Discover a new dining Experience

Nikkoku Seifun Co. Ltd.
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Top Message

Discover a new dining Experiencefrom Nagano, Known for Health and Longevity
If we consider the ‘declining birth rate and aging population,’ combined with an increase in ‘the diversity of foodchoices,’ it is easy to recognize the changing attitudes of people toward food. Recently there has been a paradigm
shift from ‘quantity to quality.’ Nowhere is this more evident than in ‘Shoku,’ or ‘Japanese food culture.’ Eating
better, healthier food in moderation rather than eating to excess can lead to a general sense of well being. Thesedays, the fact that food is delicious is all too often taken for granted. Concerns about food safety and security havealso become a priority.
The longevity of Japanese people is well known all over the world, and Nagano Prefecture boasts the highest of
all Japan. We at Nikkoku Seifun have thoroughly researched knowledge and wisdom relating to healthy lifestyles
that have been passed down through generations in the area. Having scientifically confirmed this knowledge, andunderstanding the importance of food safety, we aim to provide the best quality flour products to enrich your life.
We are striving to realize our ideal that through a combination of tradition and modernity we can create a newvariety of foods.
Our corporate philosophy is ‘Dreams, Effort, and Appreciation.’ Based on this philosophy, we hope to findfulfillment by providing ways to enhance your dining experience, and bringing joy to your life. Furthermore, every
member of Nikkoku Seifun is committed to the aspiration that our company can become an integral part of our local
community.
President

Norio Koyama
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Our Philosophy

Group Philosophy

Dreams, Effort, and Appreciation!
We encourage every member of the Nikkoku Seifun Group to follow their own ‘dreams’ in order to find fulfillment, and make every ‘effort’ to realize
them, while showing ‘appreciation’ to the people who have given us the reason to strive to be the company we are today. Here in Nagano, Nikkoku
Seifun is contributing to the development of the local community through co-operation with its people. Based on our philosophy ‘Dreams, Effort, andAppreciation!’ we are developing as a business that makes every one of our team happy.
What Nikkoku Aims for

Creating Values
Nikkoku aims to ‘create values’. We are committed to ‘creating and developing new products,’ and ‘ proposing new dining trends’ in order to identify
and meet true customer needs for foods.
In response to a range of customer requests, we are determined to develop products that are new and innovative, while still drawing on the benefitsof traditional food. We shall also work on ways to meet food challenges brought about by a declining birth rate and an aging population, to makepeople’s dining experience more enjoyable.
We will continue to provide you with a range of safe and secure processed food made from soba buckwheat and wheat.
We would also like to express our gratitude to all the people we have gotten to know through our business endeavors thus far. We hope to share our
dreams with you.

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Business Domains

Customers

Essential
Opportunities

Wheat flour
Buckwheatproduction
Restaurant‘Soba-Dokoro
Miyota’Nikkoku aims to pursue the potential ofsoba buckwheat flour foods, develop new
and reliable foods, raise people’s interest
in soba through new facilities, and provide
high quality, delicious foods in our stores.

Sweetsbrand‘Bon Sarrasin’

Restaurant
andRetail Business3

Production,
Manufacturing
and
sales

Soba
buckwheatflour
Processed
foods

Learning
andExperience‘Nikkoku Soba
Museum’Nikkoku’s connection
with customers

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Brand Mark

Discovera new dining
Experience

Concept

In Nagano we harness the power of nature, the clean air, the clear water and the fresh wind, to produce delicious foods which bring satisfaction to
your dining experience. Our logo symbolizes a factory sprouting from the earth and the energetic power of Mother Nature. It also shows our strong
commitment to bringing enjoyment and satisfaction to your dining table. We believe that our goals are not only to create and develop new products
and set new dining trends, but also to establish the best production procedures according to our quality management system, in order to manufacture
products with safety and security guaranteed to our customers.

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Efforts to Achieve the SDGs

We aim for a sustainable society.
Nikkoku Seifun is, and will be, working to realize a sustainable society where no one will be left behind,through our business activities focusing on soba, a gift from the earth.

