Journeying through Japan with CyClean: Blockchain and Peace
Welcome back to our Journeying through Japan with CyClean series with the students and teachers of Truelove Peace School. In our last post, our team embarked on their incredible journey through the northern lands of Japan. Their starting point was Cape Soya, but they rode past Kitami and travelled through slippery, rainy roads to Kushiro. From Kushiro, they headed to Obihiro. Sounds like they travelled a lot, huh? But we’re not finished yet. Why don’t we go ahead and experience their adventure through their eyes.
In our previous post, we left off at Obihiro. Departing from Obihiro, the team travelled 150 kilometers to Asahikawa, Hokkaido’s second city. 150 kilometers doesn’t sound like much, but your legs start to cramp up after a while, especially after riding for consecutive days. But our team was determined to mine more CyClean tokens to give to others. The day after the guys travelled to Asahikawa, they began another 140-kilometer race to Sapporo, a city you probably know for its beer.
While we were focused on Peace Road, we received unexpectedly pleasant news. The team was featured in a local newspaper! The members had no intention of becoming this famous, but I guess the reporters couldn’t resist! Jokes aside, we want to thank the newspaper for covering our story, and we sincerely hope the readers of this newspaper were inspired by Peace Road 2018.
In the midsummer heat, our members were wrapping their arms with cloth to avoid getting sunburned. You can clearly tell that they are ecstatic about participating in Peace Road 2018. Why are they so happy, you ask?
Well, the participants are always grateful for everything. Coming from the alternative school called Truelove Peace School, which is situated in Seoul, Korea, the students and teachers have a special bond. They work closely together through thick and thin to become better instructors and disciples. The school offers a wide array of learning programs, including self-development courses, travels to different countries, and physical activities like cycling through Northern Japan. Because the school prefers hands-on learning, CyClean sponsored these guys so that they would touch blockchain products, see for themselves the mining rewards, and give back to the community selflessly. CyClean is as happy as these guys are in the photo to offer this one-of-a-kind experience for these amazing people!
Paying Respects to Lost Lives
Peace Road 2018 is about blockchain, mining, and charity, but it’s also about remembering history and the lives that were lost in war. For us to truly appreciate peace, we must remember war, and our cyclists visited a war memorial in Obihiro to do exactly that. This memorial was erected to remember the comfort women and casualties whose lives were lost in war. Both our Korean team from Truelove Peace School and Japanese cyclists paid their respects. They also prayed for a safe completion of Hokkaido Peace Road 2018.
Standing on the grey stones before the memorial, the students told us how thankful they were to be born in a time of peace. They wanted the whole world to once again be reminded of the terrible nature of war. Equipped with a new inner strength, the students vowed to complete the journey as it was planned.
Uh oh! A sign says, “Beware of Bears.” When the team saw this sign, they were eager to hit the road again, lest they be smitten by hungry Hokkaido bears.
Entering the City of Sapporo
Once again, the team hopped on their bicycles and headed towards Sapporo. And thus, the mining resumed. CyClean’s bicycles and health band tracked the distance travelled and sent the information to CyClean’s servers, rewarding the bicyclers with tokens. This happened for 140 kilometers, and the students once again felt rewarded for their efforts. They couldn’t wait to see how many CyClean tokens they would accumulate at the end of the journey!
Once arriving in Sapporo, the team took a short break from pedaling on their bikes and paid a visit to the leaders of the city. They didn’t go with empty hands, but they brought a message of peace for the people of this region. The message was delivered in both Korean and Japanese for the leaders to read.
The team also took the time to visit the Peace Road Exhibition in Sapporo. One of our more experienced team members proudly stood next to the photographs from 2016 and 2017. You can see the grin on his face, which is well-deserved.
We thought this year was rainy, but check out last year! The team nearly had to swim through floodwaters to finish Peace Road 2017.
Did you think our team was finished promoting peace? Not just yet. On July 19th, our peace runners visited the Consulate General of Korea in Sapporo. They met consul general Park Hyeon-gyu to spread the message of peace to him and the people working there. The consul general was proud of everyone who took on this difficult task and encouraged them to keep pushing forward.
When organizing the event, the CyClean team wanted to instill in our students the idea that blockchain is not some strange technology that has no application in our lives. And it seems like the students came to understand this truth. By riding CyClean’s bicycle to the memorial in Obihiro and the consulate general in Sapporo, the students not only had meaningful encounters and experiences, but they also continued to make use of blockchain technology. Teaching our youth about the important things in life - isn’t that what this new technology is all about?
