At Roopt, in addition to recruiting residents, we regularly hold events to introduce many people to the appeal of share house living and Miyagi Prefecture. From these events, this time we will report on the "2nd Roopt MEET UP" held for three days from Friday, July 22nd to Sunday, July 24th, 2022!
The 1st Roopt MEET UP, held in April 2022, had many participants who were visiting Miyagi Prefecture for the first time, so a coordinator guided them to discover the city's charms. However, this time, as many participants had ties to Miyagi Prefecture, the event became a true "MEET UP" where everyone enjoyed the city from their own perspective and shared their experiences.
Please read this report to find out how the participants enjoyed themselves.
To briefly explain the Roopt MEET UP, it is an event where participants "experience life in Miyagi's port towns while staying at various Roopt locations." Held in Shiogama City, Higashimatsushima City, and Ishinomaki City, where Roopt has bases as of August 2022, the event aims to introduce the charms of Roopt and Miyagi Prefecture through city walks and interactions. The 1st event was held in April 2022, and the 2nd in July of the same year.
Participants
A total of 5 people from Tokyo, Fukushima, and Sendai participated in the 2nd Roopt MEET UP. They were all meeting for the first time and seemed to have become comfortable with each other over the three days.
The 3-day MEET UP proceeded with the following schedule:
Day 1: July 22 (Fri) 12:00 Orientation & Share House Tour @Roopt Shiogama Kaigan-dori 13:30 Lunch 14:30 Free Time 18:00 Check-in & Share House Tour @Roopt Higashimatsushima Shintome 19:00 Social Gathering @Roopt Higashimatsushima Shintome Day 2: July 23 (Sat) 11:00 Relax & Lunch @Irodori no Oka 14:00 Ishinomaki City Tour 16:00 Check-in & Guest House Tour @Roopt Ishinomaki Izumi-cho-OGAWA- 16:30 Free Time 19:00 Social Gathering @Roopt Ishinomaki Izumi-cho-OGAWA- Day 3: July 24 (Sun) 10:00 MEET UP Wrap-up @Roopt Ishinomaki Izumi-cho-OGAWA- 10:30 Departure & Free Time
As mentioned earlier, this MEET UP had a longer free time, allowing participants to enjoy the city and share house life in their own way.
Gathered at Roopt Shiogama Kaigan-dori, we completed a brief self-introduction and orientation, and then, as is customary for MEET UP (?), explained Roopt's renovations. The renovations incorporated many interesting ideas, and the participants seemed to listen with great interest.
As we started to get hungry, we all went for lunch! At "Harema," a cafe created by renovating the former Ebiya Ryokan, a 140-year-old inn, we were able to communicate deeply while enjoying our meal.
We had planned a Shiogama city tour with the coordinator from this point, but it was canceled due to a sudden heavy rain, and we switched to free time. It was an interesting time, like a group activity even though it was free time, with everyone reporting their whereabouts in the LINE group and even accidentally meeting up at destinations.
By the way, the coordinator enjoyed a leisurely appreciation of art at the Shiogama City Sugimura Jun Museum of Art.
After enjoying Shiogama, we moved from Hon-Shiogama Station to Tona Station on the JR Senseki Line and checked into Roopt Higashimatsushima Shintome, our accommodation for the first day. We gave a share house tour, similar to Roopt Shiogama Kaigan-dori, and everyone seemed surprised by its large size of 9LDK.
The first day concluded with a social gathering in the living room of Roopt Higashimatsushima Shintome.
As it was the first day, we played board games as an icebreaker, and it was a huge hit! Everyone forgot their age and innocently enjoyed the board games (lol). After the social gathering, everyone became more comfortable with each other and seemed to have talked late into the night even after the coordinator left.
Day 2 started quite leisurely.
Mitsuru Sato, a Makigumi intern, prepared breakfast, and everyone went for a walk or worked. Even though it was a MEET UP, it seemed like everyone was spending their usual holiday morning, which was reassuring for the coordinator.
The first destination on Day 2 was "Irodori no Oka" (opened in 2021), a multi-purpose facility operated by a medical corporation. It's a unique facility that combines clinics and nursing homes with cafes, restaurants, hot springs, and bedrock baths, offering all kinds of relaxation.
This MEET UP was all about "respecting freedom." As soon as we arrived, we split into hot spring and cafe groups, and then had lunch at our own pace, making for a relaxed two hours. The beer after the bath looked delicious too!
We moved from Tona Station to Ishinomaki Station on the JR Senseki Line, and the Ishinomaki city tour started immediately! Ishinomaki's downtown area has interesting things and shops compactly gathered, making it a course where you can get a digest of Ishinomaki's charm.
We visited the following spots and shops:
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