Priority
Issue 1

Reducing by-productPriority
Issue 2

Reducing abandoned
farmland by promoting
contract farming of soba

Priority
Issue 3

Promoting development
and sales of products
made from local resources

・We work on reducing thevolume of by-product generated
in Matsumoto Factory.
・We reduce the volume of・We actively work on developing

abandoned farmland by

and selling new products madepromoting contract faming offrom soba, dattan soba, wheat,soba in cooperation withand rice all locally sourced in

Nagano Prefecture’s farmers.

Nagano Prefecture.

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Quality Management System

Ensuring complete food safety throughour quality management system.
Quality
Control

ISO22000 certificate

Quality
Control

FSSC22000 certificate

Nikkoku Seifun have obtained the ISO22000 certificate, the

Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd. is group company of theinternational standard of quality management systems, inNikkoku Seifun, has obtained the FSSC22000 food safety

order to provide our customers with safety and security.

system certificate, in order to guarantee our customers andsecure products.

【Certification organization】Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers【Certification number】JUSE-FS-204【Certification organization】JIA-QA Center【Certification number】[Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd.] JS0058* For more information,Visit our WEBSITE.

* For more information,Visit our WEBSITE.

Quality
Control

Consistent quality
management system

Quality
Control

Activities on ‘positive list system for
agricultural chemical residues in foods.’

Quality
Control

Traceability system

Nikkoku Seifun has established our own quality management

According to the Positive List System for Agricultural Chemical Residues

Nikkoku Seifun has secured the traceability of our products bysystem to comply with management standards, byin Foods, we have our products tested for agricultural chemical residues

thoroughly controlling records of each procedure, including

designating a point of control for each process or procedure,at Quarantine Stations run by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

receiving ingredients, manufacturing and delivering products.

from the selection of ingredients to manufacturing and

In addition, we also voluntarily carry out our own pesticide residue test on

Our traceability system is so well-established that we can deal

logistics..

soba wheat, as well as giving instructions directly to farmers to avoid thewith any problem that may arise, by indentifying and isolating

use of agricultural chemicals, while also confirming food safety byproblems as they occur.

【Analysis test/Test items】Physics and chemistry tests, bacteriologicaltests, allergenic tests, color tests and others*Analysis tests and test items vary according to products.

carrying out inspections of farms.
* The results of the voluntary tests can be found on our web site.

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Environment Policy

We aspire to always be an environmentallyfriendly company.
The Nikkoku Seifun Group fully understands the impact of our business activities on the naturalenvironment. We have been promoting the efficient usage of energy and natural resources, andenvironmental conservation.

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We make every effort in
the areas of environmental
preservation and improvement,
while observing all laws andregulations.

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We promote the proper control
and decrease of industrial waste
and recycling of resources.

We promote energy and resourcesaving by using a solar energy
generation system and gas boilers.

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Product Development Department

We bring out the best in ingredients,
and propose totally new flavors.
From raw materials for ingredients to processed foods, we have been making every effort to create totally new
and delicate flavors, working on the research and development of grains such as soba buckwheat and wheat. We
also suggest a variety of ideas of how to enjoy new and modern dining experiences.

Pursuing further product development tomeet our customers’ demands.

NEWS: Development Example

Series of Gluten-Free (GF) Products

Utilizing our knowledge and technology, we are able to put our customers’ requests into shape.

(Bread flour, cookie flour, okonomiyaki flour, and tempura flour)

According to the type of product requested, and the customer’s production environment, appropriate

In response to the expansion of the GF market, we have been developing GF
products mainly focused on soba flour. Compared to other GF products
including rice flour and soy bean flour, the soba flour is more nutritious andflavored. The only remaining problems had been the texture and processability,
but finally we made improvements to reach commercialization by pregelatinizing
only a specific part of soba seeds to make their particle-size composition fixed.
This is an excellent example of expanding the possibility of soba.

proposals will be put forward to meet specific requirements.

