Rei Kojima– Author –
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Food Development Exhibition 2026
The Food Development Exhibition 2026 is one of Japan’s top exhibitions, bringing together every field that supports food development—ingredients, technology, manufacturing, safety and hygiene, and food long-life. It runs October 14–16, 2026, at Tokyo Big Sight West Halls 1, 2, and 4 and the Atrium. It is organized by Informa... -
FOOD Exhibition 2026
The FOOD Exhibition 2026 is one of Japan’s largest business trade shows for companies in the food and beverage industry. Food manufacturers, processors, beverage wholesalers and sellers, raw material and ingredient suppliers, and packaging and equipment service providers gather from across the country to present and do business around the latest trends, new products, and technical solutions... -
Mail-Order Food Exhibition & Business Meeting
The “Mail-Order Food Exhibition & Business Meeting” is Japan’s only exhibition and business meeting specialized in the mail-order and delivery food industry, bringing together food manufacturers from across the country with mail-order, EC, and buyers in one place. Held on October 29 (Wed) and 30 (Thu), 2025 at the Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan in Yurakucho, Tokyo, exhibiting companies focus on PB development,... -
Regional Bank Food Selection
The “Regional Bank Food Selection” is one of Japan’s largest food business meetings, held with the aim of regional banks, credit unions, and credit cooperatives across the country supporting local food-related companies. Held each year at Tokyo Big Sight, food manufacturers, processors, and producers from across the country exhibit, and department stores, super... -
FOOD STYLE Fukuoka
“FOOD STYLE Fukuoka” is one of western Japan’s largest food business trade shows, aimed at the latest trends and business meetings in the restaurant, ready-made meal, and retail industries. A diverse range of exhibitors—food manufacturers, processors, beverage, seasoning, and raw material companies, and equipment and service providers—gather from across the country, offering practical opportunities limited to industry professionals... -
Restaurant Industry Innovation Week Tokyo
Restaurant Industry Innovation Week is a trade show for solving challenges faced by restaurants, restaurant chains, and food manufacturers—such as labor shortages, operational efficiency, customer attraction, and food loss reduction—through cutting-edge technology and new services. It is organized by RX Japan Ltd. and held at Makuhari Messe... -
Food Factory Week
Food Factory Week is a trade show for solving challenges faced by food manufacturing and processing sites through the latest technology and solutions. It is held at Makuhari Messe from December 3 (Wed) to 5 (Fri), 2025. It centers on four themes: automation, labor-saving, and DX; hygiene and safety measures; food loss reduction; and improving the workplace environment... -
Drink Japan
Drink Japan is a trade show specialized in the development and manufacturing of beverages and liquid foods, now in its 10th edition. It runs from December 3 (Wed) to 5 (Fri), 2025 at Makuhari Messe. It brings together everything involved in beverage-making—raw materials and ingredients, packaging, filling and manufacturing machinery, brewing equipment, and inspection devices... -
International Food Logistics EXPO
The International Food Logistics EXPO is a specialized trade show focused on the import/export and domestic logistics of food. It is held at Makuhari Messe from December 3 (Wed) to 5 (Fri), 2025. It brings together every logistics solution involved in food distribution—packaging, cold storage, transport, inventory management, and import/export support services... -
