Founded as an inn Caring for travelers' bodies with brown rice
Kusu District, Oita Prefecture is a granary area of Oita Prefecture where rice and wheat cultivation have been thriving since ancient times. In a place surrounded by such rice fields, "Hotto Communication" was founded as an inn "Kasugaya". "There was a rice field right next to it, and I used to serve brown rice made there to customers, and I have very fond memories of the inn that my grandfather and father used to run when I was a child, and about rice," says Toyoda.
At that time, the inn was a base for peddlers. "It's an area where you can go to Nakatsu, Hita, and Oguni, so there are a lot of peddlers, and I think my grandfather probably served brown rice when I thought about their bodies."
With the changing times, the second generation, the father of Chairman Toyoda, shifted to a restaurant where kamai is the main restaurant. Later, after Chairman Toyoda took over as the third generation, the restaurant expanded as a restaurant with udon noodles as its main restaurant. In the midst of all this, Chairman Toyoda began to think that the world was moving toward a health-conscious trend.
"I want to be health-conscious in the future."With such thoughts, I am reminded of the rice fields and rice that have been by my side since I was a child. I had a strong desire to work with local farmers, so I started working on the production of sprouted enzyme brown rice about seven years ago
From the beginning, we were particular about using delicious rice from the local Kusu region. Witnessing the health and safety consciousness of buyers on the Internet,Zero pesticide residues"You will only use rice
We ask local farmers to cultivate it, but rice is one of the most difficult crops to grow without pesticides. When he asked a local farmer to grow it with low pesticides, it took a long time to convince him. "We told the farmers about our commitment and thoughts on the sprouted enzyme brown rice we make, and while proposing cultivation methods, they gradually began to think that we would like to work with them," says the chairman.