Developing
new products

Making newrecipes

Researching
technologies

Collaboratingwith otherorganizations on
product
development

Proposingsecondaryproducts

Presentation room

Shinshu-no-megumi, Soba tea(Food with Function Claims, Notification number: G196)

Improvingexisting
products

Proposingprivate label
products

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Registered as a Food with Function Claims since resistant dextrin isblended as dietary fiber, this is a ready-to-drink soba tea blended with
Nagano Prefecture’s Dattan soba and regular soba. It serves to reduce
the absorption of sugar and fat in food. We are proud of realizing ourdevelopment keywords, soba, Nagano Prefecture, health, and good
taste, through developing this product. This drink is sure to work wellfor living a healthy everyday life.

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Production Department‘Food Safety’is our paramountconcern, which emphasizes a clean
manufacturing environment.
Nikkoku Seifun has made ‘Food Safety’ its highest priority, and is committed to hygienic management and quality
control. In our factories, carefully planned measures are taken throughout the whole manufacturing process. The
utmost care is taken when receiving raw materials and delivering final products. Automated production lines
are used to ensure a clean production environment. We comply fully with hygiene regulations and hygienic
zoning, and there are strict control systems in place to avoid product tampering. The establishment of our uniqueproduction system is based on years of acquired know-how, and means we can quickly and flexibly fulfill a rangeof customer requests.

Group Companies

Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd.
Etanbetsu Soba Kako Co. Ltd.
Nichimen Soba Seisan Co. Ltd.
Yunai Nojo LLC.
Farm Mebuki Co. Ltd.
Karuizawa Factory

Matsumoto Factory

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Products [For business use]

■ Soba flour■ Sterilized soba flour■ Coarsely ground soba flour

Soba flour
Soba Flour

Shinanoji

Manju(Yuki)

Toku Manju

Senju(Yuki/ Tsuki)

Toku Kinju

Kinju(Yuki/Tsuki/B)

Kameju(Yuki/Tsuki)■ Soba flour for hand-made soba noodles

Shirane aoi(Yuki/Tsuki)

Wheat
flour
Wheat Flour

Wheat flour(Ash perceztage/
Crude protein)

Shirane aoi

Men-doraku
0.34/8.2

Shirane-aoi(Hoshi)
2kg

Yukizasa 1go

Iwakagami 2kg

Etanbetsu StonegroundEtanbetsu Stoneground coarsely

Etanbetsu
Roll-groundKuroto■ Flour for cakes

Spring0.41/13.2

Kinchikara
0.42/11.1

Fuji
0.52/13.9

Shinano-daichi
0.46/12.0

Hana-azusa
0.45/10.3

Hana-minori
0.45/9.9

Ayu
0.40/8.3■ Flour for noodles (binding agents for soba noodles)

Home run
0.41/9.0

Murasaki-chikara
0.70/13.5

Suisya-no-uta
0.52/13.7■ Soba tea

Hana-azumi
0.50/10.8

Juwarisobasenyouko

Fuki, Dattan soba
flour(B) Ski
0.51/8.4

Tenzan0.34/11.4

Kusabue
0.33/11.6■ Flour mixes for tempura

Jonen0.39/10.8

Processed Products

Soba tea served atsoba restaurants:
tea bags■ Galette flour mix

Galetteflour mix

soba tea:
tea bags

Wholesale domesticallygrown roasted soba tea :tea bags■ Soba rice

Hanakoromo
25kg & 10kg

New Hanakoromo
10kg

Dattan soba tea

Wholesale roasted
Wholesale Dattan Dattan soba tea : tea Wholesale flavoredsoba tea : tea bags
bags
soba tea : tea bags

■ Frozen soba galette

Frozen soba
galetteSoba rice
Galette flour mix

Domestic Dattan
soba tea

Soba rice

Frozen soba galette (L)10Shinanoji Series■ Flour for noodles (Chinese noodles)■ Dattan soba tea

soba tea

Hekiju(Stone-ground) Hekiju (Aoi)(Stone-ground)
Super-coarsely ground Super-coarsely ground soba
soba flour
flour■ Soba flour mix

Soba tea
Domestically
produced soba tea

Seiro
Soba-no-hana

Soba
flour
mix

■ Flour for noodles (boiled noodles & dried noodles)

Menkui0.35/7.8

Waza-gokoro(Yuki/Tsuki), Stoneground soba flour■ Specialized soba flour■ Flour for bread

