On 8 April, we held our annual cherry blossom viewing party!
We had a lovely time with the new members who joined us this year.
Over the coming year, I’m sure each of us will face both enjoyable and amusing moments, as well as difficulties and challenges, but I hope we can share these experiences, overcome them together, and make this a year we can look back on with no regrets.
It was a day that marked the start of such a wonderful life in the lab!
On 23rd December, we held the Kakura Stone Wall Seminar’s year-end party! With new lab members joining us this year and third-year undergraduates also attending, it became our largest year-end gathering ever!
It’s heartwarming. Next year too, we intend to enjoy university life together, faculty and students alike, working hand in hand.
2026 is just around the corner. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!
On 16 December, we held the third workshop for Chugoku Electric Power’s Energia Research Institute ABW Implementation Project! This time, we held it at Hiroshima University’s Higashi-Senda Campus for a change of scenery. It was a calm, warm space – a place that really sparked ideas.
Building on ideas from previous workshops, participants formed three mixed teams of employees and students. They discussed specific concepts, zoning, functions, and circulation plans, culminating in presentations by each team.
In this project, the implementation of ABW itself is not the objective; rather, it must serve as a means to foster the unique innovation that arises from bringing together specialists from diverse fields within this institute. To this end, we engaged in vigorous discussions involving both staff and students, translating abstract concepts into concrete plans while anticipating actual usage scenarios.
Some teams focused on comprehensive ideas, while others centred on employee development, with each group producing distinctive outputs. During the latter part of the workshop, all teams freely brainstormed points of interest and ideas they wished to explore using models. The key sticking point for future discussions remains how to utilise the large central void…
At last, the full picture of our renovated office is coming into view! Keep an eye out for what happens next!!
On 23 October, Chugoku Electric Power’s Energia Research Institute officially launched its ABW implementation project!
During this workshop, participants set post-renovation goals. Employees, acting as students, divided into three teams to identify current issues hindering goal achievement and present ideas for overcoming them.
How will the institute’s ABW transformation progress? We’ll be keeping a close eye on developments!
