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We would like to introduce the participating members of the BIWAKO BLUE project.
BIWAKO BLUE PROJECT look for new partners with the agreement of the purpose of the project, to produce original souvenirs, dishes, accessories, pottery, glass, etc. for the theme of "blue clothing, food and housing"
project participation
Kohoku area
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Child-rearing support café LOCO
Child-rearing support cafe LOCO is located on the 2nd floor of Ekimachi Terrace Nagahama which is directly connected to Nagahama Station. Two moms launched this place in 2015 as a community cafe where children can easily gather based on desire of “I wish there was such a place”. Now they are actively engaged activities of child-rearing support, work / living support together with cafe sales. It is also attracting attention as a base for disseminating various information such as local events and childcare.
Location Ekimachi Terrace Nagahama M3 3-24 Kitafuna-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 10：00～15：00
Regular holiday Saturday and Sunday (※Challenge Café is open）
URL http://locoenjoythemommylife.com/ MAIL loco_enjoy_the_mommylife@yahoo.co.jp -
Yanmar Museum
The Yanmar Museum opened in 2013 in Nagahama-shi, the birth place of Yanmar’s founder, Magokichi Yamaoka. Based on the concept of “Let’s try! Waku Waku Future Challenge”, you can challenge the content related to Yanmer products such as a story theater that introduces Mr. Magokichi Yamaoka’s challenging spirit, a booth where you can virtually experience agriculture and fishing, and a simulator for operating pleasure boats and construction machinery. This place is a challenge museum where you can learn while seeing, touching, and experiencing.
Location 6-50 Sanwa-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 10:00 – 18:00 (Admission reception 9:45 – 17:00)
Regular holiday Year-end and New Year holidays
Monday (if Monday is national holiday or transfer holiday, the following week day),
URL https://www.yanmar.com/jp/museum/ -
Kurokabe Square
This place is a tourist spot that taking advantage of traditional buildings in the old town of Nagahama. Glass studios, experience classrooms, cafes, restaurants, select shops, etc. are gathering in this place. There is the retro wooden Western style building in center of town, formerly known as the Kurokabe Bank, which was reborn as the Kurokabe Glass Shop in 1989. Modern interiors, tableware, seasonal accessories, and usual accessories are exhibited and sold inside of building. (※ Currently, the Kurokabe Glass Shop is under seismic retrofitting. It will be reopened in late March 2021.)
Location 12-38 Motohama-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 10:00 – 17:00 (Apr – Oct / 10:00 – 18:00)
Regular holiday Each shop has its own non-trading day
※the Kurokabe Glass Shop open every day.URL https://www.kurokabe.co.jp/ -
Kurokabe Building #18 96CAFE
96 CAFE is a stylish casual cafe with large terrace seats located in front of the Kurokabe Glass shop. We treat it is important to hope — that you can relax and have a good time. An exciting menu with the theme of locality and Kurokabe is offered. There is a BIWAKO Black Curry in menu which has fun and delicious from the theme of the blue color of lake Biwa. There is also a wide selection of take-out menus such as drinks, so it is recommended to take a walk in the Kurokabe area with a drink.
Location 11-28 Motohama-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 10:30 – 17:00 (Apr – Oct / 10:30 – 18:00)
Regular holiday Wednesday
URL https://www.kurokabe.co.jp/restaurant/96cafe/ -
Sato Sake Brewery Co. Ltd.
I want to connect people’s hearts in Nagahama and brew local sake of local culture. With that in mind, Mr. Takashi Sato, the owner of the company, whose parents’ house used to be a brewery, decided to start a brewing company again. Sato Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. was born in Spring of 2011. In the rich nature surrounded by Mt. Ibuki, one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan, and Lake Biwa, the sake carefully produced using high quality “water” and “rice” is loved by not only locals but also many sake fans.
Location 979 Enoki-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL URL http://www.nagahamanosake.com/ -
Tomoekaho Co. Ltd.
