Toyo Suisan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President: Noritaka Sumimoto) will hold a “Maru-chan Summer Vacation Parent and Child Large Refrigerated Warehouse Experience Session” for children in grades 4 to 6 and their parents at the Higashiogishima Daiichi Refrigerator in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken on 2024/8/22 (Thu) and 23 (Fri).
This project is a community contribution activity aimed at making people enjoy learning about the structure of food distribution and the role of refrigerated warehouses. We will experience extreme cold temperatures of -20 to -30 degrees Celsius and conduct experiments in it. After the experiment in the refrigerated warehouse, we plan to sample our products.
It's a perfect event for free research during summer vacation, with plenty of content, such as learning about food distribution, and experiences and experiments in refrigerated warehouses.
This is an event unique to “Maru-chan's Refrigerated Warehouse” where parents and children can enjoy experiential learning!
① Learn about the process of food imported from overseas being served on the table and the role refrigerated warehouses play in that process.
② In the hot season of midsummer, the experience of entering a -30℃ refrigerated warehouse as cold as Alaska in the middle of winter, and “What happens when you inflate soap bubbles?” in a -20℃ refrigerated warehouse? “If you shake a wet towel around, does it really freeze?” Two experiments will be carried out.
③ We will sample our products such as frozen foods.
■Project Overview
| titles | Maru-chan summer vacation parent and child large refrigerated warehouse experience session |
| object | Elementary school 4th to 6th graders (accompanied by parents) about 25 students each day |
| places | Toyo Suisan Co., Ltd. Higashiogishima Daiichi Refrigerator 25-3 Higashiogishima, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, 210-0869 |
| Implementation date | 2024/8/22 (Thu) /23 (Fri) |
| timer | 9:15 Meet at JR Kawasaki Station (transfer by chartered bus) 10:00 to 10:45 Introduction to the role of refrigerated warehouses (lecture) 10:45 to 11:20 Experiences and experiments in a refrigerated warehouse 11:20 to 12:00 Tasting of our products 12:30 Dissolution at JR Kawasaki Station *Coverage is possible at all times on both days. However, for “experiences/experiments in refrigerated warehouses,” we ask that you refrain from taking photographs, except in places where photography is possible. If you would like same-day coverage, please contact the CSR Public Relations Department (03-3458-5413) in advance. |
| How to apply | You can apply using the dedicated form on the website set up during the application period (7/1 (Monday) to 7/22 (Monday)). In the case of a large number of applicants, a lottery will be held. https://maruchan.rsvsys.jp/ |
*The event may be changed or canceled depending on the weather and conditions.
■About the history of our refrigerated warehouse business
Toyo Suisan, which began in the fishery industry such as purchasing tuna in 1953, took the first step in the refrigerated warehouse business by owning its own refrigerator to store purchased fishery products in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955, two years after its establishment. Our first in-house refrigerator was a small, 300-ton refrigerator, but in 1957, we entered the refrigerated warehouse business in earnest, starting with the establishment of a new 1,500-ton refrigerated warehouse in Minato-ku, Tokyo, where our current head office is located. Since then, the business has expanded, and it has grown to have multiple large refrigerated warehouses of tens of thousands of tons across the country from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
Kawasaki City is the birthplace of our refrigerated warehouse business, and even now, we have a total of 3 refrigerated warehouses as key locations to support storage and logistics services in the Tokyo/Kanagawa area. One of them, the Higashiogishima Daiichi Refrigerator, was completed in 1991, and this year marks its 34th year. In line with growing demand in the Tokyo/Kanagawa area, a new refrigerated warehouse was added to the adjacent area in 2014, with a storage capacity of 63,000 tons. It is a state-of-the-art refrigerated warehouse with improved work efficiency, accuracy, and service by introducing an automated warehouse system to meet the needs of customers who have changed to small lots and many types of products with the times.
* Storage space indicates the volume in which luggage can be stored in that warehouse. (1 ton = 2.5 m3)