12/11 – 12 にカンボジアで行われた The 4th International Conference on Earth Resources and Geo-Environment Technology (EraGET2025) に，学部4年の須川と修士2年の真下が参加してきました．
On December 11th and 12th, Sugawa (B4) and Mashita (M2) attended the 4th International Conference on Earth Resources and Geo-Environment Technology (EraGET2025) held in Cambodia.
「学位論文提出直前の2人が行って大丈夫なの！？」と思われる読者の皆さんもいらっしゃると思います．もし3月の Farewell Party の記事の写真に私たちが写っていなかったら，「そういうこと」だと思ってください．
Some of you might be thinking, “Is it really okay for these two to be traveling right before their thesis deadlines!?” Well, if you don’t see us in the photos from the Farewell Party in March… please just assume “that’s what happened.”
東京→広州→プノンペンの旅路，最初のフライトがなんと4時間も遅延して幸先の悪いスタートとなりました．幸いトランジットには十分な時間をとっていたので全体の行程には響きませんでしたが，広州ドカ食いの夢ははかなく散りました．
Our journey (Tokyo -> Guangzhou -> Phnom Penh) got off to a rocky start with a 4-hour delay on our very first flight. Fortunately, we had a long layover, so it didn’t affect our overall schedule, but our dreams of a “Guangzhou food crawl” were sadly crushed.
A 4-hour departure delay! The plane actually didn’t start moving until even later than the time shown on the screen.
Besides water, this meat bun was the only thing I ate in China. It was delicious.
気を取り直してプノンペン観光．半日ながら，王宮，ワットプノン，ナイトマーケットなどなどを満喫しました．
Pulling ourselves together, we enjoyed some sightseeing in Phnom Penh. Although we only had half a day, we fully explored the Royal Palace, Wat Phnom, and the Night Market.
The Royal Palace. It was absolutely spectacular.
Since we’d be having plenty of Khmer food later, we chose a recommended Georgian restaurant for our first night. Instead of Khmer food, we had Shkmeruli!
翌日，EraGET が開幕．東南アジアを中心に世界各国から参加者が集まりました．スタッフも発表者も学生（特に学部生）が主体の学会で，みんな同年代ということもあり，お互い非常に仲良くなりました．そして須川は（学部4年で！）初めての英語の口頭発表に，真下は初めての英語のポスター発表に臨みました．
The next day, EraGET kicked off. Participants gathered from all over the world, with a focus on Southeast Asia. It was a student-centered conference (especially undergraduates) for both staff and presenters. Since we were all around the same age, we became friends very quickly. Sugawa gave his first-ever oral presentation in English (as a B4 student!), and Mashita took on his first English poster presentation.
It was a great honor for Mashita to receive the Best Poster Award.
学会2日目の午後は，プノンペンからシェムリアップへ数時間のバス移動．その翌日にはクレン国立公園で滝や寺院を見学し，世界遺産のアンコールワットも訪問しました．雄大な自然と壮大な建築を全身に感じる貴重な経験となりました．現地でできた友人たちには素敵な写真をたくさん撮ってもらいましたよ！
On the afternoon of the second day, we took a bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. The following day, we visited Kulen National Park to see the waterfalls and temples, and finally visited the World Heritage site, Angkor Wat. It was a precious experience to feel the magnificent nature and grand architecture with our own senses. Our new friends from the conference took lots of wonderful photos for us!
最後になりますが，今回の訪問に際してお世話になった皆さんに感謝申し上げます．ありがとうございました．
Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who supported this visit. Thank you very much.