Creating a Town Where Life Force Circulates by Comfortably Nurturing People with "Koji in Daily Life" in Osaka Fukushima

Our company supports April Dream, which aims to make April 1st a day to share dreams. This press release is a dream of "Energy Co., Ltd. (B-H-Base)."

Energy Co., Ltd.'s beauty and health goods & stand cafe "B-H-Base" (Bee-H-Base), located in Fukushima Ward, Osaka, supports 'April Dream' and announces its dream of "comfortably nurturing people with koji in daily life and making Osaka Fukushima a town where life force circulates." We propose beauty and health items and services (Beauty and Healthy) that leverage the power of koji, and support people living beautifully and richly through litter-picking activities. We also aim to continue being a base-like store that supports people's ideal lifestyles while walking alongside the community.

[Energy Co., Ltd.] The desire to protect the health of precious family members was the start of the business.

Energy Co., Ltd. (Location: Kita Ward, Osaka; Representative: Mayumi Tachibana) operates the beauty and health goods & stand cafe "B-H-Base" and the aesthetic salon Lilyus.

Owner Mayumi Tachibana started the business and opened the store when her children were young. The motivation was her wish for her children to "eat healthy food" and "grow up healthy and strong." While focusing on her children's health, she realized that fermented foods were always naturally present on the dining table during her childhood. Looking back, it was the very "form of love" that her mother had carefully chosen, thinking of her family's health.

This desire to "protect family health" was the starting point of her business.

And with the desire to contribute to the health of people with similar thoughts, their families, and loved ones, B-H-Base is operated.

Comfortably Nurturing People in Osaka Fukushima within a Cycle of Healing, Food, and Living

B-H-Base, a beauty and health goods & stand cafe located in Fukushima Ward, Osaka City, handles daily necessities, skincare products, supplements, and other health-benefiting items. It also offers drinks and food as a stand cafe, and provides hydrogen inhalation services.

Our theme is "nurturing oneself in a cycle of healing, food, and living." Osaka Fukushima is a vibrant area as a business and living hub. Many people there lead busy lives and tend to put their mental and physical care on the back burner.

Even in busy days, we want people to take care of their mind and body and live healthy lives. With this in mind, we focused on "koji," which has been passed down in Japanese food culture. And through "hydrogen inhalation," which has been gaining interest in recent years, and community through litter-picking activities, we aim to create a cycle of "healing, food, and living" and make Osaka Fukushima a place that "nurtures people from both inside and out."

Koji in daily life. "Food self-care" that can be continued effortlessly.

We support the circulation of energy by providing the power of koji, a traditional Japanese fermented food known as a "treasure trove of enzymes," in a way that suits the lifestyle of busy modern people.

Koji coffee and koji cocoa were born from customer feedback such as, "It's hard to maintain healthy habits, but I drink coffee every day," and "I tend to eat too many sweets."

These are drinks that allow you to enjoy the natural sweetness of koji without sugar, while taking in nutrients such as vitamins and amino acids.

B-H-Base offers koji, which has been popular in Japan since ancient times, in a new style adapted to the lifestyle of busy modern people. We use "coffee koji" (koji made from coffee beans) carefully finished by hand by artisans who are experts in koji, and offer "koji coffee" characterized by a deep roast and rich yet refreshing aftertaste. We also offer "koji cafe au lait" and "koji cocoa" using rice koji as a sweetener. The enzymes in koji break down the starch in rice into glucose, bringing out the gentle sweetness inherent in rice, making it a satisfying drink without added sugar. Recently, many regular customers have expressed their delight, saying, "I'm happy that I can take care of my health with the coffee I drink every day," and "It's mellow and easy to drink."

We deliver a moment of comfort to our customers when they drink B-H-Base's koji drinks during their busy work breaks.

Furthermore, for those who want to easily get nutrition during work, we propose "Shake Pasta" using ZENB Mameroni, a gluten-free pasta made from 100% yellow peas. You can get 20g of protein in one meal. We want to make a new daily routine in this town, where people value meals and nutrition even in their busy lives, and their mind and body are internally satisfied.

"Koji and Herb Skincare" to Nurture Skin from the Outside

What we value in skincare is helping customers spend their days with confidence by balancing their mind and body, approaching their ideal healthy skin. We introduce items and self-care methods tailored to each customer's skin type and lifestyle. In our store, we carefully select items that we truly trust, utilizing the power of "koji," a Japanese tradition, and the blessings of domestic organic herbs. We hope that everyone who visits B-H-Base will gain confidence in their unique skin health and shine from within. And we want to be a third place where people can casually drop by, a place where both mind and skin are filled with moisture.

Hydrogen Inhalation Service to Reset Mind and Body with "Breathing"

In our busy daily lives, consciously taking "rest" and nurturing our mind and body is essential for a healthy life. Hydrogen inhalation has been attracting attention as one such option in recent years. Various studies are being conducted on hydrogen, focusing on its relationship with active oxygen, and it is gaining attention as part of self-care.

