OsakaExpedition 2010

The Division of Computer Studies organized a study tour to Osaka, Japan between 2nd and 8th June, 2010. A group of 24 students in the Associate of Science in Creative and Interac-tive Media Production (CIMP), and the Associate of Science in Network and System Admin-istration (NSA) programmes joined this study tour to widen their horizons in digital media and information technologies. Japan is one of the top Asian countries in design, art and new media and technologies, and also one of the closest competitors to Hong Kong in the tech-nology and media industries. The creative media and IT industries are competing in a global environment. Grasping at the latest knowledge and development of computer technologies in our neighboring region will definitely benefit to our students.

Osaka InstItute Of technOlOgy

“For my first feeling, the building of the OIT is already a piece of artistic work.” said by Sam, CIMP

student.

“Professor Yamauchi intorduce this institution and a system call “iLoop”, which allows students to check different information of the campus.” Sam by said.

“As multimedia students, we really like their motion capturing. It’s very interesting and useful for mak-

ing animation. Also, there are some games too, such as Japanese fishing. Japanese Fishing, is a game catching goldfishes without breaking the paper-rod. This game is environmental friendly which reduce the use of pa-

per-rods and does not harm the animals.” said Sarah, CIMP by student.

MaIshIMa sludge center

“When we arrived at the Maishima Sludge Center, we thought

we are being at a theme park or game centre. It is colorful and big, the style of

architecture is like an old casino with lot of plant. ” said by Frank, NSA student.

“Maishima Sludge Center is a very spe-cial place, it is not only because its beau-

tiful appearance but also the people work there. We can feel that the staffs feel very

proud of their job because the sludge center has made a lot of contribution for the people in Osaka.” said by Ray, NSA

student.

flOatIng garden ObservatOry “It is about 40 level high in center

of Osaka and it is the highest building in Umeda. We enjoy the wind, the view and the air, we also enjoy to be there with my

friends” said by Frank, NSA student.

“The night scene of Osaka is beautiful. We played the “love chair”, which is a combination of interactive and media

design. The light on the floor would turn on when we sat on the chair, it is very in-teresting.” said by Pinky, CIMP student.

the MOMOfuku andO Instant raMen MuseuM

“We always have cup noodles in Hong Kong. It was the first time to make cup noodles by ourselves. We have never thought that there are many kinds of cup noodles which we have never seen! ” said by Pinky, CIMP student.

“It was my first time to make noodle by my hand, it was very funny! We can design our own noodle bag and cup. I enjoyed being a noodle cup designer.” said by Vivian, CIMP student.

OsaMu tezuka Manga MuseuM

“The museum was liked a virtual world in Tezuka’s animation. Tezuka’s animations usually reflect the harm to

the earth made by human technologies. In this museum, we learnt the tech-

nologies and the techniques used in an animation. Making an animation was a huge job!” said by Augusto, CIMP

student.

“Being both a manga artist and a doc-tor, Dr. Tezuka added his scientific and

medical knowledge into his master-pieces. Sci-fi manga. Another admi-

rable thinking of Dr. Tezuka was his environmental protection theory, which become a global topic and draws many attentions.” said by Jack, NSA student.

asahI beer suIta factOry

“We saw the making of beer in the factory. The production line is highly mechanized, and only a few work-

ers are needed to maintain the operation of factory.” said by Hin, CIMP student.

“With the help of multimedia, we could have a more com-prehensive idea of how beer is made from planting wheat to fermentation. Besides, we were amazed by the technology of

Japan.” said by Nano, CIMP student.

nhk Osaka brOadcastIng center

“The demonstration of combining the indoor scene with outdoor background impressed me the most. With the help of graphics, I understood how to map the scenes together. I found this idea is pretty useful in doing projects in my future.” said by Ding, CIMP student.

“This is a quite special place of most Hong Kong people because you will never see TVB have a place to introduce them or how the programmes produce.” said by Sing, CIMP student.

Osaka castle

“I think Japanese have done a great job in protecting his-torical site, I hope that Hong Kong and China can reference the historical site protection.” said by Sarah, CIMP student.

“It built a real background and used projector to project the characters. It was quite smart to introduce the story to the visi-tors as they can enjoyed the show and understand the story eas-ily.” said by Milky, CIMP student.

Osaka scIence MuseuM and natIOnal MuseuM Of art

“I t is quite fresh for us the see an exhibition from Japanese.

Usually, we can see European artis-tic works in Art Museum in Hong

Kong. ” said by Sam, CIMP student.

“Science was difficult to expend by the words. Try by ourselves is much

better than explain by words, we have learnt more about science and know more about the principles of

science and technology.” said by Milky, CIMP student.

reflectIOns

“After the trip, I understand how Japanese people respect their tradition and combine with the pace of world. They have shown how we can step forward from our history, but not reach-ing the destination by cutting our pass.” said by Longman, ABS student.

“Hong Kong has a good conditions and resources on Information Technology (I. T.) , but most people are not awaring of using it. Compared with Osaka, Japanese are more open and welcome to new technology.”said by Frank, NSAstudent.

“Time managment is the most important thing we have learned in this trip. We need to catch the time for transportion and meal and we have learned how to plan our schedule perfect-ly and execute it.” said Pinky and Nasper, CIMP students.

acknOwledgMentOsaka Institute of Technology

Osaka City Sewerage Engineering Association

Josho Gakuen

Asahi Beer Shita Factory

Prof. Yoden Katsuhiko

Prof. Yukiji Yamauchi

Mr. Tsuji Atsushi

Ms. Tanaka Ayami

Ms. Tanaka Hiromi

Mr. Haba Masashi

Ms. Kageura Chihiro

CCCU College Quality Campus Life Fund (CQCLF)

Division of Computer Studies

Student List

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