GEMBA MONOZUKURI EXPO
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our story.
Stone materials, clay, substrates, vessels, textiles, machines, building materials...
In most of our manufacturing, we cannot see the face of the user who is supposed to be there.
That is why Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture has the world-class technology that we have pursued so that it can be used by anyone at any time.
"Komatsu", the town of manufacturing
Komatsu City is located in the center of the Kaga Plain, south of Kanazawa.
From traditional industries such as stone, Kutani ware, roof tiles, agriculture, and sake
Global manufacturers of vehicles, textiles, building materials, etc.
It is a hub of local industries with a wide base.
Komatsu Airport and Hokuriku Expressway Komatsu Interchange are located in the city.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen is scheduled to be extended in 2024, making transportation convenient.
Many people involved in manufacturing in Komatsu have
i have visited this place
"GEMBA MONOZUKURI EXPO"
Ordinary people who are “users” whose faces cannot be seen usually
A unique opportunity to see Komatsu's diverse industries
Detailed event information
"GEMBA MONOZUKURI EXPO"
A secret storehouse where more than 100 years of archives sleep
A machine that enables the world's most advanced expression
Always in this town where we live
This is an open factory event where you can take a peek at "that factory that interests you".
Event overview
- name GEMBA MONOZUKURI EXPO 2022
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Schedule
November 3, 2022 (holiday, Thursday) to November 6, 2022 (Sunday)
* Reservations start from October 3rd - venue Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
- General information EATLAB (96-1 Sonomachi Ha, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
GEMBA MONOZUKURI EXPO 2022 Experience Plan
The hands-on program at GEMBA Monodzukuri Expo consists of a tour of various factories and studios in Komatsu City, where diverse industries are concentrated, and a workshop-type workshop where you can learn how to use your hands while being taught by a professional on-site. We have an "experience". Please enjoy a wide range of programs, from traditional crafts that represent Japan to giant manufacturers that boast a global share.
[GEMBA Monozukuri Expo 2023] Come and test your sewing machine skills! Making tote bags
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Sustainable manufacturing using remnants At Komatsu Sewing, we are a factory that produces various fabric products on a complete order together with side workers spread throughout the prefecture. It is scrap materials that come out inevitably when making products. In this program, we ask professionals to use a commercial sewing machine that is only possible at a sewing factory, and make sustainable tote bags using offcuts.
- 5.0
- (1 review and testimonial)
Do you want to fortune this year's New Year with the original Tsujiura? Ishikawa residents, especially those from the Kanazawa and Kaga areas, have probably eaten at least once during the New Year, Tsujiura, a New Year's tradition. A mysterious message is written in a cute triangular rice cake. At the factory opposite Nagaike Saikado,
Learn the ABCs of iron processing by making an iron smartphone stand! Takeda Kogyosho is located right next to Komatsu Seisakusho, which is famous for working cars, and carries out cast steel machining and thick plate welding for parts. The processing of iron products actually used for industrial construction machinery is large-scale and overwhelming. In this program, iron is processed using machines that are actually working at Takeda Industries, and smartphones, tablets, etc.
Witness the transcendent techniques that Kutani ware artists want to leave to the world! Mr. Kunimori Yamanaka, a writer and lecturer at the Ishikawa Prefectural Kutaniyaki Technical Training Institute, which has produced many writers and craftsmen, will teach you about the techniques and copying of Ko-Kutani, which is his own subject. A private painting experience. At home where Mr. Yamanaka usually paints, Mr. Yamanaka
Pursuing the ultimate local sake brewing! I want to make a local sake that can only be made at my house, so I'm very particular about the ingredients such as rice, yeast, and water. The sake produced by Nishide Sake Brewery is the result of extraordinary efforts, such as sending young carpenters to other regions to train them. This program works
[GEMBA Monozukuri Expo 2023] Ame Nemo style Nemo won't lose! Experience next-generation agriculture!
- 5.0
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Growing delicious tomatoes by visualizing the environment inside a greenhouse. At Honda Farm, we practice agriculture using ICT with the support of Komatsu City Hall, JA Komatsu City, and local companies. By visualizing temperature, humidity, CO2, and illuminance, we share information not only with our company but also with local producers. In addition, the salary from local schools and nursery schools
[GEMBA Monozukuri Expo 2023] Backyard sketching and overpainting learned from POP Kutani's pronouns
A painting experience in nature. Mr. Kengo Ukita of Ukita Kiln has a history of attending a design school in Tokyo after training at Tokuda Yasokichi Pottery. The pottery-making environment that he obtained after moving from the Komatsu Airport area is a source of playful inspiration.
