1. ~ Close Ties between Humans and Water ~ Interacting with Water The Crown Prince Naruhito, Japan

2. UNSGAB ( United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation ) Hashimoto Action Plan Water and Disasters Ｇｏａｌ １ To define an internationally recognizable target focused on reducing the loss of life and livelihoods Ｇｏａｌ ２ To ensure immediate provision for safe drinking water and sanitation during and after disasters

3. Nara Excavations of Ring-Moat Type Settlement

4. Reconstruction of Ring-Moat Type Settlement

5. Yayoi ware

6. 400km 300km 200km 100km Nara Osaka Kyoto Nagoya

8. Reconstruction of Ring-Moat Type Settlement

9. 流域界 Outline of Tone River Basin Original watercourse Watarase Retarding Basin Sekiyado Castle Museum Chujo Levee Current watercourse Tokyo

10. Watercourse before the 16 th Century Tone River Hitachi River Kinu River Kasumigaura Lake

11. 出典： 続日本紀 Source: Shoku-Nihon-gi

12. Original watercourse Current watercourse Excavated in the 8 th Century

13. ~ 1590

14. ~ 1600

15. ~ 1630

16. ~ 1650

17. ~ 1660

19. “Mizuka” Mound against Flooding

20. Fuku River → Tone River → Current Chujo Levee Former Levee ７９０ｍ ２７３０ｍ ３０００ｍ Protected Area Chujo Levee Space for Flooding

21. Narrow Channel Chujo Levee Tone River → Fuku River → Photo by the Crown Prince Naruhito

22. Space for Flooding Chujo Levee Protected Area Tone River → Narrow Channel

23. Space for Flooding Chujo Levee Protected Area Tone River → Narrow Channel

24. Space for Flooding Chujo Levee Protected Area Tone River → Narrow Channel

25. Space for Flooding Chujo Levee Protected Area Tone River → Narrow Channel

26. Flood Damage caused by Typhoon Katherine (1947)

27. Mekong River Photo by the Crown Prince Naruhito

28. 流域界 Outline of Tone River Basin Original watercourse Watarase Retarding Basin Sekiyado Castle Museum Chujo Levee Current watercourse Tokyo

29. Sekiyado Castle Museum

30. “Istanbul is connected to Nara through the Silk Road.” Istanbul Nara Rumeri Hisarı Shoso-in Treasure Depository

31. White Cut Glass Bowl in the Shoso-in Treasure Repository in Nara