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Wonderful Visit to Kyusyu University !!

席 咏梅(Xi Yongmei :シー・ヨン・メイ)/中国・陝西省朱鷺(トキ)救護飼育センター・主任研究員
会食後,九大の学生さんとともに(前列左から藤原教授,筆者)
【筆者紹介】昨年,中国産のトキのつがいとともに飼育・繁殖指導のために来日。新潟県佐渡トキ保護センターに滞在し,日本初のトキの人工孵化に成功した。その功績に対し,環境庁長官,新潟県知事から感謝状が贈られた。トキ飼育の合間に九州大学の藤原昇教授(農学研究院動物資源科学部門)の研究室を訪問。
会食後,九大の学生さんとともに
(前列左から藤原教授,筆者)


A s some of you in Kyushu University has already known,I had a big chance to stay in Japan,Sado Toki (crested Ibis)center, for around half a year,from Februaly to July,1999, in order to help the two birds,crested ibis (Nipponia nippon),in incubating,hatching and hand rearing.
   These two birds (male and female)were donated by the Chinese Prime Minister,Mr.Jian Ze Ming,to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan,and I was asked to escote these birds to Japan.The day we arrived at Sado was terribly bad weather with snowing,but we were very heartedly welcome by all the Japanese people.
   After I arrived there,I spent almost everyday with high tension due to my heavy duty as a specialist for crested ibis in China. Even so,I was very happy to have many good coworkers at Sado Toki center until the end of my stay there.
   Some big difference in food,life style,thinking of people and many other related things was so heavy for me tolive and work in Japan,but most of them were removed from me since all the people in Sado or Niigata prefecture or everywhere in Japan were so kind to me at any time and at any place wherever I go or stay.The famous proverb "Better pass a danger once,than be always in fear", became true when I was in this country.
   This is the second time for me to visit Japan,but the for mer visiting was very short period for stay,so that not so many thing reminded in my mind.At that time,I was too young to rember or consider everything in Japan,leaving only some good experience in Tokyo and nearby.
   On the contrary,this time was enough to look around and/or compare something between our two countries during my stay in Sado,though this island belongs to a part of very rural country side in this country.
   Anyhow,I had a wonderfu stay in Sado,besides very hard work for the crested ibis.Even so,I think this country gave me a lot of unforgettable things other than the birds.
   In addition,most wonderful time finally came to me, when I received a letter from Professor Noboru Fujihara, the President of Japanese Poultry Science Association, who invited me to his university to deliver my small lecture regarding the "Living with endangered wild birds,the crested ibis in China". Fortunately,that was just after the birth of Sado­ Toki 2nd generation,named "yu yu",around the end of June,1999,just before my leaving Japan for my country.At the same time,I was completely free for doing everything,especially released from everything about the crested ibis in Sado-Toki center.
   More happily,I could spend some wonderful days in Fukuoka,Kyushu University,together with some of Professor Fujihara's graduate students,visiting many places famous for their history in Japan.Some time,I had a good time to talk with some of students in Professor Fujihara's laboratory,focusing on the topic of extinct and/or endangered wild animals,including some kind of wild mammals just like giant pandas and some others.
  
陝西省朱鷺救護飼育繁殖中心
陝西省朱鷺救護飼育繁殖中心
Although the period I stayed in Kyushu University was only a couple of days,I imagined myself to study there as a graduate student in the very near future if possible, since this university has been reportedly one of the most historical and famous university in Japan.To my great surprising,Professor Fujihara has started cooperative research works with "Giant Pandas"and "Crested Ibis"between China and Japan from this year.In this respect,his final goal is to organize a wonderful facility which will be named "Research Center for Reproduction of Extinct and/or Endangered Wild Animals in Asia"on his campus in the future.
   Hoping the possibility of my study in Kyushu University in the very near future,and wishing this university much more success and prosperity.

【用語解説】crested ibis :朱鷺(トキ)  hatching :孵化(孵卵器の中でヒナがかえること)   hand­ rearing :人工飼育endangered wild birds :絶滅危惧野生鳥類

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