[Ishikawa / Komatsu City] Selecting through massive amounts of tomatoes in a blink! A chance to witness the latest fruit-selection technology.

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. In this program, you can observe how the fruits are sorted smoothly using state-of-the-art machines. Komatsu and Matsutsuki for souvenirs! It is also recommended to participate continuously with Honda Farm. It should be an interesting experience to take a peek at the flow from the production site to the distribution! ~ Flow of the day ~ Observation of the process from sorting to packing about 45 minutes * For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

A fruit sorting area that looks like a "big box" when viewed from the outside. Among them, a large-scale state-of-the-art fruit selection system that far exceeds imagination is in operation. At the fruit sorting plant before the move, the work process, which was performed by 100% of humans, has been mechanized by 90%, so we are making improvements in our daily work to build an operating system. First of all, we will observe the state of fruit selection in the overwhelming huge system.

Even if 90% is mechanized, it is still human hands to move the machine smoothly. The details are done by hand, and we are constantly thinking and improving so that the machine can move efficiently, and we are pursuing how to eliminate losses. You will be able to get a glimpse of that part of the tour of the fruit sorting area.

There are also non-standard products called "foreign products" in the workplace. Because tomatoes are being produced not only in some areas but throughout the country due to global warming, we are rigorously selecting fruits in order to pursue quality. Therefore, while exchanging various opinions with farmers, we aim to make and ship high-quality tomatoes together. Please take a look at the professional work that goes on to the consumers.