Joint Press Conference
On the day of the match, a three-way joint press conference was held by Kashima Antlers, Kashima City, and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Co., Ltd. President Koizumi, Mr. Ippei Miki, General Manager of the Innovation Promotion Office at Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Co., Ltd., and Mr. Shinichi Taguchi, Mayor of Kashima City, announced the start of paper container collection at elementary schools in Kashima City and at the "Toyo Seikan GHD Booth" during the November home games. The collected paper containers will be recycled to produce original notebooks utilizing Kashima Antlers' intellectual property (IP), which will then be distributed to elementary schools in Kashima City.
A photo session was also held at the Toyo Seikan booth in the stadium concourse.
Toyo Seikan Group Paper Cup Collection Booth
The Toyo Seikan Group set up a paper cup collection booth. We held a lottery for those who washed their empty paper drink cups purchased at the stadium using the Re-CUP WASHER and placed them in the dedicated cart at the booth, or for those who brought collected paper cups from home after washing them. Prizes included aluminum cups signed by players.
ANTLERS BUSINESS CLUB Hometown Elementary School Bus Invitation
For this match, elementary school students from our hometown (various elementary schools in Kashima City and Kashima Special Needs School) were invited to the stadium.
LIXIL Banner Display
Before kickoff, a LIXIL Co., Ltd. banner was displayed at the center circle.
Curtain Raiser Match
The customary curtain raiser match was held. For this match, school students, general applicants, and participants from Docomo Future Field took part, showing off their energetic play on the pitch before the main match.
Rookie Training
Rookie training was conducted for newly joined players to learn about the J.League system through actual match operations. Haruto Matsumoto helped distribute original leisure sheets at the entrance gate and assisted with the origami crane art project and original sticker giveaway.
