{"id":5897,"date":"2025-04-10T20:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:31:04","slug":"memories-with-sasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/2025\/04\/5897\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories with Sasa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello everyone. I&#8217;m Mayuko Kuse, a first-year master&#8217;s student in the Okumura Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From November to December 2024, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ms. Sarah Ismullah, a doctoral student from Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, who came to Japan for a short-term study program and spent time in our lab. We all called her &#8220;Sasa.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog post, I&#8217;d like to share some of the wonderful memories we made during her two-month stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 16\u201317, we took part in an evacuation drill held in the Ama district of Minamiawaji City, Hyogo Prefecture. I shared a room with Sasa, which gave us a great opportunity to talk and learn more about each other. (Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pictures of our room!) Those two days really brought us much closer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-48.png 484w, https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-48-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sasa and I walked all the way to the sea, chatting together as we went.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-49.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-49.png 540w, https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-49-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo of the senior members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On December 21, I went on a fun day trip to Mt. Hakodate in Shiga Prefecture with Professor Okumura, his daughter, Sasa, and myself. Sasa and I teamed up to build a snowman\u2014but we struggled a bit to get it nice and round! For lunch, we had soba noodles, and on the way back, we stopped by to see the beautiful Metasequoia tree-lined avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-50.png 504w, https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-50-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A memory from the snowy mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-51.png 396w, https:\/\/wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp\/bosai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/04\/image-51-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our snowman\u2014made with Sasa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was also a very inspiring two months for me\u2014I learned so much from Sasa during her time here. I hope I can visit Indonesia next time and see her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, Sasa, for all the wonderful memories!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone. 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