[Etajimaso Co., Ltd.]
Eliminate disparities in experiences in children’s homes. A luncheon was held on Etajima where chefs from all over Japan gathered. We will use your donations to deliver Christmas presents to the children of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen.
*Etajimaso Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 20, 2024
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Eliminate disparities in experiences in children’s homes. A luncheon was held on Etajima where chefs from all over Japan gathered. We will use your donations to deliver Christmas presents to the children of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen.
*Sending love from Etajima. Star chefs from all over Japan gather for a project to expand children’s career options. *
We started this activity in 2022, and with the understanding of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen Principal Kamikuri and the staff, we have dressed up as Santa and handed out presents to each child.
* ◆ Etajimaso’s efforts so far *
Etajimaso (Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture) will start this activity in 2022, and with the understanding of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen Principal Uekuri and all the staff, General Manager
Naoki Abe dressed up as Santa and handed out presents to each person. We received 71 donations totaling 522,950 yen in 2022, and 84 donations totaling 530,000 yen in 2023. This year, we were able to gift 62 children a live performance by an electronic organ player active in Hiroshima. In 2024, we named this activity the “Island Project” to deliver “love” from Etajima to children, and vowed to continue it forever.
Presents directly from Santa to children
* ◆Lunch experience with the approval of star chefs *
This year, in addition to the previous efforts, Hiromatsu of Etajimaso Restaurant locavore will be working with Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen to expand the career options for the children of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen who are thinking about their future.
Hiromatsu
Takashi) We have decided to hold a luncheon at Etajima-so on October 13th (Sunday) as planned by the head chef. On the day of the event, the star chefs who have agreed to this activity will be able to experience cooking in front of their eyes, which will help children realize that cooking and service are career options for their future. We hope that this will spread.
[To all the star chefs who supported this activity]
Masayuki Ihi
Sheraton Okinawa Food and Beverage Advisor
Starting with Belgium’s 3-star Michelin “Bruno”, the 2-star “Mont Manage à Tor” and the 2-star “Les Caits”
He moved to Paris, France and worked at the two-star “Forgeron” before returning to Japan in 1991. October 2019 after serving as executive chef of a domestic hotel
He assumed his current position in .
Kazuhiko Daito
SINAE Chef
He served as executive chef at Château de Vauchou in the Franche-Comté region, Violons d’Angles, Regalade and Taillevent in Paris, and Le Comte World Benoit in Osaka in 2008, and independently opened Essent Ciel in Kitahama, Osaka in 2012. Sinae will open in October 2022 and will receive one Michelin star in 2024.
Daishi Hoshino
LAVAROCK Kamiyacho Chef
I started working at a bakery in my hometown of Chiba, learned the basics of cooking at a French restaurant, and worked as a head chef at wedding halls in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, sous chef at a French restaurant in Tokyo, and at restaurants and bars, Italian restaurants, etc. Worked as a head chef. 2017
Became the head chef at [LAVAROCK Kamiyacho] in 2017.
Takashi Hiromatsu
Etajimaso Locavore Chef
Started his career at a creative restaurant in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, trained in Tokyo and Fukuoka, and at the age of 24 opened the One Suite resort hotel on Kouri Island, Okinawa Prefecture. He has worked as a chef at Restaurant L Lota. Moved to Etajima in March 2022 and assumed current position in December 2022.
* ◆Request for donations *
At Etajimaso, we are collecting donations (5,000 yen per donation) to be used for Christmas presents and luncheons for the children of Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen. From your donations, we will deliver the gift your child asked Santa for. This year, we will also be holding a luncheon with chefs who are active in various fields.
[Period]
Friday, September 13, 2024 – Monday, December 23, 2024
[How to donate]
Please fill out the donation form at the Etajimaso front desk and we will leave it with your donation.
Gifts for children
* ◆This activity, now in its third year, will further expand its circle * As the youngest of three children, the “toys” and “clothes” given to me were always hand-me-downs from my older brother, and I had no recollection of ever receiving a “gift prepared just for me.” However, I still vividly remember how happy I was when I woke up on Christmas morning when I was in the second grade of elementary school to find the palm Pikachu that I wanted the most at the time sitting next to my pillow. This was my first experience, and if I were to meet my own child in the future, I would like to give him the joy of having his honest wishes come true.
More than 20 years have passed since then, and it has become an annual event in our family to give my son the gift he wishes for on behalf of Santa every Christmas. An encounter has arrived. I grew up with many children at the children’s home opened by my father, who is the director, and now at the age of 75, I am the father of over 60 children.I want to do whatever I can to help out as I see him in a relaxed state. I thought.
As I talked with the director, I learned about the actual situation at children’s homes, and I was moved by facts I didn’t know before. When we talked about Christmas, he explained, “The sweets we receive from local service organizations are the Christmas presents for the children here.” While I had a lot of respect for the continued efforts of the people in the service organizations, this fact coincided with my original experience, and I said on the spot, “Please let me help in some way,” and expressed my ingenuity. This activity started while doing so.
This is the third year since we started this activity. The shape of the activity was in place, so when I started thinking about how I could continue it while thinking more about the children, Hiromatsu, the head chef at Etajimaso Restaurant locavore, told me, “Shinsei Gakuen.” I received an offer saying, “I would like to give lunch at Etajima-so to the children of “.
At the same time, I want my children to know that there is a career that allows them to create things like Chef Hiromatsu as a life option, and if they can consider this career as one of their future choices, I will have them eat lunch with me. Not only that, but I thought it would be a valuable experience for the children. “I want to show the seriousness of the chef’s gaze as he prepares the food, and the gentle movements of his hands as he finishes the dish.And I also want people to eat the exquisite plate that the chef has created.” I did. Chef Hiromatsu also sympathized with my thoughts, reached out to his seniors and colleagues who are active in various fields, and received permission from chefs far from Etajima to create a dream-like lunch experience. Now we can deliver it to your children.
* ◆What is Hiroshima Shinsei Gakuen? *
This children’s home was opened two and a half months after the atomic bomb was dropped, and is the second oldest of the 13 children’s homes in Hiroshima Prefecture. Our history begins when we rented part of the barracks of Nagahisa Ujina Army’s Akatsuki Unit in Minami Ward, Hiroshima City, for the purpose of housing and protecting atomic bomb orphans, war orphans, repatriated orphans, etc.
In April 1979, we moved to our current location in Saijo-cho, Higashihiroshima City, and in the 79 years since our establishment, we have cared for a total of 2,100 people, including 300 repatriated orphans, atomic bomb orphans, war-damaged orphans, and 1,800 children in general care. Today, 65 children between the ages of 2 and 18 who have been abused or are unable to live with their parents for some reason live together.
Our childcare policy is to “respect and understand the human rights of children, and to help them discover their hidden potential,” and staff live with the children on a live-in flextime system. In addition, on the 80m field on both wings, the children and staff work up a sweat every day by playing baseball or volleyball, or play games against local federation teams. Through group sports instruction, we develop cooperation, law-abiding skills, a sense of responsibility, and perseverance. We aim to improve physical strength and civility. On weekdays, the children and staff attend school and spend time together like one big family inside the school.
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