Caster Ogasawara Wataru: There is only a week left of spring break, so I'm sure there are some fathers and mothers who are thinking, "I have to get my child to do their homework." A certain "spring break homework" is currently trending on social media. It is homework for first-year junior high school students in a certain area of ​​the Kanto region. Japanese: Complete all of the learning kanji notebook up to p. 65. Social studies: Choose one delicious local dish from a certain region and write a report on it. Limited to Japan. Ramen and Western food are not allowed. *The following is only for those who can play Momotaro Dentetsu for more than 10 years. This is the homework. ■ "Momotaro Dentetsu" will be available in school education institutions from 2023, but there will be no "poverty god." The first edition of Momotaro Dentetsu was released in 1988 (Showa 63). "Momotaro Dentetsu" is a game in which you become the president of a railroad company, buy up properties all over the country, and compete for total assets. The ultimate goal is to become as rich as possible. This will be provided free of charge to educational institutions from 2023, and has been introduced in about 7,000 elementary and junior high schools nationwide. So, it has become a spring break homework for those who can play it, asking them to play for 10 years. Caster Takahiro Inoue: You play it in the 1999 setting, and at about 4am you push King Bombie onto each other and get into a fight, and that's how you learn about life. So I'd love to have a poverty god in the educational version...but maybe not. Caster Chiaki Horan: It would be interesting if there was a King Bombie, but it's still educational after all. Caster Ogasawara: There's nothing unreasonable about it. Caster Horan: But you have to be careful because it really does lead to fights. So if there's a Bombie, there's a possibility that they'll get on badly... Tanaka Urve Kyo: I think it's good. The purpose is to learn place names and things like that. It's really important that the means are fun. Caster Inoue: And it's not the purpose, but that you learn them without realizing it, or that this is how you earn assets. Or that this is how you should play your cards here. ■ You can read difficult place names like "Okoppe" and "Kin" naturally Caster Ogasawara: Why is "Momotaro Dentetsu" so useful? "My daughter is addicted to it. I was surprised that she can read difficult place names like the relative positions of prefectures." It's frustrating, but children can read place names that parents can't read. Caster Horan: When it comes to weather reports, or difficult place names in Hokkaido, they can read them even without furigana. Caster Ogasawara: Also, "When my mother gets angry, I say 'I'm studying geography.'" When I open my computer and play a game, I can confidently say that I'm studying geography. Basically, it's a board game that has been ported to a video game, and you play by rolling dice to progress... Place names like "Okoppe" in Hokkaido and "Kin" in Okinawa come up. Even if teachers say, "Let's learn the names of cities in Hokkaido," the children will be like, "Why?" and it's difficult to show the benefits. However, with Momotetsu, they learn them naturally. ■ "Specialties" are also learned through "Momotaro Dentetsu" Furthermore, "Many of the specialties are remembered through Momotaro Dentetsu" When I go on a business trip, my children also learn through Momotaro Dentetsu what to buy when they go there. For example, there are "Ikinari Dango" and "Kumamoto Ramen" in Kumamoto, but there is also "High-tech Factory". Holan Caster: TSMC? Ogasawara Caster: That's what comes to mind. In February 2024, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer "TSMC" opened a factory in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto. Although there are no proper nouns in the game, it guides you to learn such things. Holan Caster: When you become an adult, you focus so much on winning that even though there are many different specialties written on the map, you can't remember them or forget them immediately. However, children remember small things very strongly, so I thought that it might be better to start early in terms of education. ■ Which property to buy? "Great for studying math" Caster Ogasawara: Also, some people say that Momotetsu is "great for studying profitability" and "great for studying profitability, total assets, and math." For example, if you stop at Hiroshima, and you have 10 million yen, you can buy a "Momiji Manju Shop," a "Hiroshima Lemon Cake Shop," a "Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki Shop," and so on. The "%" written next to it is the profitability rate. If you try to buy a professional baseball team in Hiroshima, it will cost "7.9 billion yen," the profitability rate will be "5%," and the expected profit will be "395 million yen." It's difficult to know whether you'll make a profit or not, but once every few years, the team will win. Then this will explode and become a huge profit. Caster Inoue: It also tests your talent. Do you buy it there, or take it later? Caster Holan: If you own a farm, there will be good years and bad years, and you'll get hit by typhoons. Caster Kyo Tanaka Urve: You can't stop. Caster Inoue: Set in 1999 or something… (https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/list/articl... ▼TBS NEWS DIG Official website https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/ ▼Please subscribe to our channel! / @tbsnewsdig ▼Information provided by "TBS Insiders" https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/tbs-ins... ▼Video provided by "TBS Scoop Post" https://www.tbs.co.jp/news_sp/toukou.... #News #news #TBS #newsdig