Toku Tsubasa
0.37/12.8

HanakoSeiro(Hana/Yuki/Tsuki/Hoshi/
Domestic production)

Ushiwaka
0.34/12.0(chu)Tampopo
0.34/12.1

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Products [For home use]

■ Domestic soba tea■ Soba tea

Soba tea
Domestically-grown& roasted soba- Domestically roasted Shinshu-no-megumi
seed tea
soba tea (170g)
Soba tea (3g x 10)

Shinshu-no-mebuki,
soba tea (300g)■ Domestic Dattan soba tea

Soba tea (1kg)

Soba tea (300g)

Soba tea(tea bags)

Soba tea for cold
water(tea bags)■ Dattan soba tea

Shinshu-no-megumi, PET bottled
soba tea (registered as a Food with
Functional Claims)■ Soba rice

Dattansoba tea

Soba rice
Shinshu-no-megumi
Domestically-grown
Fermented andDattan soba tea
Shinshu-no-mebuki,
Dattan soba tea
roasted Dattan soba
(3g x 10)
Dattan soba tea (300g)(6g x 10)tea (3g x 30)

Roasted Dattan
soba tea

Dattan soba tea(tea bags)

Dattan soba tea(180g)■ Soba pasta

Soba rice (1kg)

Soba rice (300g)■ Wheat pasta

Sobamai■ Brown rice pasta

Pasta

GaletteOsoba-no-pasta, Tagliatelle

Osoba-no-pasta,
Penne

Shinshu Soba Pasta
Tagliatelle

Shinshu Soba Pasta
Capellini

Shinshu Soba Pasta
Spaghetti■ Wheat flour

Flour forhome use■ Galette flour mix

Gluten-free Shinshusoba penne pasta

Spaghetti made withwheat from Nagano■ Flour mixes for suiton

Home run 2kg & 1kg

Oishii hard flour

Wheat flour madeof wheat grown in
NaganoNikkoku jigona(semi-hard flour)

Oishii suiton(900g)

Oishii suiton(400g)

Soba dumpling mix Everyday GABA with soba
A quick and easy microwave recipe for soba
dumplings

Gluten-freeokonomiyaki mix

Gluten-free
tempura mix

Gluten-freecookie mix

Oishii soft flour

Penne made with
Fusilli, Pasta made withwheat from Nagano brown rice from Nagano■ Flour mixes for tempuraHana-koromo 2kg & 700g

Hana-koromo, Light‘Bon Sarrasin’
galette flour mix■ Flour mixes for okonomi-yaki
and tako-yaki

Okonomi-yaki mix

Tako-yaki mix■ Soba flour Soba pre-mixed flour

Stone-ground soba flour (with soba
locally grown in Nagano Prefecture)

Buckwheatpancake mix■ Dried soba noodles■ Fresh soba noodles

Dried
noodlesFresh soba
noodlesZenkouji Monzen
Shinshu Soba

Nikkoku
Tororo soba

Gluten-freebread mix

Senju Shinshu soba

Hizo
nanawari soba

Instant
noodles
Set of
Shinshu hachiwari fresh soba (NS-N)

Hizo soba■ Instant noodles

3-minute microwave recipe
Zenkoji Monzen Shinshu Soba
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Product Information: Soba (buckwheat) flour

We have a variety of
selected soba flour.

Selected soba flour products‘Shinanoji’ soba flourWith excellent tone and delicate flavor, made from only selected
ingredients.

Nikkoku Seifun provides you with only selected flour from the Nagano area,
the center of soba production. The latest facilities and technologies, alongwith our thorough management system, allow us to meet a wide variety ofcustomer needs. Our safe and secure soba flour products are ready for yourdining experience.

‘Fuki’ Dattan soba flourWith unique flavor and tone. Rutin, a nutritional element rich in
Dattan soba, can be more effectively delivered to the body throughour patented production process.

‘Seiro’ sterilized soba flour
Sterilized by our special technology, Seiro has excellent flavor andtone, and a high resistance to discoloration, which improves the

Products forbusiness use

Product forhome useshelf life of soba made from this flour.

