Event Information | IT'S A TASTY WORLD - FOOD SCIENCE, NOW!

Term:
November 21 (Sat.), 2009 - March 22 (Mon./holiday), 2010

Opening Hours:
10:00 - 17:00 (Please enter at least 30 minutes before closing time.)

Venue:
1F Exhibition Space a, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

Closed:
Every Tuesday (Open during holidays, Spring/Winter Vacation)
December 28 - January 1 (* January 5 will be open)


Admission Fees:
Adults: 1,000 yen, 18 years old and under: 400 yen
Groups (8 or more people): Adults: 840 yen, 18 years old and under: 320 yen
* Permanent Exhibition can also be viewed.
* Free admission for those in possession of a Disability Book and one accompanying person

Organizers:
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)
The Japan Foundation of Public Communication on Science and Technology
The Yomiuri Shimbun

In association with:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Food Safety Commission
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education
National Congress of Parents & Teachers Association of Japan
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Food Kansei Communications, Corp.(FKC)

Special Sponsors:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
McDonald's Company (Japan), Limited.
Kirin Holdings Company Limited

Sponsor:
Japan Food Additives Association

Supported by:
IWASAKI CO., LTD.

Planned and Produced by:
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

General Edition:
Yasuyuki Sagara (Executive Director of Food Kansei Communications, Corp. (FKC) / Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo)

Exhibition Cooperators (In Hiragana Order):
ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION
ASAHIKASEI PAX CORPORATION
Taste & Aroma Strategic Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Keiko Abe (Professor of Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Yoko Ichikawa (Associate Professor of School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka)
IWASAKI CO., LTD.
Intelligent Sensor Technology, Inc.
Embassy of India, Tokyo
UENO CHIKUSAN in Saga
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency（JAXA）
Umami Information Center
Otsuka Foods Co., Ltd.
KAGOME CO., LTD.
KAMEDA SEIKA CO., LTD.
GOSEI CORPORATION CO., LTD. Korean Tableware House
Kang Yun Sook, Traditional Korean Food master
Naohide Kinae (President of the University of Shizuoka)
Kyushu Food Factory Recycle B.C.A.
Q.P. Corporation
Kyoiku-tosho, Co., Ltd
Kirin Beverage Company, Limited
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
didi's SOUTH INDIAN RESTAURANT Dharmasagara
Gozenbo Co., Ltd.
Kiyotaka Sato (Professor of Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University)
Keiko Sakaguchi (President of Japan Table Artist Association)
SATAKE CORPORATION
SAMY Co., Ltd.
Sun Plant Industry Co., Ltd.
Shin Shinohara (Senior researcher of National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science）
Yoshihito Shirai（Professor of Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology）
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Second Harvest Japan
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.
KEAWJAI Meguro
Royal Thai Embassy
Korean Cultural Center of Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Kiyoshi Takai (Counselor of Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers)
TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Kuniko Takahashi (Professor of Faculty of Education, Gunma University)
TAMA JIRO. CO., LTD
Yoshitaka Tsubono (Professor of Division of Health Policy of Public Policy, Tohoku University)
TERADA TRADING CO., LTD.
TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, Ltd.
Kiyoshi Toko (Professor of Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University)
DREMAX CO., LTD.
Yoshihisa Nakano (President of Osaka Women's Junior College)
NABEL Co., Ltd.
NIKKO HANBAI CO., LTD.
NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
The Japan Food Machinery Manufacturers' Association
Japan Food Additives Association
McDonald's Company (Japan), Limited.
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
National Food Research Institute (NFRI), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Research Center for Prion Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Fairy Angel Inc.
Tohru Fushiki (Professor of Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
MASDAC CO., Ltd.
MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA, LTD.
Shizuo Yamada (Professor of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka)
Takashi Yamamoto (Professor of Faculty of Health Science, Kio University)
euglena Co., Ltd.
Uniphoto Press International Inc.
Yoshiizumi Industry Corporation
RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.

Exhibition/Space Design and Art Direction:
assistant

Design Cooperation and Exhibition Execution:
NOMURA Co., Ltd.

Section Title Production/design:
Edwina Hörl, production support: Yuko Wakana

Menu 1: Design/production of costume for Taste buds:
Tetsuya Yamamoto (POTTO)

Graphic Design for Advertisement:
PMKFA

Video Editorial Cooperation:
trixta co., ltd.