The long-established Japanese confectionery store Tomoe Japanese Confectionery was founded in 1932 (Showa 7) around Ado River, which is blessed with the Hira Mountains and the magnificent Lake Biwa. Japanese sweets born in the rich colors of the four seasons are widely loved. The elaborate traditional craft confectionery displayed inside the store is also a masterpiece of beauty. In addition to popular standard products such as Decchi Yokan and Unpei-san, there are also products that use local specialty boysenberry and products that incorporate new tastes and ingredients with the intention of Japanese spirit Western talent, and we are also focusing on Western confectionery. Tomoe’s progress will continue with the aim of making sweets that are close to people’s lives and serve as a bridge between people.
Location 211-1 Nishiyurugi Adogawa-cho Takashima-shi Shiga Japan
TEL URL https://www.sweet-tomoe.com/ -
Handmade studio MeYou
Within a 3-minute walk from JR Takatsuki Station, there is a cute pastry shop run by the couple. Me and You, with all my heart from me. And there is a desire that everyone could smile … and was named the handmade studio MeYou. With the motto of Sanpo Yoshi (three ways good) and local production for local consumption, this place tries to make sweets that are kind to the body without using additives as much as possible. We focus on making sweets that meet the needs of our customers. So custom-made cakes (reservations required) and baked sweets for special occasion celebrations are popular.
Location 18-1 Ochikawa Takatsuki-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
TEL URL https://www.facebook.com/tedukurikoubou.meyou/ MAIL tedukurikoubou.meyou@gmail.com
Koto area
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Hikone Miyage Honjin
Hikone Miyage Honjin is located inside of Hikone Castle Resort & Spa, the closest hotel to the national treasure Hikone Castle. Shiga’s souvenirs such as famous confectionery, folk crafts, and local sake are lined up, and it is popular not only with hotel guests but also with people who casually visit for sightseeing. There are products made in the image of beautiful blue color Lake Biwa and BIWAKO BLUE Pudding which is gaining popularity as Hikone Good Pudding, are on sale at this store.
Location Hikone Castle Resort &, SPA 1-8 Sawa-cho Hikone-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 8:00 – 20:00
8:00 – 19:00 (in Winter season)Regular holiday Holiday Open Daily
URL https://www.hch.jp/shop/
Higashi-omi area
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Syokusankobo
Shokusankobo located in Kitatsuda Omihachiman-shi is a company (atelier) that produces delicious and safe food to eat through self-cultivation that is friendly to the rich soil and nature and environment. Seasonal crops are growing vigorously on the farmland in front of company. Based on the motto “Sanpou Yoshi (satisfy 3 ways) agricultural version + 1(environment)” this company is operating production, processing and sales of agricultural products which can connect producers and consumers. Manufacture and sale of maestro gelato is one of the businesses this company is operating in Shiga prefecture, such as sales of selected ingredients and foods, and support for new farmers.
Location 1047-1 Kitatsuda-cho Omihachiman-shi Shiga Japan
Business Hour 0748-43-2571
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Andeken
Andeken, which has main store on Omihachiman Ekimae-dori, is famous as a cheesecake shop and has been loved by many people including locals, for a long time. Andeken, which means “memories (Andenken)” in German, makes cakes day to day for a gentle taste that people aged 0 to 100 can enjoy with a smile. BIWAKO BLUE Cake is made by chef’s whole body who loves Lake Biwa and it is great gift for your loved ones.
Location 551 Takakai-cho Omihachiman-shi Shiga Japan (Main store)
TEL Business Hour 9:00～19:00
Regular holiday Every Tuesday
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Okaki Group (Okaki Brothers Food)
Okaki, a long-established store of Omi beef, was founded in Ryuo Town, Shiga Prefecture in 1839 (Tenpo 10). Okaki has their own ranch and carefully select and breed Omi beef, one of Japan’s Three Great Wagyu beef. Okaki is an Omi beef specialty store, they actively develop meat sales and restaurants, and are loved by many customers. From the desire to convey the appeal of leather, which is the origin of the history of Omi beef, as well as Omi beef as food, Okaki started manufacturing and selling tote bags and leather accessories using Omi beef leather as Okaki Brothers Foods.
Location 1298-1 Oguchi Ryuo-cho Gamou-gun Shiga Japan
TEL URL https://www.okakihonten.jp/okakib/
Koka area
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Nissan Ceramic Co. Ltd.
