Hachinohe is home to a variety of factories, some of which have decade long histories, while others have sprung up in the past few years to meet the demands of new industries. But the one thing that has remained constant over the years is that the factories have remained constant leaders in the development of Hachinohe City, and key factors to its achievement as a premier industrial city. 

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This year marks the 5th Anniversary of the foundation of HKD, and to celebrate this occasion we have invited 3 companies that represent the importance of the factories in our community’s past, present, and future, as those invited include the Hachinohe Cement Factory ( formally the Hinode / Iwaki Cement Factory) a local factory from the area that will be celebrating its 100th year of operation next year, the “ULVAC Tohoku” which has been in business for 30 years this year, and the “Hachinohe Biomass Power Generator” which will begin operations next spring. 

Furthermore, we have invited the artist Sacco, who is well known amongst factory enthusiast for her paintings of factories, to come and talk about his efforts in creating the Fuji Industrial Night Scene Club, and to introduce his book entitled “Factory Book” which the he created under collaboration with the Hachinohe Book Center. 

The After-School Club offered by HKD this year will be working with the hacchi portal museum’s annual craft fair to create original factory themed goods, and to plan an exhibit to display factory themed art pieces. 

Join the HKD in finding a fresh new perspective of the factories of Hachinohe, one in which an appreciation of these magnificent establishments will permeate your daily life.