News from Toronto Part 2 🍁 [Interview with members of our Canadian office]

Hello from Toronto!
This is Kawa from the Systems Solutions Department.
A month has already passed since I came to Canada, and I'm getting quite used to life here.

Now, for our second installment of "Canada News," we interviewed four members of our Canada office about the office and Toronto 🍁
*If you're interested in our Canada office, check out the job postings at the end of the blog!

⇩Please also take a look at the video introducing our Canadian office created by our marketing department!

Member Interview

Name: jimmy

1. Good points of the Canadian office:
High ceilings (open and spacious office)
, diverse people, everyone is cheerful,
coffee is $1,
there is a patio in the summer.

2. Advantages of North York (around the office):
Many Asian shops;
convenient access to downtown.

3. What's good about Toronto:
It has lots of nature
and the summers are pleasant.

4. Recommended spot in Toronto:
Farmers Market
High Park

5. Things I want to do when I return to Japan:
Sushi restaurant hopping

 

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(Jimmy, the incredibly talented guitarist at Beyond, is also the CEO of their Canadian office)
(Especially now that I'm here, I realize that Japanese sushi is really high quality)
(I'll never forget the chili he made for me on my first day)
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Name: Lily
1. What I like about the Canadian office:
The receptionist is cute. I like it.
All the GTA (Canada office) members are kind and funny.
We all get along well
laugh every day.

2. Good things about North York (around the office):
There's a bubble tea shop right in front,
a dance studio right in front,
a movie theater right in front, and
lots of corgis.

3. The best thing about Toronto is
how free it is!
Nobody gives you weird looks even if you're dancing in the office during the day.
I sometimes blow bubbles too, and everyone says "thank you for the bubbles!"

4. Toronto
has so many great places to visit, it's hard to choose!
Tobermoryis a good place. The Grotto and Singing Sand were beautiful.
Harbourfront is also lovely.Music Garden
is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of place, but I also like Kensington Market.

5. Things I want to do when I return to Japan: Go
sea fishing,
eat tons of oysters and sea cucumbers,
take my family's dog for a drive
(in Canada the waiting times are so long that it's not easy to go to the vet), and go to the hospital.

 

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(Having her around really brightens up the office atmosphere)
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Name:　Cody
1. Good points of the Canadian office:
It's easy to communicate with everyone due to the small number of people.
The shared spaces are stylish.
The receptionist is transferred or changes jobs frequently (not a good point though).

2. Good points of North York (around the office) It's
very Asian-friendly
There are supermarkets where you can buy Japanese food and restaurants where you can eat Japanese food It
's not as crowded as downtown, just right If
you take a stroll around, you'll often find parks with large grassy areas

3. Good things about Toronto:
The library servicesare amazing,
the people are friendly
I really like this
, and the diversity
is great, but minor differences don't really matter.

4. Recommended spots in Toronto:
The ham section at Longos supermarket
(you can easily compare different types of prosciutto, although you can do this at other supermarkets too);
a BBQ at Y's house;
a really delicious scone shop.

5. Things I want to do when I get back to Japan:
Hot springs, sauna & Don Quijote combo.

 

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(Cody, the Honorary Sauna Heat Master, seems to be very busy with external relations work)
(As mentioned in the answer, Toronto's good point is that it is diverse not only in race but also in food)
(There is a lot of delicious food in Toronto so I am worried about my weight when I return to Japan next month)
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Name: TK
1. Good points of the Canadian office:
Close relationships with team members,
open common spaces, and
good transportation access (direct underground access from the station).

2. Good points of North York (around the office)
Variety of restaurants;
Koreatown (better food quality than downtown Koreatown).

3. What's good about Toronto:
The spirit of "everyone is different and that's okay";
affordable prices for cultural events like music and movies;
comfortable summers (long days and low humidity); and
people aren't fashionable at all.

4. Recommended spots in Toronto
:Kensington Market
,Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada
,Stack Market
,TIFF Bell Lightbox

5. Things I want to do when I return to Japan:
Get a medical checkup,
go to the dentist,
eat lots of mentaiko (spicy cod roe), and travel to Fukuoka.

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(This is TK, a violinist who loves mentaiko and recently came to visit our Osaka office.)
(Toronto (or rather, Canada) has a lot of music and art events, doesn't it? It's heaven.)
(I'm especially looking forward to September because of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).)
(By the way, I once had an uninsured dental job in Canada and it cost me $500, sigh.)
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That concludes our interview with our Canadian office members!

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At Beyond, we offer a 3-month business trip to Canada for our infrastructure projects.
If you're interested, please apply!
https://recruit.beyondjapan.com/entry
for local hiring opportunitieshere. *As of September 1, 2023, we are not currently hiring, so if you're interested, please check back occasionally 🍁)