“All Aboard for Work Experience!” JR Makuhari-Toyosuna Station to Host 'Station Staff & Hotel Work Experience'!

○ Chiba Station Building Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Chiba City; Representative Director and President: Akio Sugimura) will hold a "Station Staff & Hotel Work Experience" event for elementary school students and their guardians at JR Makuhari-Toyosuna Station, which it operates under consignment from JR East, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, and Friday, August 7, 2026. ○ The "Station Staff Work Experience" will include a tour of the station office, which is usually off-limits, an automatic wake-up device experience, and a JR East train simulator experience taught directly by experienced drivers. ○ Furthermore, with the cooperation of JR East Hotel Mets Premier Makuhari-Toyosuna, participants will have the special opportunity to experience aspirational front desk operations and bed making as part of the "Hotel Work Experience." ○ Through this work experience, we aim to foster children's intellectual curiosity and support their growth. As one of the opportunities for children to gain experiences in Chiba City, this event will also be registered as a "Chiba City Furusato Nozei Return Gift." ■ Overall Outline JR Makuhari-Toyosuna Station JR East Hotel Mets Premier Makuhari-Toyosuna 1. Dates and Times ① Thursday, July 30, 2026 ② Friday, August 7, 2026 (*) Both sessions will be held from 11:00 to 14:00. *Limited to applicants through Chiba City Furusato Nozei. 2. Experience Content and Location Platform Announcement Experience Automatic Wake-up Device Experience ● Mini Lecture (Classroom) 40 minutes Location: JR East Hotel Mets Premier Makuhari-Toyosuna Station staff and employees with driver experience will serve as instructors, teaching about the daily work of station staff and drivers. Hotel staff will serve as instructors, explaining typical hotel jobs. ・What kind of work do station staff do? ・What happens to the station after the last train departs? ・Besides guiding customers, what other work do hotel staff do? ● Station Office/Concourse Tour, Station Operations Experience 70 minutes Location: JR Makuhari-Toyosuna Station Participants will tour the station office, back office, and station premises, which are usually off-limits, and experience platform announcements and automatic wake-up devices using equipment actually used by station staff. ・This is what station staff do! Let's try making platform announcements with a real microphone! ・A "wake-up alarm" that can wake up even those who are not morning people. Let's experience if it really works! ・If you think "Danger!" press this! Let's actually press the "mock emergency stop button"! Driver Simulator Experience Bed Making Experience ● Driver Simulator Experience 30 minutes Location: Toyosuna Umikaze Hiroba (Toyosuna Train P318) At the "Toyosuna Train P318" railway driving experience house, participants will use the JR East Train Simulator to experience driver duties such as accelerating/decelerating trains and blowing whistles. ・Employees with driver experience will provide advice and support for equipment operation. ・The experience line will be the Keiyo Line. ● Hotel Operations Experience 40 minutes Location: JR East Hotel Mets Premier Makuhari-Toyosuna Participants will cultivate the "spirit of hospitality," which is fundamental for hotel staff, and have a "unique experience only available here." ・Can you do it well? Let's try bed making! ・We will teach you elegant deportment! We will convey the refined movements of hotel staff! 3. Number of Participants 12 groups per session (1 child in elementary school grades 1-6 and 1 guardian per group) ■ Application Method *Application methods differ for each date. 1. Application Start Date and Time Friday, May 1, 2026, 14:00 ~ Applications will close once the capacity for each site is reached. 2. Application Method ① For the session on Thursday, July 30th... Perie Official Online Store JRE MALL branch [Application Page] (URL) https://shopping.jreast.co.jp/shop/s111/cat/B159 [Sales Price] 6,000 JPY (tax included) per group ② For the session on Friday, August 7th... JRE MALL Furusato Nozei, Rakuten Furusato Nozei, Furanavi, Furusato Choice [Main Application Site] JRE MALL Furusato Nozei (URL) https://furusato.jreast.co.jp/furusato/products/detail/F228/F228-r12100205081 [Donation Amount] 20,000 JPY per group ■ Cooperating Facility ▶ JR East Hotel Mets Premier Makuhari-Toyosuna https://www.hotelmets.jp/makuharitoyosuna/ *The contents published in this release may be canceled or changed without prior notice depending on the situation. *All images in this release are for illustrative purposes only. *This information is as of May 1, 2026.