Rei Kojima– Author –
CEO of Agriture Inc. Runs a contract processing and OEM business centered on dried vegetables and dried fruit. In partnership with farmers within Kyoto Prefecture, he pursues “sustainable food distribution” through the use of non-standard vegetables and support for sixth-industrialization. Drawing on extensive hands-on experience at manufacturing sites, he provides support that walks alongside every business considering OEM—from product planning and prototyping to small-lot handling, packaging design, and sales-channel development.
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Trade shows & events
FOOMA JAPAN
「FOOMA JAPAN(国際食品工業展)」は、食品をつくる・詰める・運ぶための機械やプラント、加工技術が集結する、世界最大級の食品製造総合展です。来場するのは食品メーカーの製造・開発・生産技術の担当者が中心で、原料処理から充填・包装、検査、衛生管... -
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Japanese Food Export EXPO
「日本の食品輸出EXPO」は、日本産の農畜産物・水産物・加工食品・飲料・調味料などを、海外バイヤーや輸出商社に直接売り込める商談型の展示会です。国際食品・飲料の総合展「JFEX」の中核ゾーンとして東京ビッグサイトで開かれ、2024年からは初夏と晩秋... -
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International Food Logistics EXPO
「国際 食品物流EXPO(Food LogiX)」は、食品の輸出入・国内配送・保管・包装・輸出入コンサルティングまで、食品を「運ぶ・預かる・届ける」工程を担う事業者が集まる専門展示会です。国際 食品・飲料商談Week「JFEX」の一角として東京ビッグサイトで開... -
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FOOD STYLE Tokyo
「FOOD STYLE 東京」は、外食・中食・小売のバイヤーと食品メーカー・生産者が直接商談する、首都圏最大級の食の商談会です。東京ビッグサイトで開催され、レストランや居酒屋のメニュー開発担当、惣菜・弁当・給食を手がける中食事業者、スーパーやコンビ... -
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Food Factory Week 2026
「食品工場Week」(旧称:フードテックWeek)は、食品・飲料メーカーの工場が抱える課題を解決するための展示会です。製造ラインの自動化・省人化、衛生管理やHACCP対応、外観検査、食品ロスの資源循環、冷凍・保冷といった「作る・詰める・守る」現場の技... -
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Agri Week 2026 (J AGRI) | Guide to the venue, exhibiting, and highlights
農業Week2026(J AGRI)は、農業・畜産分野に特化した国内最大級の総合展示会です。2026年は秋の東京(幕張)展、2027年は春の九州(熊本)展が予定されており、農業WEEK全体は「スマート農業」「農業資材」「畜産資材」「畜産予防・衛生」「脱炭素・SDGs... -
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Food Development Exhibition 2026
「食品開発展(HI JAPAN)」は、食品の研究開発・商品開発に使う素材や原料、機能性素材、受託製造、開発・製造・分析の技術が一か所に集まる専門展です。ヘルスイングリディエンツ(Hi)を中核に、食品素材や製造技術に特化しているのが特徴で、来場者の... -
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FOOD Exhibition 2026
「FOOD展」は、給食・大量調理から食品工場の改善、食品物流、食品安全、惣菜・中食までを一度に扱う、食品事業者向けの複合展示会です。東京ビッグサイトで、給食・中食・惣菜メーカーや食品工場、物流・卸の担当者が、現場の課題を解決する設備・資材・... -
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Mail-Order Food Exhibition & Business Meeting
「通販食品展示商談会」は、通販・宅配・ECといった非店頭チャネルで食品を売り買いする事業者だけが集まる、日本でも数少ない専門の商談会です。カタログ通販や生協、定期便・サブスク、ネットスーパーのバイヤーが来場し、全国のこだわり食品を持つ生産... -
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Regional Bank Food Selection
「地方銀行フードセレクション」は、全国の地方銀行が取引先である地域の食品事業者を集め、その販路開拓をまとめて後押しする商談型の展示会です。出展するのは各地の生産者・食品メーカーで、来場するのは食品スーパー・百貨店・外食・卸などの仕入担当... -
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FOOD STYLE Fukuoka
FOOD STYLE 福岡は、九州の外食・中食・小売の現場で「明日から仕入れたい食材」を探すための商談型展示会です。マリンメッセ福岡を舞台に、九州最大級の食品商談会として、飲食店・弁当や惣菜のメーカー・スーパーや物産店のバイヤーが顔をそろえます。こ... -
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Restaurant Industry Innovation Week Tokyo
飲食業界イノベーションWeek 東京は、飲食店・カフェ・外食チェーンが抱える人手不足や集客、店舗運営の課題を、テクノロジーとサービスで解決するための商談型展示会です。調理・配膳ロボットやモバイルオーダーといった現場の自動化から、受発注・勤怠・... -
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Drink Japan
「ドリンクジャパン(Drink Japan)」は、飲料・酒類・液状食品の開発と製造の技術に特化した専門展です。原料・添加物から、充填・殺菌・容器包装、製造装置や品質管理まで、飲みものを作る工程をまるごと見て回れます。飲料メーカーの商品開発担当者や工... -
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JFEX Winter (7th International Food & Beverage Business Week)
「JFEX 冬(国際 食品・飲料商談Week)」は、加工食品・ワイン/酒・プレミアム食品・生鮮食品といった専門展に、日本産食品の輸出商談展までが東京ビッグサイトに集まる、晩秋の食品商談週間です。国内バイヤーと海外バイヤーが同じ会場に集うため、仕入れ... -
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ファベックス関西2026
「ファベックス関西」は、惣菜・デリカ・弁当・中食・外食に特化した西日本最大級の業務用食品専門展です。インテックス大阪で開かれ、関西・近畿圏の食品メーカー、業務用卸、スーパーやコンビニの惣菜バイヤー、外食チェーンの商品担当が集まります。東... -
Dried vegetables
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 vegetables
Dried kabocha squash
Dried kabocha product overview. Domestic kabocha grown at our partner farms in Kyoto Prefecture is cut into two types—julienne and large-cut—according to use, and slowly low-temperature-dried. Natural sweetness is packed in tight, and rehydrated you can enjoy a fluffy texture along with the ingredient's inherent flavor. Skin-on... -
Dried vegetables
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 fruit
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 vegetables
Dried burdock (sasagaki)
Dried gobo product overview. Using salad gobo—a gobo eaten as salad—grown at our partner farms in Kyoto Prefecture, processed into a ready-to-use julienne type needing no aku removal. Retaining a toastiness reminiscent of soil-covered gobo and a natural flavor, slow low-temperature drying keeps gobo's inherent... -
Dried vegetables
Dried Orange carrot
Dried Orange carrot product overview. "Orange carrot," dyed a vivid orange to the core, is one of the "Phytorich" vegetable series developed by Takii Seed with abundant functional components. Thin-skinned, with a herb-like freshness amid the sweetness, is its hallmark... -
Dried vegetables
Dried Fushimi togarashi
