Welcoming the New Year with Upcycling and Craftsmanship

To celebrate the arrival of 2026, the EIKAN Group created this year’s kadomatsu—a traditional Japanese New Year decoration—entirely in-house.

This project is more than just seasonal decoration. It reflects our commitment to environmental responsibility and our role as a company rooted within the local community.

Upcycling: Turning Waste Materials into New Value

In making the kadomatsu, we made creative use of materials that would normally be discarded:

Suction hoses from our vacuum trucks, repurposed to resemble bamboo

A cracked manhole cover, utilized as part of the base

These are all items that appear in our daily operations in septic tank maintenance. By upcycling them, we not only reduced disposal costs but also gave them a new purpose and value—an approach that embodies our identity as an environmental services company.

Made with Creativity and Teamwork

The kadomatsu was designed and built entirely by our employees, who took on everything from planning and fabrication to assembly.

Despite using familiar and repurposed materials instead of specialized decorative parts, the final product is impressive and symbolic—worthy of the New Year celebration.

The project also encouraged collaboration across departments, serving as an opportunity to strengthen communication and teamwork within the company.

What This Project Represents

At EIKAN Group, we continue to pursue:

Techniques and ideas that reduce environmental impact

Resource circulation within the region

Sustainability through our corporate activities

The kadomatsu project may be small in scale—but small steps accumulate into meaningful environmental value.

As we welcome the New Year, we renew our commitment to sustainability.
EIKAN Group will continue to work alongside our community and strive toward a more circular and sustainable society.