Homes for training and education of juvenile delinquents are child welfare facilities to admit and give training and education to children who have commited delinquent acts.  I'm now working at Musashino−Gakuin, one of these homes.

     The purpose of this program showend by the Management and Coordination Agency of Japan is to promote mutural understanding and friendship among youths as well as to broaden international outlook of the world.  From the viewpoint of my profession, I will state my own purposes and activities.

     Firstly I wanted to grasp social circumstances of visited countries.  Delinquency consists of, roughly speaking, individual factors and social circumstances, so I wanted to see, with my own eyes, latter aspect of visited countries.

     The second purpose was to gain any useful information from participating youths about youth problems mainly treatment of juvenile delinquents, and to introduce treatment of juvenile delinquents in Japan.

     Before gettin on board, I spent the most of the time to prepare to introduce the treatment system of juvenile delinquents, especially residential one.  On the ship in the session of 'Criminal proceedings in Japan' I presented residential treatment of juvenile delinquents from the viewpoint of child welfare.  After the departure from Honolulu, I presented the introduction again in Japanese.

     And the third one is to see child welfare institutions, mainly residential homes for juvenile delinquents.  At Quito, when moving in the bus, our group member taught me the prison and the juvenile home, but I couldn't see well.
   At the Oahu island of Hawaii, I had a chance to contact with KOOLAU BOYS HOME (home for juvenile delinquents), but because of little time I couldn't get permission of visiting there.

     And the last one is to broaden my outlook.  Each participant has  different backbone, gathering from different fields.  It's very impressive and stimulus to hear and see other persons' remarks and activities.

      Looking back upon this ship, I remember when finally Nippon Maru stopped moving at Hawaii the first visit, although my legs keep me moving as if I were on the ship, I was in high spirits.  But now after departing from Hawaii (second visit), it is difficult to describe with words to another person.  We met as strangers and depart as friends.  I could reap a good harvest to my continuing my special work.  I want to conclude these words, "The activities on the ship is not to members, not for members, but with members."