Dried Fushimi chili pepper product overview. Made with "Fushimi chili pepper," a heirloom vegetable passed down in Fushimi, Kyoto since the Edo period. Non-pungent, with a crisp aroma and gentle sweetness, this green chili, when dried, brings out its hidden umami all the more, finishing soft yet with a chewy... -
Dried vegetables
Dried okra
Product overview of dried okra. We use okra “Herbie” cultivated by partner farmers in Kyotango, Kyoto. This variety is so tender it can even be enjoyed raw if scrubbed with salt (itazuri) and washed, and it is cut on the larger side from a fresh state and dried. Its color and shape resist breaking down even when heated, and the stickiness characteristic of okra… -
Dried vegetables
Dried komatsuna
Product overview of dried komatsuna. Using komatsuna with little bite that is grown by partner farmers in Kyoto Prefecture, and by drying the leaves and stems separately, using it differently according to use and texture is possible. Because it is slowly dried at low temperature, the creamy sweetness and fragrant flavor remain as they are, with a freshness close to raw… -
Dried vegetables
Dried radish
Product overview of dried radish. Using radishes carefully grown by young farmers in Kyotamba Town, Kyoto Prefecture. Radishes, characterized by a juicy sweetness and a red, glossy appearance, have their sweetness stand out even more when dried, and their flavor firmly remains even in heated cooking. Fresh rad… -
Raw materials & ingredients
Overdone tomato
OEM of dried mini tomatoes. Raw material: Yarisugi Tomato. Growing region: Kumihama, Kyoto. Glucose: not used. Supply as raw material: possible. Powdering processing: not possible. Minimum lot: from 100 g. Super-concentrated dried tomato "a fruit-like sweetness brought out by acidity"—it’s as if you were tasting a berry-type dried fruit… -
Dried fruit
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 fruit
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 fruit
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... -
Raw materials & ingredients
Tomatoes for dashi
Domestic dashi-use dried tomato OEM. Raw material: tomato. Growing region: Kyotango, Kyoto. Glucose: not used. Supply as raw material: possible. Minimum lot: from 100 g. Three points of commitment for dashi-use tomato. 01 Redesigning pulp offcuts as an umami raw material—while tomato processing requires uniform pulp, on the other hand offcut trimmings… -
Dried vegetables
Dried wood ear mushroom
Product overview of dried kikurage (wood-ear). Kikurage is a material whose appeal is its distinctive crunchy texture and its low-calorie, healthy impression. Kyoto-grown kikurage in particular has fine-grained flesh and a firm bite, and its texture is not lost even when dried. Stir-fries, soups, dressed dishes… -
Dried vegetables
Dried zucchini
Product overview of dried zucchini. Zucchini is a vegetable characterized by a vivid green color and a fresh texture. Kyoto-grown zucchini in particular is tender and has little bite, so it suits pasta, salads, and grilled dishes. Drying concentrates its vivid color and flavor, and even when heated… -
Dried vegetables
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 vegetables
Dried beetroot
Product overview of dried beets. Kyoto-grown beets, drawing attention as a superfood, are cut into two types—julienne and diced—and slowly dried at low temperature. Even after rehydration, a chunky texture and the natural sweetness unique to beets stand out. Drying softens the earthy smell characteristic of beets, and peeling… -
Dried vegetables
Dried white green onion
Product overview of dried white leek. White leek grown by partner farmers in Kyoto Prefecture is sliced with the white part and green part well balanced and mixed. By slowly drying at low temperature, it is finished so that, within a melting sweetness, the pungency characteristic of leek that gives a sharp note firmly remains. Heated cooking… -
Non-standard vegetables
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... -
Product development
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... -
Non-standard vegetables
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”... -
Case studies & collaborations
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... -
Dried vegetables
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... -
Non-standard vegetables
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.... -
Non-standard vegetables
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... -
Product development
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... -
Product development
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... -
Non-standard vegetables
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”... -
Product development
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... -
Food loss reduction
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... -
Dried vegetables
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... -
Dried vegetables
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... -
Non-standard vegetables
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...
