Eel to space!"UNA Galaxy Project" was launched

"Let's deliver eel kabayaki to space"

The reason was that the opinion was exchanged at JAXA, saying, "I want to eat eels in space" emitted by Japanese astronauts.Ken Miyazawa, CEO of Tourismo, the third generation, introduced the story from the idea to the launch and the roadmap from the realization of space food.

"UNA Galaxy Project" aims to make the world a cheerful smile by linking eels, the universe, and relevant.

The first opportunity was 2019.There is a person named Ryohei Koguchi, a bicycle adventurer from Okaya City, where the touristo head office is located.Koguchi said at a lecture, "I want to run through Antarctica and the moon in the future."Miyazawa said, "I wish I could do that someday."

Mr. Miyazawa, who was interested, began to investigate the development of eel kabayaki for the polar land.It turned out that there are many hurdles, such as long -term preservation, nutritional value, hygiene management, and ease of cooking processes.

On the other hand, even in the main business, we were working to respond to the obligation to "HACCP. Hazard Analysis and Critical C ONTROL POINT" following the revision of the Food Sanitation Law in 2020 (2021Enforced from June).

While working on both, both needed advanced hygiene management, so I came to think that Kabayaki in the polar land was not far from the actual business.The fact that HACCP was originally developed by NASA to manage the hygiene of space food was also a boost.

In the process of further investigating, it was found that JAXA was recruiting "space Japanese food".In order to enter, it was necessary to work on HACCP's hygiene management.

Since there were only major food companies like Nisshin and Lawson, I was worried that I could participate in local restaurants, and when I asked JAXA fearly, I received a call a week later.It turned out that local restaurants could participate if they meet the authentication conditions for application.

Aside from being invited, participated in the "Space Japan Food Exchange Meeting".He heard directly in space development in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and from Nagano Prefecture astronaut Kamemiya Yui, "I'm glad if you can eat eel in space."According to the bank, "Let's deliver eel kabayaki to space."

However, despite being determined, the plan was no longer due to the new corona virus, and the plan was suspended.HACCP was mandatory, and it was very effective to protect customer safety, and in 2020 accelerated HACCP initiatives at the operating level.