"Japanese Food" Export EXPO
The “Japanese Food” Export EXPO is an international trade show where domestic food manufacturers exhibit to expand sales channels to overseas markets. It is held at Makuhari Messe from December 3 (Wed) to 5 (Fri), 2025. It covers a wide range of fields including agricultural, livestock, and marine products, beverages, seasonings, processed foods, and confectionery... -
JFEX Winter (7th International Food & Beverage Business Week)
JFEX Winter (7th International Food & Beverage Business Week) is an international business-matching trade show specialized in the food and beverage fields. It is held at Makuhari Messe from December 3 (Wed) to 5 (Fri), 2025. It comprises five specialized areas covering processed foods, wine and spirits, premium foods, fresh foods, and inbound-oriented foods... -
FABEX Kansai 2025
FABEX Kansai is the largest specialized trade show in the Kansai area for commercial foods, ingredients, and related equipment, held from November 26 (Wed) to 28 (Fri), 2025 at INTEX Osaka. It brings together food and ingredient exhibitors such as delicatessen, boxed meals, ready-made meals, restaurants, processed ingredients, seasonings and spices, fats and oils, and beverages... -
Dried Manganji pepper
Product Overview of Dried Manganji Togarashi. "Manganji togarashi," a Kyoto vegetable originating in Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a sweet chili prized for its thick-fleshed, large size and refreshing aroma. Even when dried, the flesh's thickness and hearty bite remain as-is, with a fresh aroma like a green chili and a clean flavor standing out... -
Dried kabocha squash
乾燥かぼちゃの製品概要 京都府の提携農家で育てられた国産かぼちゃを、用途に応じて細切りと大切りの2種類にカットし、低温でじっくり乾燥。自然な甘みがギュッと凝縮され、水戻し後もホクホクとした食感とともに、素材本来の風味を楽しめます。 皮付きの... -
Dried Kyo-kurenai carrot
Product Overview of Dried Kyo-Kurenai Carrot. "Kyo-kurenai carrot," prized for its glossy, vivid red color and rich sweetness, is a Phytorich variety developed by Takii & Co. A Japan-born carrot created by crossing gosun carrot and kintoki carrot, it contains lycopene, the source of its vivid color... -
Dried tomato
Product Overview of Dried Tomato A large-fruited tomato harvested after fully ripening is carefully dried at low temperature to retain the flesh's sweetness and juiciness. After rehydrating, a softness and rich sweetness like a fruit tomato spread, so juicy you wouldn't think it's dried... -
Dried burdock (sasagaki)
乾燥ごぼうの製品概要 京都府の提携農家で育てられたサラダとして食べられるサラダごぼうを使用し、アク抜き不要・そのまま使える千切りタイプに加工。泥付きごぼうを思わせる香ばしさと自然な風味をそのままに、低温でじっくり乾燥することで、ごぼう本来... -
Dried Orange carrot
乾燥オランジェ人参の製品概要 芯まで鮮やかなオレンジ色に染まる「オランジェにんじん」は、タキイ種苗が開発した機能性成分を豊富に含んでいる野菜シリーズ「ファイトリッチ」のひとつ。皮が薄く、甘さの中にハーブのような爽やかさが感じられるのが特長... -
Dried Fushimi togarashi
乾燥伏見唐辛子の製品概要 京都・伏見で江戸時代から受け継がれる伝統野菜「伏見唐辛子」を使用。辛みがなく、すっきりとした香りとやわらかな甘みを持つこの青唐は、乾燥させることでその隠れていた旨味がより一層際立ち、ソフトながらも噛み応えのある仕... -
Dried okra
乾燥オクラの製品概要 京都・京丹後の提携農家で栽培されたオクラ「ヘルシエ」を使用しています。この品種は、板ずりして洗えば生でも味わえるほどやわらかく、新鮮な状態から大きめにカットして乾燥。加熱しても色や形が崩れにくく、オクラ特有の粘りとモ... -
Dried komatsuna
乾燥小松菜の製品概要 京都府の提携農家で育てたクセの少ない小松菜を使用し、葉と茎を分けて乾燥することで、用途や食感に合わせた使い分けが可能です。低温でじっくりと乾燥させているため、クリーミーな甘さと香り高い風味がそのまま残り、生に近い鮮度... -
Dried radish
乾燥ラディッシュの製品概要 京都府京丹波町の若手農家によって丁寧に育てられたラディッシュを使用。みずみずしい甘さと赤くつややかな見た目が特徴のラディッシュは、乾燥することでさらに甘さが引き立ち、加熱調理でも風味がしっかり残ります。生のラデ... -
Overdone tomato
ドライミニトマトのOEM 原材料：やりすぎトマト 産地：京都・久美浜 ブドウ糖：不使用 原料での供給：可能 パウダー化加工：不可 最低ロット：100g〜 超濃縮のドライトマト"酸味で引き立つフルーツ的甘さ" まるでベリー系のドライフルーツを味わうかのよう... -
Dried apple
Product Overview of Dried Apple A commercial dried fruit using "leaf-left Shinshu apple," grown naturally as-is. By growing it with the leaves left on, sugar production through photosynthesis is promoted, finishing with the flesh full of honey. This honeyed apple is cut into sticks and dice... -
