5.Koiwai Noboku Co., Ltd.　　(Tokyo, Japan)

1. History

Our company was established on April 1, 1938, with a capital of 2 million yen, with the main purpose of stock raising, agriculture, and forestry, and our head office is located in Marunouchi, Tokyo, and we acquired and managed Koiwai Farm, which was previously owned by Baron Hisaya Iwasaki. The name Koiwai Farm has been known to the general public for a long time, and its history began in 1891 with the joint founding of Yoshima Ono, Baron Yanosuke Iwasaki, and Viscount Katsuzo Inoue, and the name Koiwai was derived from the initials of these three men. Viscount Yotonada Fujinami became the first manager, and after passing through various clans such as Sosuke Niiyama, Ryuji Akahoshi, Masao Okumura, and Michitomo Masaki, the current position was taken over by Tsutomuji Toda. At first, the purpose was to clear and cultivate land using American-style large-scale farming methods with the aim of modernizing agriculture, but in 1899, Baron Hisaya Iwasaki took over the farm and established a policy of stock-raising, often importing breeding stock from Europe and other countries of origin. The main business was the production of breeding stock, and the property division of the Mitsubishi Limited Partnership Company was in charge of management. After that, in 1916, when the ” Iwasaki Family Office ” was established, it became a member of this office, and then in 1912, it moved to the entrusted management of Tozan Noji Co., Ltd., and on April 1, 1938, it was newly established as Koiwai Noboku Co., Ltd. All head office operations will be handled by Tozan Noji Co., Ltd., and Koiwai Farm will be handled in the same manner as each company location.

President Masaharu Sakamoto

Managing Director Shin Kimizuka

Director: Sadakichi Aikawa

Director and Manager Tsutomu Toda

Auditor Yoshinobu Kashima

Auditor Hiroshi Okato

2. Business overview (Koiwai Farm) (Iwate Prefecture)

This farm is located in Shizukuishi Town, Iwate District, 12km west of Morioka City on the Tohoku Main Line, and is a collective area with a total area of approximately 4,000 hectares spread out at the foot of Mt. Iwate, known as Iwate Fuji. Currently, it is divided into the headquarters, horse breeding, cattle breeding, tillage, and forestry departments, with a total of 25 employees and 152 workers. The headquarters supervises each department, while the farm staff run an elementary school, junior high school, and daycare center for their children, and there is also a post office on the farm.

(a) Horse breeding department

Along with the cattle breeding department, this is the main business of our farm, and we mainly produce Thoroughbred horses, and in addition to intermediate breeds, we produce about 20 horses every year. When they are 2 to 3 years old, they are sold as race horses, stud horses, or performance horses. We currently have 6 stallions and 30 breeding mares, and the famous stallion Shian Mor is known for the excellent results of his offspring, and the recently imported Primero, whose offspring were sent to the racetrack for the first time last year and achieved excellent results. They achieved results. We are confident that, along with Sanrizuka Goryo Farm, we are making a great contribution to the horse world in Japan as one of the two leading authorities in the Japanese horse world.

(b) Cattle breeding department

The cattle breeding department is focusing on breeding the Holstein Friesian breed, and currently about 200 cows are bred, and about 50 cows are produced each year, which are sold one after another as breeding cattle and beef cattle. With this, the demand for breeding cows and dairy cows has increased, and a large number of purchasing offers have been received from livestock cooperatives and others all over the country. At the same time, we continue to make constant efforts in the production of milk, butter, cheese, etc., and in particular, our butter, known as “ Koiwai Butter, ” is of the highest standard in the industry. Meijiya Co., Ltd. handles all sales.

In the cultivation department, the main crops are grass, oats, corn, soybeans, etc., with an area of about 800 hectares planted separately for the purpose of self-sufficiency in feed for cattle and horses. In addition, in the forestry area, cedar, pine, cypress, chestnut, and deciduous pine have been planted in an area of 1,300 hectares, and charcoal is produced in large quantities.

In addition to the above-mentioned businesses, we are also engaged in pig farming, poultry farming, sheep farming, etc., and are aiming for perfection as a major agricultural farm.