Nissan Ceramic is founded in 1973 as a company that manufactures flower pots by reusing the muddy water produced during crushing stones as soil for pottery. Plastic products have become mainstream with the passage of time, but “eco-friendly Shigaraki ware” has been developed as a new signboard product. We are proposing Shigaraki ware for a healthy and comfortable daily life, such as a natural air purifier using charcoal clay that has deodorizing and air cleaning effects, and an electricity-free humidifier using porous pottery developed with special technology.
Location 349-11 Nishi-Shigaraki-cho Koka-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 9：00～17：00
Regular holiday Saturday, Sunday, and Holiday
URL http://www.nissantougyo.co.jp MAIL info@nissantougyo.co.jp -
TOBO Jun
“Tobo Jun” in the middle of “Shigaraki Pottery Promenade” is a gallery and workshop of pottery doll artist Junko Kuzuhara. In the gallery with seasonal flowers, pottery dolls with gentle expressions welcome you. The elegant pottery accessories “JUNO” series, which was created in search of new Shigaraki ware, is also popular. The experience of making pottery dolls is available with advanced reservation.
Location 1423-10 Shigaraki-cho Koga-shi Shiga Japan Inside of Yamakennseitosho
TEL Business Hour 10:00～17:00
Regular holiday Irregular Holidays
URL http://www.tohbo-jun.jp MAIL juntohbo@yahoo.co.jp -
Okawara Onsen Kamoshika Villa Restaurant Gensokyo
“Okawara Onsen Kamoshika Villa” is a hot spring inn located in Okawara, Tsuchiyama-cho, Koka City, on the prefectural border between Shiga and Mie Prefecture. This place is known as the Okuzashiki (personal quiet salon) of Koka, you can spend a relaxing time while feeling the great outdoors, with the babbling of the river and the chirping of birds as BGM. It can also be good for a day trip for enjoying leisure activities such as hot springs, barbecues, and playing at the river. The restaurant “Gensokyo” offers creative dishes made with fresh ingredients from Shiga.
Location 1104 Okawara Tsuchiyama-cho Koka-shi, Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour Lunch 11:00 – 15:00 (last admission 14:00) Dinner 17:30 – 21:00 (last admission 19:00)
Please contact us to check business hour stataus.
※ Recently dinner is closed due to Covid 19 (as of 2021/3/1)
Regular holiday No holiday except Temporary holiday、regular holiday in Jan. and Feb.
URL https://www.kamoshika-yado.com MAIL info@kamoshika-yado.com -
Maruyasu Tea Co. Ltd.
Maruyasu Tea Co., Ltd. was founded in 1897 (Meiji 5) in Tsuchiyama (Koka City), the tea industry center that has the highest production of tea in the prefecture. This company is a long-established tea shop that manufactures and sells “Omi tea” that is proud of traditional taste and aroma. The store has a wide variety of teas, from high-end tea leaves to tea leaves for home and business use. The latte series was developed with a unique technology to make tea leaves into fine powder to be an opportunity for people to notice the charm of Omi tea. The latte series has a beautiful appearance and is also offered at cafes in the prefecture.
Location 267 Tongu Tsuchiyama-cho Koka-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 8:00 – 19:00 weekday,9:00 – 19:00 Weekend and holiday
Regular holiday January 1st, Temporary closing day
URL https://oumi-maruyasu.shop MAIL info@oumi-maruyasu.co.jp -
Restaurant Jagaimo
The restaurant “Jagaimo” in Tsuchiyama-cho, Koka City is a well-known hidden restaurant that has been loved in the area for over 40 years. We can enjoy carefully prepared Western-style dishes in a calm space where the warmth of wood wraps around softly. Popular items are “Oven-baked minced meat and mashed potatoes” and “German sausages”. Small log house along National highway No. 1 is the place we can look for this restaurant.
Location 2693 Ono Tsuchiyama-cho Koka-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour 11:00 – 20:00 (LO 19:30) Weekend and Holiday Close 15:00 – 17:00
Regular holiday Tuesday and Wednesday
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Koka Mochi Kobo
The texture is fine, the elasticity is strong, and the Koka Mochi that stretch well after all. The secret of its deliciousness is high-quality glutinous rice cultivated in the heavy clay soil of the Koka ,Kosaji districts. “Koka Mochi Kobo” sells such “Koka Mochi” as a special product. The store has a wide variety of products made from Mochi and rice flour. At Mochi-Mochi House, you can also enjoy “Tsukitate Mochi (Freshly made Mochi)” on weekends only.