Dried pear
Product Overview of Dried Pear (Nijisseiki Pear) Using the green pear "Gold Nijisseiki," grown at an orchard in northern Kyoto Prefecture. By drying this green pear—prized for a refreshing acidity and restrained sweetness—slowly at low temperature, the sweetness concentrates, with a faintly remaining acidity as an accent for a flavor both new and nostalgic... -
Dried mandarin
Product Overview of Dried Mandarin Dried chips made by drying Aichi-grown mandarins whole with the peel on. Because the outer peel contains many nutrients, it's finished with a specification that lets you take in the nutritional value whole. Peel-on processing readily produces bitterness, but with a commitment to variety selection and temperature management, the peel... -
Tomatoes for dashi
国産の出汁用ドライトマトOEM 原材料：トマト 産地：京都・京丹後 ブドウ糖：不使用 原料での供給：可能 最低ロット：100g〜 出汁用トマトにかけた3つのこだわり 01 果肉の端材を旨味原料として再設計トマト加工では均一な果肉が求められる一方で、端切れ... -
Dried wood ear mushroom
乾燥キクラゲの製品概要 キクラゲは、その独特のコリコリとした食感と、低カロリーでヘルシーな印象が魅力の素材です。特に京都産のキクラゲは、きめ細かい肉質としっかりとした歯ごたえがあり、乾燥させても食感が損なわれません。炒め物やスープ、和え物... -
Dried zucchini
乾燥ズッキーニの製品概要 ズッキーニは、鮮やかな緑色と瑞々しい食感が特徴の野菜です。特に京都産のズッキーニは、柔らかくクセがないため、パスタやサラダ、グリル料理にも適しています。乾燥させることでその鮮やかな色彩と風味が凝縮され、加熱しても... -
Dried Kamo eggplant
Product Overview of Dried Kamo Eggplant. "Kamo eggplant," a traditional vegetable cultivated in the Kamigamo district of Kyoto for over 300 years. Its flesh is fine-grained and firm yet soft, with the property of resisting falling apart when simmered. Drying makes the flesh's firmness even stronger, with a refined aroma and sweetness standing out... -
Dried beetroot
乾燥ビーツの製品概要 スーパーフードとして注目される京都産のビーツを細切り・角切りの2タイプにカットし、低温でじっくり乾燥。水戻し後もごろっとした食感とビーツならではの自然な甘さが際立ちます。乾燥することでビーツ特有の土臭さは和らぎ、皮む... -
Dried white green onion
乾燥白ねぎの製品概要 京都府の提携農家で育てた白ねぎを、白い部分と青い部分をバランスよくミックスしてスライス。低温でじっくり乾燥させることで、とろけるような甘さの中に、ツンと香るねぎ特有の辛みがしっかり残る仕上がりになっています。加熱調理... -
Buddy’s Farm
About Buddy’s Farm. Buddy’s Farm (Odawara City, Kanagawa) is an agricultural corporation known for growing somewhat rare mini tomatoes. About six years since founding, it has shipped to local direct sales and restaurants while committing to varieties with thin skins and strong individual flavor. Making use of that know-how, last year... -
Nissin Foods Co., Ltd.
A dried vegetable assortment set perfect for “Nissin Raoh.” For Nissin Foods Co., Ltd., to coincide with “Food Loss Reduction Day” on October 30, we had them adopt a “dried vegetable assortment set” perfect for the company’s flagship product “Nissin Raoh.” Adoption details: on Food Loss Reduction Day... -
Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.
OYAOYA dried vegetables adopted | Selected for the second round of Nippon Paper Crecia’s “Action for Smile Campaign.” In the second round of Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.’s “Action for Smile Campaign,” which has been running since May 2025, products of our operated dried vegetable brand “OYAOYA”... -
Takii & Company, Limited
A dried vegetable series using Phytorich. We produced dried vegetables using vegetables from the Phytorich series developed by Takii & Company, Limited, known for its “vegetables with a good reason.” From that series, we used “Kyo-kurenai carrot,” “Orange carrot,” and “Healthy oku... -
Sakura Renkon Co., Ltd.
Our work with Sakura Renkon. Sakura Renkon (Sakura City, Chiba) is an agricultural corporation specializing in growing and selling lotus root. After working in Tokyo, representative Yuma Matsumoto took up farming, and after training, regenerated an abandoned black-soil paddy field. Using only organic fertilizer and no chemical fertilizer, the soil... -
Zigexn Co., Ltd.
