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Denshoku CEO Koji and I visited New Zealand last week. The purpose was to visit Prolife Foods in Hamilton. In Cambridge.Cambridge is the birthplace of our Manuka honey brand, Haddrell’s & Cambridge. We also saw the queen bee rearing. There is only one queen in a hive. Raising a healthy queen is the key to producing high-quality Manuka honey. The hives of premium Manuka honey are deep in the mountains, so we got there by helicopter.The hives also need to be transported by helicopter. We also visited the Manuka honey factory.Tom, who has been in charge of our business, is …

We have launched XROUND HEAR on Makuake today. We sell HEAR in the Japanese market under an exclusive distribution agreement with Taiwan’s XROUND. HEAR does not just make ambient sound louder but also measures hearing with an app and optimizes it through audiograms tailored to the user’s needs. XROUND HEAR project – Makuake

CEO Andrew and GM Mike of Prolife Foods came to Japan from New Zealand! They supply us with the Haddrell’s and Cambridge brands of manuka honey. I took them to Denshoku in Tsuruga, the company to which we deliver the honey. We all enjoyed crab.

Manuka Honey is selling well. Following on from the ManaKai “Awanui” brands, we have started importing “Haddrell’s and Cambridge” brands. The first shipment arrived at the end of last year, and today I visited Tsuruga city in Fukui prefecture to check the delivery of the second shipment. Thankful to Haddrell’s, the honey packed very well, and there was no damage. We expect the third delivery next week and the fourth delivery next month. This Haddrell’s Manuka Honey sells on the “Sono Shokuan” in Rakuten online mall.

We have launched a crowdfunding campaign for the water generating planter “dewplanter” on Makuake. Dewplanter uses its patented technology to take care of all your plant’s hydration needs by watering itself using condensation from moisture in the air, so you won’t have to do a single thing. US Patent No. 10750686. dewplanter – Makuake