Location 2121-1 Kosaji Koka-cho Koka-shi Shiga Japan
TEL Business Hour (Mochi-Mochi house is 10:30 – 14:30)
8:30 – 17:30
Regular holiday Every Monday (Every Wednesday is closed for a while)
URL http://www.koka-mochi.jp/ MAIL koka-mochi@ac-koka.jp
Konan area
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Jeleaf Inc.
Jereaf Inc. was born in Yasu City in 1934 as the first domestically produced gelatin production factory for photographic film. After the war, we focused on the production of edible gelatin and continue to this day. Especially in product of leaf (sheet) gelatin, Jereaf Inc. has established a solid position as the only one in domestic production and the number one in sales. Gelatin makes it more delicious, and collagen makes it richer … We have line up of products that can be suitable not only for professionals but also for general households.
Location 1013 Ichimiyake Yasu-shi Shiga Japan
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glass imeca
A blown glass workshop is in the place where the Daido River flows and the idyllic rural scenery spreads. “imeca” is an upside-down reading of Akemi Kaminaga’s name. Originally this name was given to a cup presented by a friend, it was due to the playfulness of friend. This type of idea and uniqueness are very important for creation of things, and glass imeca was established in 2017 with the desire to please many people. The “Biwako-Iro” series, which is colored with the aquatic plants of Lake Biwa, is also popular.
Location 2-5-7 Dou Otsu-shi Shiga Japan
URL https://www.glass-imeca.net/
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Spoon Table Co. Ltd.
Spoon Table Co., Ltd., which develops cafe restaurants where you can enjoy delicious black tea, was established in 2006, mainly in Shiga prefecture. Masato Masumura, CEO, says, “We established the company with the desire to feel the happiness of being able to watch customers eat with a smile.” Currently, Shiga’s first private SDGs transmission base “Future Lab” has been launched, and it is active in various fields such as efforts for sustainable prosperity of the local economy and environment and support for children in developing countries. This company is involved BIWAKO BLUE Project actively thanks to the personality and enthusiasm of President Tsuji of Nihon Advanced Agri Corporation, whom I have had a long relationship with.
“Our company have also started selling BIWAKO BLUE Parfait using butterfly pea. In order to prevent this wonderful project from becoming transient, I wish I could use butterfly pea not only for food but also for the environment and to protect the environment of beautiful Lake Biwa. I would like to cooperate not only with restaurants in the prefecture but also with many companies. I also want to do that kind of planning” Mr.Masato Masumura says.
Location 2675-2 Ichimiyake Yasu-shi Shiga
Japan
TEL URL http://spoon-table.co.jp 
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Association of Bio-Business Creation
The Association of Bio-Business Creation is located in the Nagahama Bio Incubation Center, which is adjacent to Nagahama Institute of Biotechnology. This facility is created for the purpose of promoting industry and employment through the establishment and commercialization based on support given to the bio-related field in Nagahama City. The main business of this study group is the operation management of the center, resident support, and support for local companies. When a new local industry is born by creating a market for bio-business, the number of people working in local area will increase, which will lead to revitalization. Currently, as part of regional circulation support, we are the contact point for the BIWAKO BLUE Project and working to motivate companies and restaurants for product development with our support. “In order to meet people who are working on the project with a positive attitude, it is the most important to catch information in various fields and communicate with local companies. I keep in mind not to force them when I ask them.”says Atsushi Minoura. The BIWAKO Blue Project is also playing a role in revitalizing the Nagahama region.
Location "Nagahama Bio Incubation Center 1281-8 Tamura-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan"
TEL URL http://biobiz.jp/ 
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Nihon Advanced Agri Co. Ltd.