That was part two of our three-part series of Journey through Japan with CyClean. In our final episode, we will find out if the team successfully rode through all 1,250 kilometesr and what they did what the tokens they mined. Thank you!
One of our cyclists posing in front of a wooden sign
In our previous post, we left off at Obihiro. Departing from Obihiro, the team travelled 150 kilometers to Asahikawa, Hokkaido’s second city. 150 kilometers doesn’t sound like much, but your legs start to cramp up after a while, especially after riding for consecutive days. But our team was determined to mine more CyClean tokens to give to others. The day after the guys travelled to Asahikawa, they began another 140-kilometer race to Sapporo, a city you probably know for its beer.
While we were focused on Peace Road, we received unexpectedly pleasant news. The team was featured in a local newspaper! The members had no intention of becoming this famous, but I guess the reporters couldn’t resist! Jokes aside, we want to thank the newspaper for covering our story, and we sincerely hope the readers of this newspaper were inspired by Peace Road 2018.
In the midsummer heat, our members were wrapping their arms with cloth to avoid getting sunburned. You can clearly tell that they are ecstatic about participating in Peace Road 2018. Why are they so happy, you ask?
Well, the participants are always grateful for everything. Coming from the alternative school called Truelove Peace School, which is situated in Seoul, Korea, the students and teachers have a special bond. They work closely together through thick and thin to become better instructors and disciples. The school offers a wide array of learning programs, including self-development courses, travels to different countries, and physical activities like cycling through Northern Japan. Because the school prefers hands-on learning, CyClean sponsored these guys so that they would touch blockchain products, see for themselves the mining rewards, and give back to the community selflessly. CyClean is as happy as these guys are in the photo to offer this one-of-a-kind experience for these amazing people!
Paying Respects to Lost Lives
Peace Road 2018 is about blockchain, mining, and charity, but it’s also about remembering history and the lives that were lost in war. For us to truly appreciate peace, we must remember war, and our cyclists visited a war memorial in Obihiro to do exactly that. This memorial was erected to remember the comfort women and casualties whose lives were lost in war. Both our Korean team from Truelove Peace School and Japanese cyclists paid their respects. They also prayed for a safe completion of Hokkaido Peace Road 2018.
Standing on the grey stones before the memorial, the students told us how thankful they were to be born in a time of peace. They wanted the whole world to once again be reminded of the terrible nature of war. Equipped with a new inner strength, the students vowed to complete the journey as it was planned.
Uh oh! A sign says, “Beware of Bears.” When the team saw this sign, they were eager to hit the road again, lest they be smitten by hungry Hokkaido bears.
Entering the City of Sapporo
Once again, the team hopped on their bicycles and headed towards Sapporo. And thus, the mining resumed. CyClean’s bicycles and health band tracked the distance travelled and sent the information to CyClean’s servers, rewarding the bicyclers with tokens. This happened for 140 kilometers, and the students once again felt rewarded for their efforts. They couldn’t wait to see how many CyClean tokens they would accumulate at the end of the journey!
Once arriving in Sapporo, the team took a short break from pedaling on their bikes and paid a visit to the leaders of the city. They didn’t go with empty hands, but they brought a message of peace for the people of this region. The message was delivered in both Korean and Japanese for the leaders to read.
The team also took the time to visit the Peace Road Exhibition in Sapporo. One of our more experienced team members proudly stood next to the photographs from 2016 and 2017. You can see the grin on his face, which is well-deserved.
We thought this year was rainy, but check out last year! The team nearly had to swim through floodwaters to finish Peace Road 2017.
Did you think our team was finished promoting peace? Not just yet. On July 19th, our peace runners visited the Consulate General of Korea in Sapporo. They met consul general Park Hyeon-gyu to spread the message of peace to him and the people working there. The consul general was proud of everyone who took on this difficult task and encouraged them to keep pushing forward.
Our members stand proudly before the entrance sign of the consulate general
When organizing the event, the CyClean team wanted to instill in our students the idea that blockchain is not some strange technology that has no application in our lives. And it seems like the students came to understand this truth. By riding CyClean’s bicycle to the memorial in Obihiro and the consulate general in Sapporo, the students not only had meaningful encounters and experiences, but they also continued to make use of blockchain technology. Teaching our youth about the important things in life - isn’t that what this new technology is all about?
That was part two of our three-part series of Journey through Japan with CyClean. In our final episode, we will find out if the team successfully rode through all 1,250 kilometesr and what they did what the tokens they mined. Thank you!
** For more information about CyClean, please visit our website at cyclean.io.
