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The area known as Enshu, which is in the western part of Shizuoka prefecture, is the place where world-famous companies, such as Yamaha, Honda, Toyota, and Suzuki, were born. In the study meeting, we shared our thoughts and knowledge about the attractive founders of those companies, challenges and struggles they experienced to develop their businesses, our individual experience with their products, such as cars, bikes, and pianos. As local people in Shizuoka, we actually have a lot of stories regarding those industries and products in our daily lives. People in Enshu are often said to have a powerful characteristic so called the let’s-do-it spirit. Please visit Hamamatsu to feel it and find the reason why those industries were originated and developed in this region. (A.K)