On 11th of March 2018, we opened "Yui-Kobo" in front of Yamashita Station in Yamamoto-cho. Mr. Takashi Iwasa, the representative of Yamamoto Strawberry Farm, rose up immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake in Yamamoto-cho, where the town was destroyed, to run a strawberry farm for the future generations. Through my encounter with him, Yui-Kobo (Yamamoto Strawberry Farm Sales Shop and NPO KOMA coffee roasting workshop & cafe) came to be built. Coffee beans we import directly from Ethiopia and Tanzania, as part of the project of NPO KOMA to support Africa, are all roasted by Master Idaki Shin. I have always appreciated the coffee as God’s gift, and when I had coffee roasted at Yui-Kobo, I was filled with joy to have given a gift that is truly from God. "Yui-Kobo" also has a confectionary kitchen. You can have gluten-free sweets, made with fruits and other produce harvested locally, that can be enjoyed together with the coffee. Because we have a cafe together with a coffee roasting workshop and a confectionary kitchen, I am sincerely grateful to offer the most delicious menu. I am looking forward to everyone’s visit to Yui-Kobo. With the beautiful aroma of coffee wafting that makes a heart enriched, wishing for happiness and hope to reach the world, I could realize “a light of hope that would shine forever in the land of Tohoku,” a vision I saw, by the opening of “Yui-Kobo”. At the same time, I saw light extending in all directions. We will live vigorously with beautiful hearts to spread the circle of light. We look forward to your kind support. Thank you very much.
Keiko Koma
Representative of NPO KOMA
