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UNIUNI” provided by a sea urchin professional.

At Kitasanriku Factory, Top quality brand sea urchin grown in natural fishing grounds “Four-Year old Sea Urchin from the Uni Ranch ®︎ in Hirono”’. The know-how we have gained through this process has resulted in two types of sea urchin: regenerative cultured sea urchin, which is as close to natural sea urchin as possible,”HAGUKUMU-UNI®︎”The company sells two types of sea urchin.

Four-Year old Sea Urchin from the Uni Ranch ®︎ in Hirono

The world’s only Uni Ranch®︎ is located in the town of Hirono, Iwate prefecture. Sea urchins are omnivorous, so the taste and quality of naturally grown sea urchins are inevitably consistent. On the other hand, ranch-raised sea urchins feed on natural kelp and wakame seaweed, which ensure high quality, uniformity, and stable supply.

HAGUKUMU-UNI®︎

The name of this new sea urchin aquaculture initiative was chosen with the hope of nurturing a rich natural environment and local communities.

SUSTAINABILITYOur Three Approaches

Sea Urchin Regeneration and Cultivation

Sea Urchin Regeneration and Cultivation

We began "sea urchin regeneration and cultivation," an initiative to convert skinny sea urchins into delicious sea urchin products rather than disposing of them.
If sea urchin cultivation technology makes it possible to ship sea urchins regardless of the season, it will ensure a stable supply and create year-round employment. In addition through sea urchin regeneration and cultivation and seaweed bed regeneration, there is hope to solve the ocean desertification problem.

Seaweed bed restoration

Seaweed bed restoration

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we are also promoting the use of sea urchin shells, which would otherwise become industrial waste. This compost block production and seaweed bed restoration project is developed by the town of Shakotan town, Hokkaido, Japan.

※This project is currently undergoing a demonstration experiment.

For your safety and reliability

For your safety and reliability

In order to address food safety measures on a global scale, Kitasanriku Factory has acquired FSSC22000, an international certification standard for food safety management systems, ISO22000, the base of FSSC22000, and JFS-C, a food safety management certification scheme originating in Japan, which aims to provide safe food to consumers by implementing more reliable product safety management.

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COMPANYAbout us

In managing and operating our company and business, we at Kitasanriku Factory are committed to the following mission, vision, and values.

In managing and operating our company and business, we at Kitasanriku Factory are committed to the following mission, vision, and values.
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