Producing novelty items for the 3×3 team “Zigexn Updaters.” We produced items themed on the official character “Shogotan”—a “Kyoto vegetable” motif—of “ZIGExN UPDATERS.EXE (Zigexn Updaters),” a professional 3×3 (three-on-three basketball) team owned by Zigexn Co., Ltd.... -
Kubota Corporation
Producing dried tomato in a collaboration with Beppin Farm. In a collaboration with Beppin Farm, operated by Kubota Corporation, we produced dried tomato using tomatoes grown at Kubota Farm, operated within the Kubota Group, for the company’s internal use... -
Kai Corporation
Dried vegetables take the lead! Creating recipes for “dishes you’ll want to eat once a week.” At “Chefon,” an online cooking class operated by Kai Corporation, we created video and recipe content for all 8 “dishes you’ll want to eat once a week” using dried vegetables with concentrated umami, proposed by Michelin one-star “Ichirin” owner Mikizo Hashimoto... -
One’s Daily Co., Ltd.
Selecting safe ingredients for developing a treat that people and pets can eat together. Under the concept of “something people and dogs can eat together every day,” we carefully selected safe ingredients for treat development together with One’s Daily, which makes additive-free treats. Furthermore, so people and pets alike can enjoy... -
Aida LLC
A flavored tea using dried Kujo green onion wins a Japanese Tea Award. Aida LLC provides experiences of time and space by making use of diverse cultures—food, art, aroma, music, and more—centered on the tea ceremony and Japanese tea. At the company’s shop located in Minami-ku, Kyoto City, “a Japanese tea space to enjoy time”... -
Hoshi no Kitchen
Dried vegetables adopted at a topping bar for choosing the future. OYAOYA dried vegetables were adopted at Hoshi no Kitchen inside the “ITOCHU SDGs STUDIO” in Kita-Aoyama, Tokyo. A feature is incorporating sustainable ingredients into classic menus familiar to everyone from children to adults. Dried... -
Oryzae Co., Ltd.
Maple & apple granola using dried apple. Under the mission “fermenting the earth,” Oryzae Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells sugar-free, additive-free, gluten-free granola and rice-koji sauces centered on rice koji. We provided dried apple, and... -
Wada Farm
Commercializing an attention-grabbing fruit tomato from Kyotango. We received the “yarisugi tomato”—grown in Kumihama, Kyotango, in an environment so harsh it is called an “athlete vegetable,” with sweetness and tartness packed densely—from Wada Farm and made it into a product. High-sugar tomatoes are hard to dry... -
Kyotamba radish
A project toward establishing radish as a regional specialty. This is a project started as a means of regional revitalization, initiated by Mr. Nomura, who grows radishes in the Kyotamba area of Kyoto. Agriture CEO Kojima supported the web system construction and the back end including SNS... -
Yasai Yakuzen
Yasai Yakuzen, balancing the body with vegetables. Together with YAKUZEN TOKYO Co., Ltd., we launched the “Yasai Yakuzen” service—a way of eating that balances the body from within using “familiar vegetables” available at supermarkets. Even the vegetables we casually eat, when appropriately chosen and appropriately cooked from a yakuzen perspective... -
Nara Prefecture Miwa Somen Industrial Cooperative
About the Nara Prefecture Miwa Somen Industrial Cooperative. The Nara Prefecture Miwa Somen Industrial Cooperative is an organization that keeps protecting the hand-stretched method handed down over generations in the Miwa area, said to be Japan’s oldest somen-producing region. About 80 producers are currently affiliated, making Miwa somen with a commitment to fineness, firmness, and smooth throat feel... -
島カボチャとは？「チンクワー」や「ナンクワー」とも呼ばれる
沖縄の伝統野菜「島カボチャ」。沖縄では「ナンクヮー」や「チンクヮー」とも呼ばれ、琉球料理の食材として受け継がれてきました。この記事では、島カボチャの特徴や歴史、栄養価、食べ方、乾燥野菜としての活用法まで整理します。 島カボチャとは 島カボ... -
東北六県の伝統野菜一覧｜守りたい郷土の食文化
四季の変化が大きい東北地方には、地域固有の伝統野菜が数多く残っています。気候や風土に根ざした在来種は、食材であると同時に、その土地の栽培技術や食文化を今に伝える資源でもあります。 一方で、食の多様化や後継者不足により、栽培が減少している品...
