pasture, and the scenery, characteristic of Ark Tategamori, is one of the attractions of the new facility.

The "egg-gathering experience" itself is a rare and valuable opportunity, even when viewed from a national perspective.

We'll be waiting for you at "Rainbow Hill" this weekend!

Hiroshi Yabe, Agricultural Department