It has been exactly 52 years since Kaneko Hashinuma Suisan Co., Ltd. was founded near the sea in Shiogama. At present, the company produces boiled fish paste called "bamboo leaf kamaboko" in third generation under the leadership of Kouzou Hashinuma. All belongings were damaged by the tsunami – the plant and all machines being set under seawater, and the home built next to the factory was flooded up to the 2nd floor. All production lines and machinery are useless due to the salt water.



 

Before the earthquake, Kaneko sold their bamboo leaved minced fish products directly to Daiei Himonya, a supermarket shopping center in Tokyo- Meguro, was well known to especially Tokyo customers.　　　　　　　

48 small and middle sized companies related to minced fish production gathered in a union of Shiogama in November 2011 and applied to the subsidiary budget of the government. The application was authorized and in December 2011 the funding of a new factory began!