ミズノ訪問 Visiting Mizuno

6月6日に私たちのクラスはミズノ株式会社の本社を訪問しました。アメリカでミズノはくつとスポーツ服を作ることで有名です。けれども、訪問の時に、。スポーツの歴史の中でミズノがとても大切なかいしゃです。

On June 6^th our class visited the headquarters of the Mizuno Corporation. Mizuno is most famous in America for making shoes and sports uniforms, but during our visit we learned that they do much more than that. Mizuno is very important in the history of sports.

ミズノは水野利八に1906年につくられました。水野さんは野球が大好きですから、カスタム服を作て、ボールを販売しました。そこまでに、水野さんは世界で一番スポーツ商品を作ることを会社捧げました。1934にミズノは世界初めてのキャッチャーミットを開発しました。ミズノはも日本初のゴルフクラブを作って、世界で初めてのチタニウムを作りました。

Mizuno was founded by Rihachi Mizuno in 1906. Mizuno-san loved baseball, so he started out making custom uniforms and selling baseballs. From there, he dedicated his company to using Japanese artistry to making the very best sporting goods available. In 1934 Mizuno changed the history of baseball when they developed the world’s first catcher’s mitt. Today, infielders all having different styles of glove is because of Mizuno’s influence. Mizuno was also the first company to make golf clubs in Japan, and created the first ever Titanium golf clubs.

Mizuno Rihachi is famous for saying 「ええもん作んなはれや」. Go and make something great. Today the Mizuno Corporation does this not only tries to make great products but tries to make people better as well. In their museum we saw new prototypes designed to help people run faster and jump higher. We also learned about their new Move Suits. Sharp looking formalwear that allows athletes like L.A. Dodger’s pitcher Kenta Maeda move freely enough to throw full speed pitches.

私たちは伝統的な和食の昼ご飯を食べて訪問を終わりました。私は鰻を注文して、とんかつを食べてみました。結論として私たちのクラスのミズノ本社の訪問はとても楽しくて面白かったです。将来に私はこの会社に就職したい。

We finished our visit by having a traditional Japanese lunch in the company’s cafeteria. I ordered Unagi and tried some of the tonkatsu. In conclusion our visit to Mizuno Headquarters was very fun and interesting. I would very much like to work for a company like them in the future.