It has been widely reported in the media that top professionals, such as Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani and actress Yuki Amami, incorporate "hydrogen" into their daily maintenance routines. At B-H-Base, we want everyone to experience this healthy habit, valued by admired celebrities, as a daily reset, making it more accessible.

We will support the healthy lives of busy people by utilizing the properties of hydrogen for daily self-care.

B-H-Base has prepared a dedicated hydrogen room with a calm atmosphere.

With soft lighting, a gentle aroma, and a full-flat reclining chair, visual and auditory senses are temporarily blocked with an eye mask and headphones, designed for all five senses to "rest." We offer a "reset time just for yourself" to focus on the circulation of inner energy.

The ease of refreshing in 30 minutes during work breaks or lunch breaks, without needing to change clothes, is highly praised by busy business people working near Osaka Fukushima. We deliver the comfort of internal nurturing through deep, quiet breathing.

A Community Hub Supporting the Creation of a "Base" for Beauty and Health

Delivering "Knowledge" to Nurture Oneself Through Products and Services

We believe that encountering quality products and services and gaining knowledge about beauty and health enriches daily life. What B-H-Base values is for customers to be interested in their own health and the health of their loved ones, and to nurture themselves. We believe that this accumulation fosters a healthy circulation of mind and body.

At the core of this are seminars on beauty and health, led by the store manager and assistant manager themselves. They are regularly held on a wide range of topics, from skincare to nutrition, sleep, and warming activities. The "Men's Skincare Seminar" is particularly popular, with some participants expressing joy at the change, saying that reviewing their skincare boosted their aesthetic awareness, made them more conscious of fashion and expressions, and gave them "more confidence."

Furthermore, the daily necessities, supplements, and organic cosmetics lined up in the store are carefully selected by the owner herself, who has actually tried them and is convinced of their quality. In addition, we regularly host pop-up stores for manufacturers from various parts of Japan who deeply resonate with our concept. Through these encounters with carefully selected masterpieces, we create exciting opportunities for customers to discover new values and "what truly suits them."

・Circulating Urban Beauty and Community Exchange Through Litter Picking

An indispensable activity of B-H-Base is the community litter picking, which has been steadily accumulated since 2021. This initiative, aimed at environmental beautification in the Fukushima-Umekita area, is continued twice a week, with a total of over 300 sessions and more than 4,000 cumulative participants to date.

These activities were recognized, and we received a letter of appreciation in the "OSAKA Zero Waste Project" promoted by Osaka Prefecture. An official from Osaka Prefecture even commented that it was "a model case for Osaka Prefecture." Through this activity, we feel the influence of group psychology, where someone's "thought for the town" moves the hearts of those around them.

In fact, in the places where we continued to pick up litter, new litter gradually stopped being discarded, and we are seeing a reduction in litter even in surrounding areas not covered by our activities. We believe in a future where the town becomes beautiful in a chain reaction through these activities. The "good morning" greetings exchanged through litter picking first comfortably nurture the hearts of each participant, and that "emotional richness" returns to the beauty of the town and community exchange, creating a cycle.

We believe this positive chain reaction is the key to making Osaka Fukushima beautiful. We will continue to cherish and nurture this activity, which maintains the beauty of the town while fostering rich connections between people.

B-H-Base Supports the Health of Local People and Contributes to an Ideal Lifestyle Where Life Force Circulates

The store name "B" and "H" embody the two values we cherish: Beauty and Healthy. We believe that nurturing the mind and body from both inside and out, and being beautiful and healthy, is the starting point for beautifully circulating one's inherent "life force." And our wish is to be a reliable "Base" that supports healthy daily life.

We want to be a base-like place where customers can nurture themselves, allowing energy to circulate and enabling them to move forward positively again. By incorporating koji into "food," refreshing the mind and body with hydrogen inhalation for "healing," and keeping the town beautiful through litter-picking activities to protect the "living environment," each of these initiatives will create a healthy circulation throughout the entire community.

B-H-Base will walk alongside the people of Osaka Fukushima, supporting their rich and healthy daily lives from the aspects of beauty and health, and promoting their ideal lifestyles. And we will make Osaka Fukushima a town where more people feel comfortably nurtured and life force circulates.

Store Information

• Store Name: Beauty and Health Goods & Stand Cafe B-H-Base (Bee-H-Base)

• Address: Royal Max Fukushima 1F, 6-4-5 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka City, Osaka

• Phone Number: 06-7709-5539

• Business Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 11:00-17:00

• Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and holidays: Irregular holidays

■ About Energy Co., Ltd.

Energy Co., Ltd. (Representative: Mayumi Tachibana) is headquartered in Kita Ward, Osaka City, and operates the beauty and health goods & stand cafe B-H-Base in Fukushima Ward, Osaka City, and the aesthetic salon Lilyus in Kita Ward, Osaka City.

Representative Mayumi Tachibana advocates the vision: "Being healthy is the ultimate beauty." As the company name suggests, it handles products and services that support health and beauty, which are indispensable for living a rich life full of energy in the era of 100-year lifespans.

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