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CondeHouse Furniture Factory Tour in Hokkaido
Asahikawa is one of the five major furniture production areas in Japan. Then, why not use the advantageous position for local community revitalization? Our chairman's new challenge has just started to make this wooden furniture company a fun place where many people want to go. In fact, we always receive many favourable reviews and comments for our factory tour. Why don't you try it out? -
Snow as an Energy Source: The Renewable Energy in Hokkaido, Japan
Snow has already been used as a renewable energy source here. Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan, is the largest producer of potato, onion, and rice in Japan, and snow is used to refrigerate those crops during storage. -
The World’s Largest Chair Collection in Hokkaido
As I wrote before, our home town is the mecca of wooden furniture, where we have the world's famous chair collector, Noritsugu Oda. The number of chairs in Oda Collection amounts to about 1350, including most of the world masterpiece chairs, of course! -
Asahiyama Zoo, the Most Popular Zoo in Japan
In the early 90's when I was a kid, the zoo was so boring and a little creepy. It was like a horror movie scene of Stephen King: there were few people; animals were deathly still; old and rusty attractions made a squeak (in the amusement area in the zoo). In 1995, the zoo took the first step to the great comeback by the inauguration of a new director. -
Japan Travel in the Know: The Best French Restaurant in Hokkaido
Kiyomi Mikuni is the most famous Japanese chef born in Hokkaido. He grew up in extreme poverty. Soon after graduating from junior high school, he started to work for a rice dealer for free meals and the opportunity for attending a night cooking school. In Hokkaido, there are some restaurants supervised by him. Fratello Di Mikuni is one of them. -
A New Sustainable Hotel in Sapporo, Hokkaido
The hotel is an 11-story building: RC up to the 8th floor, wooden structure above it (1380 tons less in carbon dioxide emissions). Wood waste from the construction is used for interior finishing. I'm sure the hotel restaurant will provide food made with local ingredients, in addition -
Why Is Sapporo the Most Harsh Market in Japan?
Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaido, is famous as a place for test marketing. Many businesses test pre-release products because its age structure of population is almost the same as that of the whole country. In addition, the city has no strong characteristics or specific tendency in culture; the people are considered to like new things. Maybe it's because Hokkaido doesn't have a long history, different from other areas in the main land of Japan. -
Business Tips: Return to Local Wood Consumption due to Wood Shock
【We are still dependent on wood】 The "wood shock" has still cast a big shadow over our industry. As many of you know, it's one of the social problems caused by the COVID. As more people tend to work remotely at home, the demand of hous... -
Hokkaido Is the Mecca of Wooden Furniture
Did you know Haagen-Dazs was originated in the US? I thought it came from somewhere in North Europe, which, I assume, would be exactly what the brand founder intended. Let me tell you another example. In Japan, canned coffee is one of th... -
The Characteristics of People in Hokkaido, the Last Frontier of Japan
The most popular sport in Japan is still baseball. Every summer, the Japan national high school baseball championship takes place by the teams going through the elimination tournaments held in all the 47 prefectures. Hokkaido representative teams were always weak and lost in the first round of the championship in most cases.