Creating 'Outside-Company Peers' Across Corporate Boundaries: 1st Iruma City Joint Entrance Ceremony to be Held!

Iruma City will hold the '1st Iruma City Joint Entrance Ceremony' aiming to create a community where new employees can interact across corporate boundaries and connect as outside-company peers.
Through this initiative, we will create an environment where new employees can grow with peace of mind and lead to community-wide talent development.

■ Event Overview
[Date and Time]
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 14:00 - 17:00

[Location]
Maruhiro Department Store Iruma Store, Sakurasou Hall

[Target Audience]
New employees of corporate organizations with offices in Iruma City

[Co-organizers]
Kyoiku Partnership / Iruma City

[Program]
14:00 Greetings from the Mayor of Iruma City
14:30 Recreation
15:00 Workshop
17:30 Networking Party

[Current Participation Status]
Participating businesses: 16 companies, 33 individuals (as of March 31, 2026)

■ Background of Project Implementation
For SMEs to take root in the community, maintain vitality, and continue to grow, it is necessary to recruit, develop, and retain talent. However, the reality is that every company struggles from recruitment to retention, and this has become a common challenge regardless of the industry or the size of the company, be it agriculture, industry, commerce, or sole proprietors.
To solve these issues, we thought to create a receptacle (Iruma Kyoiku Partnership) for forming outside-company peers, make the region an attractive place to increase the number of applicants desiring to join companies in Iruma City, and tie this into talent recruitment, development, and retention.

■ Thoughts on Project Implementation
We want the '1st Iruma City Joint Entrance Ceremony,' planned for the first time, to be a ceremony that conveys that the entire city of Iruma welcomes the participating new and mid-career employees. Unlike a standard ceremony, we are focusing primarily on building relationships among the participating outside-company peers. By conducting team building through recreation (Mölkky) and a subsequent workshop, we hope to connect this to follow-up training for the growth of the new employees who will be active in the future.
We will continue to broadcast the appeal of Iruma City, its companies, and the people involved, advocating to make it an attractive city where the entire community pitches in to raise people, free from the constraints of competition.

[Inquiries Regarding This Matter]
Project details:
Environment and Economy Department, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division: Tsuruta, Yokota
1-16-1 Toyooka, Iruma City
TEL: 04-2964-1111 (Extension 4256)
Other:
Planning Department, Secretary and Public Relations Division: Kishida, Toyama
1-16-1 Toyooka, Iruma City
TEL: 04-2964-1111 (Extensions 3121, 3122)

■ About Iruma City
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About one hour from the Tokyo metropolitan area. Blessed with the rich nature of the Kanto Plain, Iruma City boasts original landscapes of beautiful tea plantations, the northernmost large-scale tea gardens in Japan. It is the main production area for 'Sayama Tea', which has a history of about 400 years, and has achieved an unprecedented '20 consecutive years, 25th time in total' at the National Hand-Rolled Tea Competition...