‘Shirane Aoi’ soba flour for hand-made soba noodles
The selected raw materials provide an excellent taste and flavor. It

・Soba flour
・Soba flour
・Soba flour mix
・Soba flour only for handmade soba
・Sterilized soba flour・Coarsely ground soba flour
・Special soba flour

allows you to make soba noodles in an easy and fun way. We havealso stone-milled flour.

‘Shinanoji Series’ soba flour mix
According to customer requests, flour can be mixed depending on
usage, such as for fresh soba or dried soba. Optimum flour
combinations reduce the burden on customers making soba

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noodles.

Product Information: Wheat flour for business use

Our selected wheat flour
increases the range ofdelicious flavors.
Nikkoku Seifun provide you with safe, secure, and selected wheat flour as aningredient for bread, cakes, sweets, noodles, battered tempura and other foods.
Due to our thorough management system, the flour can satisfy a variety ofdemands our customers have.

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Selected flour products‘Toku Tsubasa’ flour for bread
Selected flour, rich in gluten, excellent for bread making.

‘Ayu’ cake soft flour
Made from only select wheat. With an excellent color tone andflavor, exclusively for cakes.

‘Ushiwaka’ wheat flour for Chinese noodles
Selected flour for Chinese noodles, one of our selected products.
It has a rich hue and texture.

Products forbusiness use‘Menkui’ wheat flour for noodles
Flour for noodles, rich in color, luster, and elastic texture. It
maintains its firmness after being boiled.

・Wheat flour for business use:
bread flour, cake flour, noodle
flour, and tempura flour‘Hana-azumi’ binding flour for soba noodles
This is binding flour for soba noodles, made of 100% locallysourced wheat from Nagano prefecture.

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Selected wheat flour food products

Our selected wheat flour
increases the range ofdelicious flavors.
We provide our customers with a variety of wheat products made from carefully
selected ingredients produced and grown in Nagano Prefecture. These products
clearly reflect local characteristics.

Selected wheat flour food products
Wheat flour grown in Nagano Prefecture (Medium wheat flour)
Wheat flour grown in Nagano Prefecture (Medium wheat flour)
This is selected wheat only grown in fertile soil of Nagano
Prefecture. You will fully enjoy the genuine good taste of flour
made of locally grown wheat.

‘Oishii Series’ Oishii suiton
Suiton is a well-balanced dish with a variety of meat, fish orvegetables provided at once. Our Oishii Suiton is a new type ofsuiton flour mix which gives dumplings a simple taste along witha smooth and chewy texture. Also good for making udon noodles.

Products forhome use‘Hanakoromo’ and ‘Hanakoromo Light’ : Tempura batter mix
This is flour exclusively for tempura, made with carefully selected
ingredients, allowing anybody to create tasty tempura easily.

・Suiton mix
・Tempura batter mix
・Hard flour
・Soft flour
・Okonomi-yaki mix
・Tako-yaki mix
・Pasta・Hotcake mix

Adding rice powder locally grown in Nagano makes tempura lightand crispy. The crispy texture lasts even after the tempura gets cold.

‘Okonomi-yaki Mix’ and ‘Tako-yaki Mix’
These special flour mixes are made of selected ingredients with as
few food additives as possible. The wheat flour used is 100%
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Product Information: Soba food products

We provide you with avariety of styles fromour‘soba culture’.
Soba has a high nutritional value, including vitamins, minerals, and aminoacids, which are vital to our health. Examples include such as vitamin B1,
vitamin E, copper, and magnesium along with rutin. We bring you a wide
variety of the best aspects of soba, rich in nutrition and flavor.

Selected soba food products‘Soba tea’This is a mild grain tea made from roasted “Soba-no-mi,” or soba
seeds. With no caffeine and zero calories, this tea is good forevery generation, from little children to elders.

‘Dattan soba tea’This is a fresh grain tea made from roasted “Dattan soba-no-mi,”or Dattan soba seeds.

‘Dried soba noodles’ and ‘Fresh soba noodles’
We produce ‘Shinshu Soba’ noodles both in dry and fresh forms
to make your dining experience richer. They are carefully madeProducts forbusiness use

Products forhome usehere in Shinshu, especially known for its rich nature and soba
making.