The world of original design that began with woven labels Nakagawa Sangyo originally started as a woven label factory, but today we can create a variety of original textile products from silk screens to prints. In this program, designers who want to make things by observing Nakagawa Sangyo's manufacturing machines
The world of original designs that started with woven labels Some people may not be able to understand woven labels, but woven labels are manufacturer names and brand names in all the cloth products that we wear and use. "That" is attached to display. After Maruoka City in Fukui Prefecture, Komatsu City is the second largest producer of woven labels in Japan.
[Ishikawa/ Komatsu City] Ikichi kiln workshop tour with Ichika Asakura
Enjoy successive Isokichi works with luxurious commentary! Ikichi Fukaka Pottery Kiln is located in Yawata, where kilns for making figurines are concentrated. It has roots that the first generation was a pottery specializing in ceramics, and even now, we are doing everything from creating the ceramics to painting. This program is a studio tour in which Ms. Ikika Asakura, the daughter of Mr. Isokichi Asakura, daughter of Mr. Isokichi Asakura, explains the workshop, gallery, and works himself.
Create shapes with your own hands! You can experience the potter's wheel! A professional kiln that creates the "shape" of Kutani ware and creates the base material. Miyayoshi Seito boasts one of the largest scales in this Kutani ware production area, creating a truly diverse range of shapes, from small chopstick rests to large urns and plates with a diameter of 50 cm or more. That should be it, Miyayoshi pottery
[Ishikawa/Komatsu City] Visit the place where "that" seasoning that everyone knows is made!
Mix several flavors to create your own original side dish with rice! Let's make "my seasoned sesame"! Toho Foods Co., Ltd. is a food company that manufactures seasonings, pasta sauces, retort pouch foods such as hot pot sauces, and bottled foods that are lined up in supermarkets. If you look at the package, I'm sure many of you have seen it in the supermarket or in your kitchen.
[Ishikawa/Komatsu City] Original painting experience on a tote bag, drawing with natural plant dyes
- 5.0
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~The world of plant dyes that are safe for children and sensitive skin~ Create ethical lifestyle products that are friendly to people and nature, such as textile products dyed with plant dyes and towels woven from Japanese paper. green job. In this program, Green Job's atelier, which is usually not open to the public, is open to the public, so that children can use it with peace of mind.
[Ishikawa/Komatsu City] Know the goodness of tiles at a tile factory that survives the headwind era!
The climate of Hokuriku is definitely a roof tile! A tour where you can see, touch, and experience the functionality of tiles Komatsu used to be one of the leading tile production areas in the Hokuriku region, but the tile industry is facing a period of adversity due to a decline in construction demand. Komatsu Kawara Co., Ltd. is the only tile factory that has survived.
Azuma Sake Brewery is said to be the first in the area to use a stone-built storehouse suitable for temperature control, which is important for sake brewing. The storehouses are made of Kannonshita stone, which is excavated in Komatsu. Certified as Japan Heritage under this program
- 5.0
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Leave the stone thing to me! From processing to stone-baked potatoes! ? Onishi Stone has been processing various stone materials, mainly local stone materials. Because stone is heavy, the technology for processing stone in that region has been developed and developed specifically in the region. In this program, Mr. Onishi himself, who is a stone geek who can talk about stones all the time, proposes a factory.
- 4.5
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The only place in Komatsu where you can visit a farm and experience stone processing! Takigahara Town, Komatsu City is a production area of Takigahara stone with beautiful blue gray color. The numerous stone quarries (choba) with a history of more than 100 years and arch bridges made entirely of stone are the major reasons why Komatsu City has been certified as a Japanese heritage site for its stone culture. Ishizai Aratani Shoten is the only active stone quarry in Takigahara, which used to have many stone quarries.
- 5.0
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It was also used in that famous cafe! What is the functionality of Takigahara stone? Takigahara Town, Komatsu City is a production area of Takigahara stone with beautiful blue gray color. The numerous stone quarries (choba) with a history of more than 100 years and arch bridges made entirely of stone are the major reasons why Komatsu City has been certified as a Japanese heritage site for its stone culture. Ishizai Aratani Shoten is now located in Takigahara, where there used to be many stone quarries.
- 5.0
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A giant tomato robot supports high-tech sorting! Komatsu tomatoes boast the largest production volume in the Hokuriku region. It is rare for farmers to go directly to the market, and they are shipped after being checked for size, color, shape, etc. in between by a sorting field. The fruit is sorted at a large-scale sorting facility that just opened in May 2021. State-of-the-art in this program
Arrange flowers in Yasokichi's vase, eat from Yasokichi's vase, and let the story bloom. Until now, many craftsmen involved in Kutani have studied under the first and second generation Yasokichi Tokuda, and many master craftsmen of yesteryear have also trained at this kiln. Mr. Yasokichi Tokuda, the 4th generation owner of Kutani ware. “We are born from the earth and return to the earth.
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