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Technical tour

Only one technical tour, which rounds the following three sites, will be provided. Those who are interested in can apply through the registration system, which will be released around the beginning of April.


1. Niigata City History Museum Canceled

This is a local museum of Niigata City, established for the aim of showing the life of those who have lived in the land of Niigata. The permanent exhibition displays water and a relation with the working of people. Main features are Main Building, its design is based on the original specifications of the second Niigata City Hall, and Former Niigata Customs House, which is the only surviving Customs House in the 5 ports opened at this time, and designated a National Important Cultural Property.

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1. Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Higashi Niigata Thermal Power Station

An anti-fouling system has been added to the 1,610MW CCGT plant at Higashi Niigata, Japan. This plant, which increased the station's total capacity to 4,600 MW, was Japan's first large CCGT project and is operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.. The plant was suffering from fouling which restricted flow through the plant's water outflow structure, affecting productivity levels and efficiency. The problem was solved by applying anti-fouling coatings in 2005.
The power station was the first to be equipped with a new generation of Mitsubishi gas turbines. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries installed a combined cycle power plant (Unit 4) that has a turbine inlet that can handle temperatures of up to 1,450 Celcious. Before the turbine began commercial operation in 1999, the plant had a capacity of 2,990 MW. The existing installation comprised two 350 MW steam turbines (Minato units one and two), two 600 MW steam turbines (Units 1 and 2) and a 1,090 MW CCGT (Unit 3). Unit 3 was completed in 1984; it has six MW701D gas turbines and was Japan's first large CCGT plant.


2. NAMICS Corporation, a company that produces conductive and insulating products for electronic components and systems

This company has developed insulating materials for disc ceramic capacitors since late 1960's. The company has also developed conductive materials such as silver pastes for electrodes, and semiconductor sealing. It is rare case to conduct research and development both for insulating and conductive materials. Recent featured products are; 1) 'NCP' that realizes the short-time hardening, 2) 'ANCP' that can perform the solder joining and resin sealing at the same time, and 3) a adhesion film that can fit to high frequency and light model semiconductor passiveness.

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3. Imayotsukasa Syuzo, Sake Brewery Added

Imayotsukasa was founded in 1767. At the Imayotsukasa sake factory, only Niigata's natural "Suganadake" spring water is used to make sake. Using this spring water and high quality sake rice, the sake is made with great care and has a strong, delicious flavor, even when compared to other dry sake. The historic factory building was built around 1900. Tours will take you through each stage of the sake brewing process, and visitors get to learn about the warehouses. After the tour finishes, there will be sake tasting. Come learn about the process of making sake and try some for yourself.

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Click here to see the official web site. This is just in Japanese, but its traditional atomosphere can be felt through pictures.