‘Galette flour mix’
･Soba tea
･Dattan soba tea･Flavorful dattan soba tea･Soba pasta･Galette mix･Soba rice･Frozen soba galette･Soba tea
･Dattan soba tea･Soba rice
･Soba pasta･Galette flour mix･Dried soba noodles･Fresh soba noodles

We have developed a new type of galette flour mix to solve theproblems of making quality galette dough. Without proofing, you
can make delicious galette, crispy on the outside and moist on theinside.

‘Soba rice’
Soba rice has a uniquely smooth texture with a subtle pop. Its
taste is so simple and light that it can be easily arranged and isperfect for various cuisines, whether it’s Japanese food or Western

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dishes.

Related Businesses
Nikkoku Seifun is committed to actively promoting soba
to customers.

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Sweets Brand ‘Bon Sarrasin’

The arts of‘Soba’
Meets the World.

There is a taste only soba has.

Only through Nikkoku Seifun can you experience a new style of ‘Soba Sweets’. The
sweets are created in a unique way, providing passionate delights for our customers.

There is a flavor only soba has.
Combining Soba, an ingredient from Japan,
And techniques from the World,
Has made it possible to perfect Bon Sarrasin.
* 'Bon Sarrasin' means 'tasty buckwheat' in French.

Every one of our hand-made cakes cangive you a totally new soba experience.

Bon Sarrasin Roll

Deluxe soba-tea cheesecake

Our exquisite 'soba-tea cream' is so smooth, creamy and rich that you’ll never findanything like it again. A generous quantity of the cream is wrapped with a soft and lightdough made of 100% soba flour.

A rich, creamy baked cheesecake made with soba flour produced in Nagano, mixed with
our special soba-tea cream.

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An assortment of three types of
baked buckwheat treats
Baked treats with rich individuality in shape, texture, and flavor. An assortment of three
types of treats: Sable, Galette Bretonne, and Dacquoise.

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Restaurant ‘ShokuRaku-SaiSai Soba-Dokoro Miyota’
食楽彩々 そば処 みよ田 ／ ロゴ
ロゴ縦組

ロゴ横組

The soba restaurant,rich in flavor, elegance andatmosphere.
Neither blindly following the trends, nor fettered by tradition, we have created a restaurant which
is tranquil, relaxed and comfortable. In this atmosphere, your mind is free to wonder, as you enjoy
the feast of soba we have prepared for you. We warmly welcome you to our restaurant.

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Address: MIDORI Nagano 3F, 1-22-6,
Minami-chitose, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture
Business hours: 11:00 ~ 22:00 (Last orders - 21:30)*Lunch time: 11:00 ~ 15:00
Closed: Irregular Holidays
Website:https://www.nikkoku.co.jp/miyota/

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Nikkoku Soba Museum

A leading center of foods
and culture, where yourinterest in soba will growand grow.

Making galettes
So easy that you can make themat home!
Experience how to make galettes,
which are a local speciality madewith soba flour in Brittany, France.

The Soba Museum gives you the opportunity to experience soba first-hand, making soba noodles
or galettes. Our experienced staff is happy to show you how, meaning that anyone, from grownups
to a family with small children, can learn the joy of cooking and creating.

Come to our Soba Museum once you
are ready to try making soba-noodles!
Even beginners can do it.

Making Takoyaki
The wheat flour used here is
produced in Nagano Prefecture,and dedicated to making takoyakiballs. Enjoy them crispy on theoutside and soft on the inside.

Making Soba Noodles
You are taught how to make soba
noodles, in particular ‘Teuchi Soba’, or
handmade soba, a traditional food inJapan. Take home what you make as asouvenir of your visit.

Soba Museum
Address: 2 -6-52 Minami-Matsumoto, Matsumoto City, Nagano(Inside Nikkoku Seifun’s Matsumoto Factory)

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Company Profile●Company Profile●Offices & Group Companies●History

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Company Profile
Company Profile

Company name: Nikkoku Seifun Co. Ltd.
Established:

October 6, 1945

Capital:

480 million yen

President:

Norio Koyama

Head office:1-16-2 Minami-Chitose, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture

Business:	・P roducing and selling soba (buckwheat) flour, soba flour mix, wheat
flour and rice flour.
・P roducing and selling food products made from soba or wheat.
・Agricultural Products Inspection of buckwheat made from Nagano Pref.
・Warehousing (Commercial warehouses, silos).
・Restaurant business (Soba restaurant).

