Report of Business Meeting with Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd., Japan Food Journal

Meeting Date: 22 (Tue.) Nov. 2011

1. Company Profile

1-1. Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd.

Head Office: 1-18-27 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0002 Japan

          Tel: 06-6441-8122                Fax:  06-6444-6061
          Established:  1877        Capital:  100,000,000yen
          Turnover:    16,000,000,000yen         Employees:    120

Type of Business: Importer & Exporter

Products: Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

Domestic Offices: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo

Overseas Offices: Hong Kong, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles

Website: http://www.showa-boeki.co.jp/

1-2. Japan Food Journal Co.,Ltd. (Chubu Branch)

Address: 2-2-20 Kikui, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi Pref. 451-0044 Japan

          Tel: 052-571-7318                Fax:  052-571-7319
          Established: Showa 21            Capital:  80,000,000yen        Employees:    141
          Type of Business:   Newspaper specialized in food business      Headquarter:     Tokyo

Branches: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Niigata & Kanto, Nagano, Shizuoka, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Kyusyu

Website: www.nissyoku.co.jp

1-3. Nagoya Castle Co., Ltd.

Address: 4-3-25 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi Pref. 450-0002 Japan

          Tel: 052-582-2121                Fax:  052-582-2172
          Established:  1955               Capital:  900,000,000yen       Employees:    530

Type of Business: Hotel & Restaurant business

Group Hotels: Westin Nagoya Castle / Castle Plaza

2. Met With

Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd.:

Mr. Akira IRIYAMA, Senior Manager, Planning & Development Section, Provision Div.

Japan Food Journal Co.,Ltd.:

Ms. Nobue Mitsui, Coordinator
Ms. Mami Shizumi, Coordinator

Nagoya Castle Co., Ltd.

Mr. Shogo Yamamoto, Assistant chief, Banquet Sales Div.

TTC Osaka:

Ms. Sirikarn Amatayakul, Deputy Director
Ms. Yoshiko Sakata, Market Development Officer

3. Result of meeting

3-1. Thai Fruits Seminar 2012 in Nagoya

[Date and place]

TTC confirmed seminar date on Apr. 5 (Thu.), 2012.
TTC, Showa Boeki and Japan Food Journal inspected the seminar room at Nagoya Castle Plaza Hotel (Satsuki-no-ma on the 4 th floor) and made tentative reservation.

[Tasting and Recipe]

Showa will confirm items of fruits and inform TTC and Japan Food Journal as soon as possible.
Japan Food Journal will offer menus for tasting and recipe (first draft) to TTC by the end of Jan.2012. TTC gave some Thai fruits recipe books to Japan Food Journal for their reference.
Tasting of Durians got negative answer from the hotel for the reason of its smell.

[Cost]

Japan Food Journal will send detailed cost estimation including screen, projector, microphones and video recording cost of Dr. Narumon's demonstration by the middle of Dec. 2011.
Chef cost for tasting menus will be negotiated with the hotel after the menu confirmation. (Tasting of different kind of mangos such as Thai / Philippine / Brazil or Nam Dok Mai / Mahachanok / Rat will be prepared by Japan Food Journal).
Nagoya Castle Co.,Ltd. offered that accommodations for organizer staffs will be arranged with special rate at their hotels.

3-2. Thai Fruits Seminar 2012 in Shikoku

TTC will hold Thai fruits seminar in Shikoku in similar style with Nagoya on Apr. 9(Mon.) 2012.
Shikoku is area in charge of Kansai Branch of Japan Food Journal. So TTC asked for advice on place of seminar from Kansai branch of Japan Food Journal by the middle of Dec 2011.

Reported by: Yoshiko Sakata, Thai Trade Center, Osaka (Japan)

Source : http://www.depthai.go.th

Report of Business Meeting with Showa Boeki Co.,Ltd., Japan Food Journal Co.,Ltd., and Nagoya Castle Co.,Ltd.