Midori Ippai Project Activities LINE 181Participation in "38th Lake Hamana Cleaning Mission" June 5, 2016 NTT West Shizuoka Group
On June 5 (Sunday), NTT West Shizuoka Group took part in the "38th Lake Hamana Cleaning Mission" organized by the "Hamanako no Mizu wo Kirei ni suru Kai (Committee for Keeping the Water of Lake Hamana Clean)."
Lake Hamana is located on the western side of Shizuoka Prefecture. The southern part of the lake is brackish and connected to the sea of Enshu. It's circumference of 114m ranks third in Japan, while the area of 65km2 ranks 10th.
Lake Hamana is also known as a place for rearing eels, oysters and soft-shell turtles, and eels produced by the lake are particularly famous.
The Lake Hamana Cleaning Mission is organized by the "Hamanako no Mizu wo Kirei ni suru Kai (Committee for Keeping the Water of Lake Hamana Clean)," which carries out activities to maintain the water quality of Lake Hamana and beautify the surroundings. It is held on the first Sunday of June every year at the lakeside in Hamamatsu City and Kosai City. This year marks the 38th round of the activity.
In recent years, this project has become a large-scale cleaning activity with participation by more than 20,000 people. This year, the number of participants was 21,900 and about 29 tons of trash including combustible ones were collected.
Among the 19 sites within Nishi-ku of Hamamatsu City, a total of 103 employees, family members and retired employees of NTT West Shizuoka Group took part in the cleaning activity at the Kanzanji Sun Beach site.
It was drizzling on the day of the event. Participants carried out the cleaning activities in the rain, and sorted garbage that was collected into combustible wastes, non-combustible wastes, driftwood and algae.
Algae, which were not collected up to last year, contained a large amount of water, and participants perspired profusely as they engaged in the collection work.
The beach looked clean again after the activity, and is likely to attract a large number of beachgoers again this year.
19 sites in Nishi-ku
- Total no. of participants: 3,139 (80 groups)
- No. of participants in Kanzanji area: 659 (8 groups)
- Combustible wastes: 3.96 tons
- Non-combustible wastes: 13.37 tons
Lake Hamana is located on the western side of Shizuoka Prefecture. The southern part of the lake is brackish and connected to the sea of Enshu. It's circumference of 114m ranks third in Japan, while the area of 65km2 ranks 10th.
Lake Hamana is also known as a place for rearing eels, oysters and soft-shell turtles, and eels produced by the lake are particularly famous.
The Lake Hamana Cleaning Mission is organized by the "Hamanako no Mizu wo Kirei ni suru Kai (Committee for Keeping the Water of Lake Hamana Clean)," which carries out activities to maintain the water quality of Lake Hamana and beautify the surroundings. It is held on the first Sunday of June every year at the lakeside in Hamamatsu City and Kosai City. This year marks the 38th round of the activity.
In recent years, this project has become a large-scale cleaning activity with participation by more than 20,000 people. This year, the number of participants was 21,900 and about 29 tons of trash including combustible ones were collected.
Among the 19 sites within Nishi-ku of Hamamatsu City, a total of 103 employees, family members and retired employees of NTT West Shizuoka Group took part in the cleaning activity at the Kanzanji Sun Beach site.
It was drizzling on the day of the event. Participants carried out the cleaning activities in the rain, and sorted garbage that was collected into combustible wastes, non-combustible wastes, driftwood and algae.
Algae, which were not collected up to last year, contained a large amount of water, and participants perspired profusely as they engaged in the collection work.
The beach looked clean again after the activity, and is likely to attract a large number of beachgoers again this year.
19 sites in Nishi-ku
- Total no. of participants: 3,139 (80 groups)
- No. of participants in Kanzanji area: 659 (8 groups)
- Combustible wastes: 3.96 tons
- Non-combustible wastes: 13.37 tons
- Participating companies
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Companies under NTT West Shizuoka Business Unit (NTT West Shizuoka Branch, NTT Business Solutions, NTT Marketing Act, NTT Fieldtechno, NTT Neomeit, NTT Business Associe West, NTT-West Business Front)
NTT Facilities
Retired employees of NTT West - Venue
- Kanzanji Sun Beach (Hamamatsu City, Nishi-ku)
- No. of participants
- 103