The Meaning of Our Logo

Our logo depicts a five-petal soba flower.
‘Five’ also implies ‘Go-koku’, or five grains, which is a
generic term for grains or crops.
Five petals revolve around a central point to form acircle, which symbolizes the flour milling business
Nikkoku Seifun has been promoting.
The space on the upper-right side indicates dynamism
and spaciousness, suggesting further development of
Nikkoku Seifun.
Corporate Color

The color blue conjures images of water and the sky,which represents the Earth.
It is in essence the vital force of life.
In addition, the color of blue expresses not only
cleanliness, freshness, and vigorousness, but also
calmness and relaxation.

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Offices and Factories
Offices and Factories

Head office
1-16-2 Minami-Chitose, Nagano City,
Nagano 380-0823

Nagano Office/Kazama Factory

Call Center/
Mamejima Factory

2034 Kazama, Nagano City,
Nagano 381-0023

3803 Mamejima, Nagano City,
Nagano 381-0022

Matsumoto Factory/
Purchasing Department/
Sales Department/
Research and Development Department/
Quality Control Division
2-6-52 Minami-Matsumoto, Matsumoto City, Nagano
390-0832

Karuizawa Factory

Tachikawa FactoryTokyo OfficeOsaka Office1411-17 Maseguchi, Miyota Machi,
Kita-Saku Gun, Nagano 389-0207

Address: 4-63-5 Ichiban-cho, Tachikawa
City, Tokyo 190-0033

4-3-15 Nishi-Ochiai, Shinjuku Ward,
Tokyo 161-0031

5F Daini-esaka-sansho Building, 3-27-27
Tarumi Cho, Suita City, Osaka 564-0062

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Group Companies
Group Companies

Tsubasa Carrier Co. Ltd.

Yamabiko Co. Ltd.

Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd.

Etanbetsu Soba Kako Co. Ltd.

Address: 2-6-52 Minami-Matsumoto, Matsumoto City,
Nagano 390-0832
Business: Transportation

Address: 4-63-5 Ichiban-cho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo
190-0033
Business: Selling soba flour

Address: 32-6 Kashiwabara, Tomakomai City,
Hokkaido 059-1362
Business: Producing soba flour

Address: 176 Chuo, Etanbetsu-cho, Asahikawa City,
Hokkaido 071-1173
Business: Producing soba flour

Nichimen Soba Seisan Co. Ltd.

Yunai Nojo LLC.

Farm Mebuki Co. Ltd.

Address: 176 Chuo, Etanbetsu-cho, Asahikawa City,
Hokkaido 071-1173
Business: Buckwheat production

Address: 2533 Yunai, Fukagawa City,
Hokkaido 074-0146
Business: Buckwheat production

Address: 2F Chikuhokumura shokokai honjokaikan,
4283-1 Nishijo, Chikuhoku, Higashi Chikuma,
Nagano 399-7501
Business: Buckwheat production

