Choshi City's Regional Trading Company AREYOUGOING Inc. Conducts Training for New Employees of Choshi Shinkin Bank

Choshi City's Regional Trading Company AREYOUGOING Inc. Conducts Training for New Employees of Choshi Shinkin Bank

AREYOUGOING Inc. (Headquarters: Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative Director: Hidehiko Sakao; hereinafter "the Company"), a regional trading company based in Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, conducted an experiential training program "Ingredient Quest" for 13 new employees of Choshi Shinkin Bank (hereinafter "Choshi Shinkin") on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The training was commissioned by Choshi Shinkin and took place at HenneryFarm's field in Kasagami-cho, Choshi City. Participants experienced everything from cabbage harvesting to cooking, deepening their understanding of local primary industries and SDGs issues, while also fostering team building among the new employees.

■ Event Overview
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Location: Hennery Farm (Kasagami-cho, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture)
Participants: 13 new employees of Choshi Shinkin Bank
Planning and Management: AREYOUGOING Inc. (commissioned by Choshi Shinkin Bank)
Content: Afro cabbage harvesting experience, cooking experience (dumpling making), and a reflection workshop utilizing generative AI.

■ Background of Implementation
Choshi Shinkin is a financial institution that emphasizes "accompanying-style" support, aiming to understand and solve customer challenges together. As a training venue to allow new recruits to experience this stance from the outset, they adopted the experiential program "Ingredient Quest," which involves visiting local businesses in Choshi City to directly engage with on-site challenges and the thoughts of producers.

■ Training Content
In the morning, participants experienced harvesting Afro cabbage at HenneryFarm's field in Kasagami-cho, Choshi City.
Participants carefully harvested each cabbage by hand while listening to Mr. Sakao, the producer and representative, explain the unique characteristics of Choshi's special cabbage and the difficulties of its production.
In the afternoon, they made and cooked dumplings using the harvested cabbage, deepening their bond with their colleagues.
Furthermore, each team also conducted a reflection workshop utilizing generative AI, where they organized regional issues based on their experience and considered "how a financial institution can provide support."

■ Participant Voices
"At first, I wasn't good at it, but as my colleagues taught me, conversations naturally increased." (Participant, new employee)
"I never thought there was so much effort behind the food we usually eat without thinking." (Participant, new employee)
"It tastes delicious because we made it together." (Participant, new employee)

■ Comment from Choshi Shinkin Bank
Mr. Takayasu Ito, Manager of the Regional Support Department at Choshi Shinkin Bank, commented, "I hope they will cherish what they felt today and become employees who can empathize with customers' challenges." Choshi Shinkin emphasizes accompanying-style support that understands and solves customer challenges together, and this training provided an opportunity to experience that fundamental attitude.

■ From Hidehiko Sakao, Representative Director, AREYOUGOING Inc.
As a regional trading company, we are deeply honored that our program was utilized for the new employee training of Choshi Shinkin Bank, a local financial institution.
Moving our bodies in the mountains and fields, conversing directly with producers, and experiencing food and the region with all five senses fosters a sense of ownership that cannot be gained through classroom learning. If we can continue to carry that feeling into the workplace and contribute to Choshi Shinkin's unique activities as a financial institution that walks hand-in-hand with the community, there is truly nothing happier for us as a regional trading company.
Our company was founded with the motto "planting a flag for the future of the region," and based on the belief that locally rooted experiences will lead to the development of human resources for the next generation, we will actively continue to accept training programs from various companies.

■ About the Experiential Training "Ingredient Quest"
"Ingredient Quest" is AREYOUGOING Inc.'s unique experiential training program where participants tour Choshi City in teams, procure ingredients directly from producers, and then cook and interact with the collected ingredients. In Choshi, a problem-priority region where SDGs issues are concentrated, it cultivates a sense of ownership, initiative, and team building that cannot be obtained through classroom learning, set against the backdrop of agricultural, fishing, and brewing industries.
In the monitor tour conducted from January to February 2026 (totaling 37 employees from companies such as KOKUYO, Japan Airlines, Nippon Broadcasting System, and Mitsubishi Shokuhin), the overall training satisfaction reached 97.3%, and the recommendation intention to others was 100%.

■ Inquiries
For details on the program and estimates, please feel free to contact us at the address below.
E-mail: areyougoing1001@gmail.com

■ Company Overview
Company Name: AREYOUGOING Inc.
Location: 958 Saruta-cho, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture
Representative Director: Hidehiko Sakao
Established: October 31, 2025
Business Activities: Provision of corporate training and food education programs, PR/sales/brokerage of regional products, regional coordination services.

■ Contact for this Release
AREYOUGOING Inc.
Contact Person: Hidehiko Sakao
MAIL: areyougoing1001@gmail.com