Motivation and achievements for overseas export

　 At our company, we could not afford to look overseas when we were founded.
　 The person in charge of overseas in Hachinohe City who visited our website invited us to "A tasting party for ALTs and Chinese students".
　 That led me to think about overseas expansion.
　 At that time, Mulberry tea caught the eye of the trading company who was giving a presentation with me, and invited me to the subsequent export business meeting for the United States.
　 Since mulberry tea was adopted on the spot, We decided to participate in the Aomori Fair in Hawaii every year.

　 The results of overseas activities so far are summarized below.

Achievements of overseas fairs and business meetings
Date Event Place
February 17, 2013 Tasting party for ALT and Chinese students Hachinohe City
May 30-31, 2013 The export business meeting for the United States Hachinohe City
October 11-14, 2013 Hawaii's "1st Aomori Fair" Honolulu City
October 7-12, 2014 Hawaii's "2nd Aomori Fair" Honolulu City
June 24-30, 2015 Seattle's "1st Aomori Fair" Seattle city
October 2-11, 2015 Los Angeles / Hawaii "1st Aomori Fair" Los Angeles City
・Honolulu City
October 7-16, 2016 Los Angeles / Hawaii "2nd Aomori Fair" Los Angeles City
・Honolulu City
November 2-8, 2016 Seattle's "2nd Aomori Fair" Seattle city
March 14-19, 2017 Hawaii's "Aomori Mini Fair" Honolulu City
October 10-15, 2017 Los Angeles / Hawaii "3rd Aomori Fair" Honolulu City
October 9-14, 2018 Hawaii's "1st Tohoku Fair" Honolulu City
October 5-14, 2019 Hawaii's "2nd Tohoku Fair" Honolulu City


What I felt at the Aomori Fair etc

　 After finishing the tasting sale in Seattle, I headed to Tacoma City.
　 I participated in the reception held after the signing of the trade agreement between Hachinohe and Tacoma.
　 When I saw the people involved in Tacoma City who gathered at that time, no one was obese.
　 On the other hand, in Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Seattle, the general public is more obese, and I felt that obesity is more common among low-income earners.
　 High-income earners can go to the gym, play sports, and control their diet.
　 However, low-income earners felt that obesity was inevitable because they had to rely on the cheap junk food that flooded the city.
　 It is no exaggeration to say that income inequality is manifested as health inequality in the United States.
　 In Japan, metabolic syndrome was an image of high-income earners, but I am worried that it will become like the United States in the future.
　 I hope that mulberry tea will take root in the United States and help prevent the transition from obesity to lifestyle-related diseases and prevent obesity.