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History

1945
1980
1990

2000
2005

1945 Established as Nagano Seibakujo in Nagano City
1949	Company name changed to Nagano Seikoku Inc. and flour milling business started
1951	Company name changed to Nisshin Seikoku Inc., and warehousing businessstarted1960	A five-story reinforced concrete wheat flour milling factory built in Matsumoto,incorporating an air-compression system to provide a dust free environment.
The Tokyo office opened
1966 Company name changed to Nikkoku Seifun Co. Ltd.
1969 A soba flour milling factory built in Matsumoto
1970 A factory for making dried noodles built at the Matsumoto factory
1973 The Matsumoto office opened
1978 ‘Soba Tea’ released (patented process);
A new office headquarters building set up in front of Nagano station
1982	The wheat flour milling department in the Nagano factory integrated into the
Matsumoto factory
1983	The Nagano factory moved to the Kazama area, and a factory for dried-noodle
production built
1989	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Togakushi-noSato’ in the 32nd Shinshu soba competitive exhibition of Nagano Prefecture
1990 ‘Sterilized soba flour’ developed (patented process)1992	Shinano Menkobo Co. Ltd. established (Nagano City and Kitakata City)
1993	The dried noodle department in the Matsumoto factory integrated into the Nagano
factory;
Capital increased to 480 million yen;
Tsubasa Carrier Co. Ltd. established (Matsumoto City)
1994	A soba flour milling factory with the Clean System established in the Matsumoto
Factory	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Togakushi-noSato’ in the 37th Shinshu soba competitive exhibition of Nagano Prefecture
1995	Yamabiko Co. Ltd. established (Tachikawa City, Tokyo);	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Shinshu Soba
(Tororo-iri)’, or soba noodles with yam, in the 38th Shinshu soba competitive
exhibition of Nagano Prefecture
1996 The Osaka office opened;
Sobakiri Miyota, the soba restaurant, opened in Nagano;‘Dattan soba tea’ released (patented process)1997 ‘Dattan soba flour’ released (patented process)1998	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Tokusen
Togakushi-no-Sato’ in the 41st Shinshu soba competitive exhibition of Nagano
Prefecture
2001	The International Standard ISO9002 obtained for the soba flour milling factory with
the Clean System in Matsumoto
2002	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won for contributing to
the promotion and development of the food industry
2003 The Soba Museum opened (at the Matsumoto factory)
2005 A new flour mix factory built in Matsumoto;
The International Standard ISO9001 obtained for the Nagano factory
2008 A soba-tea factory built in Karuizawa
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2010

2015

2020

2009 The International Standard ISO 9001 obtained for the Karuizawa factory
2012 The Nagano factory integrated into Shinano Menkobo Co. Ltd.;The Call Center opened;
The original logo for the Nikkoku brand established;	The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Shinshu Soba’of Shinano Menkobo in the 55th Shinshu soba competitive exhibition of Nagano
Prefecture2013 Production and sales of soba deserts started by Bon Sarrasin;
Shinshu Galette Promotional Orgaui zetion established;
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by‘Zenkoji Monzen Shinshu Soba’ of Shinano Menkobo in the 56th Shinshu soba
competitive exhibition of Nagano Prefecture
In-house wheat flour milling (grinding) operations discontinued
2014 The Food Safety Management Systems Certification FSSC22000
obtained by Shinano Menkobo
A New flour mix factory built in the Matsumoto Factory
The Food Industry Affairs Bureau Director Prize of the Ministryof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Nama Shinshu Soba’of Shinano Menkobo in the 57th Shinshu soba competitive
exhibition of Nagano Prefecture2015 Miyota moved and reopened in MIDORI Nagano
A new galette factory established in Shinano Menkobo
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Zenkoji
Monzen Shinshu Soba’ of Shinano Menkobo in the 58th Shinshu soba
competitive exhibition of Nagano Prefecture2016 ‘Aoi-no-kaze’ stone-milled soba flour released, made completely from the
newly developed soba variety ‘AOI’
The Matsumoto factory registered as an official inspection laboratory based
upon the Agricultural Products Inspection Act (Product for inspection: Soba
produced in Nagano Prefecture)
Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd. established in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido.
Appointed as the first investment project of Dogin Agri Business Fund,
Hokkaido Soba Seifun Co. Ltd. is a business entity for ‘sixth’ industrialization2017 Farm Mebuki Co. Ltd. established2018 The new Tachikawa factory completed: the soba flour milling factory moved from Yamabiko
The Food Safety Management Systems Certification FSSC22000
obtained by Hokkaido Soba Seifun
A new Second Factory established in the Karuizawa Factory
The Food Industry Affairs Bureau Director Prize of the Ministryof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize won by ‘Nama Shinshu Soba’of Shinano
Menkobo in the 61st Shinshu soba competitive
exhibition of Nagano Prefecture	Designated the “Driving Company for the Regional Future” by the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry
2020 Food Safety Management System ISO22000 certification obtained	‘NAGANO Monozukuri Excellence 2020’ accreditation received for its advanced
technology and creative, innovative products
2021 Registered to Nagano Prefecture SDGs Promotion Company Registration System

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