“Butterfly Pea” has been sparking to make Blue sweet and Blue drink popular. Only“Nihon Advanced Agri Co., Ltd”has technology to make it to Sterilized powder as Natural pigments for food. This Unique technology that are unique not only in Japan but also in the world are beginning to change the common sense of Japanese food. “The lack of natural blue colorants may be one of the reasons why blue foods have not spread in Japan,” says Tsuji of Nihon Advanced Agri. Nihon Advanced Agri started developing food processing technology around 2010 and entered the health food business. A safe and secure natural blue colorant that uses only butterfly pea grown with pesticide-free and chemical-free fertilizers was developed as a result. Since ancient times, blue has been popular overseas as a color that symbolizes happiness. The beautiful blue color is a type of anthocyanin with high antioxidant activity. “Butterfly pea, which brings coloring to the table and makes the body healthy, is a flower that brings happiness. If blue color products using butterfly pea are spread in the prefecture, more people will come to Shiga prefecture in search of happiness.” Tsuji also expects the possibility of butterfly pea.
Location Head Office : 617-1 Suehiro-cho Nagahama-shi Shiga Japan
Yasu Office : 457 Ichimiyake Yasu-shi Shiga Japan
TEL URL http://www.adv-agri.co.jp/ 
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Kiyohara Co. Ltd.
“Kiyohara Co., Ltd.”was established in Showa 43 (Year 1968) as company for Planning / manufacturing / sales of Japanese miscellaneous goods like a “Fukusa” that wraps money for celebrations and condolences. Mr. Kiyohara, the representative director, says, “Fukusa is a traditional culture filled with the sensibilities of Japanese people, who wrap things and give feelings to the other party.” Using domestic cloth, this company has been committed to quality and sincerely faced manufacturing, such as consistently from sewing to packing at their own factory. They are also helping to revitalize the region, such as developing household goods that incorporate local materials such as “Nagahama Chirimen” and “Moriyama Rose”. “Kokurumi”, which was developed with local child-rearing moms, won the highest award of the “Japan Gift Award 2020”. They value tradition and/but continue to take on new challenges with flexible ideas that read the needs of the times. Mr. Kiyohara said, “I heard that a natural pigment using butterfly pea was developed in Shiga, and I definitely wanted to incorporate it into our products.” While developing products and interacting with various people, he said that there were many occasions when he felt that blue, which reminds us of Lake Biwa, is a color that Shiga residents also like. He said “”Dye Nagahama Chirimen with the blue pigment of butterfly pea and sew it at our company. It would be great if whole Shiga could be excited with “BIWAKO BLUE” products that combine the manufacturing technology of “made in Shiga”.
Location 477-15 Furutaka-cho Moriyama-shi Shiga
Japan
TEL Business Hour 9:00～17:30
Regular holiday and holidays
Saturdays
Sundays
URL http://kiyohara-net.co.jp/ MAIL info@kiyohara-net.co.jp 
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TSUJI Business Office
Tsuji-san was feeling sad whenever he feels that Shiga Prefecture was not well known every time whenever he went out of the prefecture for work or hobby mountain climbing. Five years ago, he launched a business to promote and sell special products from the desire to spread the buried charm of Shiga to the world. Then he started by developing the new products. He considered to find the originality unique to Shiga and products that match the times, he reached to the blue vessel that he asked the Shigaraki ware pottery “Shinnyo Pottery -san”. “People knows Lake Biwa even though they don’t know Shiga prefecture. I got confidence that Blue color vessel imaged of Lake Biwa can be a representative product of Shiga prefecture”. Blue color Shigaraki ware that was named “BIWAKO BLUE” by Tsuji-san. The beautiful blue gradation reminiscent of the surface of the lake makes it stand out among the many product in store. He is excited to expect that if the number of products in the BIWAKO Blue Project increases, it will become a souvenir of Shiga = BIWAKO BLUE.
Location 2-3-3 Shouyou Otsu-shi Shiga Japan
TEL MAIL tk111953@yahoo.co.jp 
Recruitment of project participants
BIWAKO BLUE PROJECT look for new partners with the agreement of the purpose of the project, to produce original souvenirs, dishes, accessories, pottery, glass, etc. for the theme of "blue clothing, food and housing"
Association of Bio Business Creation
0749-65-8808Nihon Advanced Agri Co., Ltd.
Yasu Office
