At Dandelions, we regularly hold “recreation” events to deepen friendships among our employees!
I am “Joji” from the third Unit. In this article, I would like to leave behind the gradually getting colder season and talk about this year’s warm and dazzling midsummer, and introduce the “recreation” the third Unit hold. On July 28, 2023, we gathered at the Shonai Ryokuchi Park and enjoyed BBQ and did some physical exercise. The main person in charge of this event was “Kuroma”.
For the BBQ, “BBQ CANVAS Shonai Ryokuchi” helped us and prepared the BBQ site, equipment, and food, and we only brought in additional food. It was so much fun grilling and eating delicious meat and vegetables together! By the way, I recently learned the word nomikeshon (mix of the Japanese verb nomu which means “to drink”, and the word komyunikēshon, “communication”) and I thought that a tabenikeshon (mix of the Japanese verb taberu which means “to eat”, and the word komyunikēshon, “communication”) like this one would be enough to deepen our friendships.
The physical exercises were all kinds of games. For example, we played “Daruma-san ga Kotta” (the Japanese equivalent of the “Red light, Green light” game), and as a summer game, we also split watermelon. (Personally, I felt like “Oh, it’s summer in Japan!”)
After the BBQ was over, we cleaned up the site and moved to the grassy area of the Shonai Ryokuchi Park, where we played dodgeball and other activities.
Looking back on it now, several months later, it was a really fun event. As a member of the third Unit, which hosted the event, I was really glad that the weather was sunny and there were no major problems.
This is not the last Dandelions event, so stay tuned for the next one!