An event to experience local company jobs was held in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture. Among these jobs, at the Ise Sea Paradise aquarium, elementary school students tried feeding a spotted seal. First, they cut horse mackerel and Pacific saury into bite-sized pieces with kitchen knives. After that, they fed the seal while giving hand signals they had learned from keepers, and they were delighted.

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