Kando Memorial" in memory of Shigeo Hasegawa, the first president of KCG, and commemorative lectures, etc.

On July 2, the anniversary of the death of Shigeo Hasegawa, founder and first president of Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG), the KCG Group held a commemorative event on July 4, 2025, including a lecture meeting and a visit to his grave.Shusuke Arai, Professor of Kyoto Computer Guraduate Institute of Informatics (KCGI), gave a commemorative lecture titled "Bio-logging to See the Invisible - Chasing Hydrospheric Organisms -" at the Main Hall on the 6th floor of KCGI Kyoto Ekimae Satellite, KCG Kyoto Ekimae Campus.Students, faculty and staff listened to Professor Arai's advanced research and remembered the legacy of Professor Hasegawa, who also devoted himself to pioneering information processing technology education.On this day, everyone visited the gravesite of the family temple, Hyakumanben Chion-ji.A flea market was also held by student volunteers at KCG Kyoto Ekimae School.

Dr. Shigeo Hasegawa passed away on July 2, 1986 at the age of 56, and 2025 will mark 39 years since his death.Kando" is his stage name, meaning "a quiet space for meditation away from the world.

Dr. Arai, who gave a commemorative lecture, is a graduate of the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, with a doctorate in agriculture, specializing in marine bioenvironmental studies.He joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and worked for 13 years in the Fisheries Agency and the Science and Technology Agency before returning to Kyoto University to become a researcher.After serving as a member of the 39th Antarctic Research Expedition, he moved to the newly established Graduate School of Informatics at Kyoto University, where he worked on the application of advanced research methods such as biologging and biotelemetry to various aquatic organisms, combining informatics and marine biology.He has served as a professor at Kyoto University, director of the National Fisheries Research and Education Organization (representative of the National Fisheries University), and chairman of the Japan Biologging Research Association.

In his lecture, Professor Arai described biologging as "a technology related to devices worn to understand animal behavior and ecology," "a micro data logger (recording device) or transmitter is attached to the target organism to acquire various data," and "a smart method of traditional observation in fishery resources science.He introduced the evolution of this technology, as well as the content and results of his own research, and that biologging, although a Japanese word, is now well-established as a technical term among native speakers.As a specific example of his research, he explained in detail the results of a study in which he attached an ultrasonic transmitter to the red sea bream, a high-end fish called "guji" in Kyoto, and found that the ecology, which was said to be nocturnal among fishermen, is actually active during the day after leaving its burrow.

Students and faculty members visited Chion-ji Temple in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, while giving priority to their classes.We each laid our hands on the grave and prayed for his repose of soul and for the further development of the KCG Group.

The flea market will be held at the entrance on the first floor of KCG Kyoto Ekimae School.Volunteer students, including international students, brought in local specialties and sweets from their home countries and displayed them at the "storefront.Students, faculty, and staff gathered to enjoy a ring toss game, making it a lively and international market.