Kurosengoku Business Cooperative (Chairman Takada Yukio) will be opening its first store at the "Discovery Hokkaido" event being held at Hoppe Town on the first basement floor of the Daimaru Sapporo store!

Friday, July 4, 2025

Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association opens first store at Daimaru Sapporo Store Hoppe Town event "Discover Hokkaido"

The Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association (Chairman Takada Yukio) will be exhibiting at the "Discover Hokkaido" event at Hoppe Town on the first basement floor of the Daimaru Sapporo store from Wednesday, July 2nd to Tuesday, July 8th!

Discovery North Sea

This event is a gourmet festival that highlights the hottest ingredients, carefully selected from all over Hokkaido by buyers from the Daimaru Sapporo store.

Carefully selected noteworthy ingredients

• Fukushima Town"Abalone"
• Matsumae Town"Hokkaido Sakura Salmon"
• Ebetsu City"Hot spring tiger pufferfish"
• Kamikawa Town"Hokkaido Heavy Snow Salmon"
• Tomakomai City"Victory Pork Tarumae Spring Water Pork"
• Shibetsu City"Hokkaido Roots Farm Ayaka" (Tomatoes)
• Hokuryu Town "Kurosengoku Soybeans" (Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association)

Main products sold at the event

Throughout the period

• Nakasatsunai Country ChickenDeep fried country duck chick
• Edelweiss FarmWood-fired/charcoal-grilled bacon
• Satoyama Rakubo, directly managed by Ono Poultry FarmRich egg tart made with free-range eggs

etc. are on sale.

Limited Time Offer

• NAMAKEMONO CAFEMayo Corn Bagel
• Mount TaroCampagne
• Okutsuchi Farm Stone Oven BakeryEnjoy Brötchen 3-piece set,
• Boulangerie EnyaKitano Kaori's French Onion

etc. are on sale.

Hokuryu Town Corner

A Kitaryū Town corner will be set up at the Hoppe Town fairgrounds, where Kurosengoku soybean-related products, sunflower oil, dressings and more will be on display.

Limited-edition sweets at the 8th floor restaurant area

The rare restaurant area on the 8th floor offers limited-edition sweets made with Kurosengoku soybeans.

"Matcha Ice Cream Tempura" from Shinjuku Tsunahachi, a tempura specialty store

Matcha ice cream tempura with Kurosengoku soybean flour and brown sugar syrup

This unusual ice cream tempura is served with Kurosengoku soybean flour and brown sugar syrup.

The flavor of Kurosengoku soybean flour matches perfectly with tempura, creating an exquisite taste that you've never experienced before!

Satodo's "Bear Anmitsu"

"Kuma Anmitsu" with Kurosengoku Kinako and brown sugar syrup

A small bowl of Kurosengoku kinako and brown syrup are served with the dish, and you can sprinkle as much Kurosengoku kinako as you like over the ice cream.

There's a lot to choose from, including bear yokan, shiratama (rice flour dumplings), agar, red peas, pistachio warabimochi (warabi mochi), fruits (cherries, oranges, kiwis, bananas, melons), and mixed soft serve ice cream!

This is a luxurious and delicious anmitsu that is like a dream.

This is a limited time offer, so don't miss out on this chance to try it!

Visit to Hokuryu Town officials and future prospects

On the day of our visit, we received a visit from Hokuryu Town Honorary Resident, Ryoji Kikura, and Mayor Yasuhiro Sasaki to offer our encouragement.

Masao Togashi Shoten Limited Company (Sapporo City) Yuhei Togashi, Representative Director

The connection that led to this opening was made through SNS X. Yuhei Togashi, CEO of Togashi Masao Shoten, and Yuji Takada, Managing Director of the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative, connected through SNS X, which led to the development of a new product, "Soybean Flour Rice Cracker."

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Masao Togashi Shoten Co., Ltd. IMC Co., Ltd. (Osaka City) Keiichi Matsumoto, Manager of Daimaru Sapporo Store

Additionally, Togashi and Matsumoto are connected through X, and Togashi acted as a middleman, introducing Takada Yuji, chairman of the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative, to Matsumoto Keiichi, manager of the Daimaru Sapporo store of IMC Corporation (headquartered in Osaka).

IMC Co., Ltd. is a group of food professionals headquartered in Osaka City. We provide total support for department stores nationwide, including Daimaru, Mitsukoshi, Seibu, Matsuzakaya, Tokyu, Takashimaya, Izutsuya, and Tsuruya, from sales of Japanese and Western sweets, prepared foods, and groceries, to store management and event planning and management.

IMC Co., Ltd.

IMC Corporation…

This is truly a social media connection that is unique to the modern age.
The recent society is said to be an era of small communities of like-minded people, and here at the Daimaru Sapporo store, such a movement was beginning to take root.

Mayor Sasaki also had friendly conversations with Matsumoto Keiichi, manager of the IMC Daimaru Sapporo store, and Togashi Yuhei of Togashi Masao Shoten Ltd., and it was a moment that gave a ray of hope for the future nationwide expansion of Kitaryū Town's specialty products.

Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mayor, Hokuryu Town

The whole town is overjoyed at this connection.

Keiichi Matsumoto, Manager of IMC Daimaru Sapporo Store

I was able to get this opportunity through my connection with Togashi-san at X.

Basically, we adopted Kurosengoku soybean products because they have been well-received. In the future, we hope to expand our business to include the rice "Himawari Rice" produced in Hokuryu Town.

We value the appeal of Hokuryu Town and our relationships with neighboring towns, so we would like to expand our reach by creating collaborative products with municipalities in Hokkaido. We would appreciate your cooperation in setting up stalls at events held several times a year.

With boundless love, gratitude and prayers, we will be presenting the "Discovery Hokkaido" event at the Daimaru Sapporo store, where delicious and noteworthy ingredients from Hokkaido will be gathered, and the great light that the legendary Kurosengoku soybeans, the pride of Hokuryu Town, will shine on for the future.

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Click here for 68 photos of the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association's booth at the "Discover Hokkaido" event held at Hoppe Town on the first basement floor of the Daimaru Sapporo store.

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