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How did you come to work for Greenpeace?
I became aware of and inspired by the way Greenpeace reacts to many problems in the world. When I found Greenpeace Japan's website saying that they wanted volunteer staff I signed up immediately. I have learnt allot about environmental issues and it has been a great experience for me to learn about so many issues I'd never even heard of in Japan.

Why are you here?
I went to Okinawa, the southern island of Japan, where Greenpeace was taking action to stop the building of an air base on a coral reef. I had been there one month as a Greenpeace Volunteer writing web logs when I was asked to go the Southern Ocean. At that time I didn't have any knowledge about whaling, however, I accepted the offer because I thought I could see and write from a neutral point of view. I have talked to some of my friends about whaling. Most of the younger generation in Japan don't even know that we are whaling or eating whale meat and I hope that they start to have an interest in the whaling issue through my web logs.

What are you most looking forward to on this tour?
I would like to start studying not only the issue of whaling, eating whale meat and other things that relate to the whale issue but also defending their life cycle and certainly about the oceans. I also wish to someday write a novel about this tour.

great! keep going on it.