On June 1, Soltec (Headquarters: Sumida-ku, Tokyo), which has a factory in Inakadate Village, Aomori Prefecture, started pre-order sales of 1 / 350th scale plastic model of the village office. At the same time, we started selling mini-figures of "Ichihime", the character that supported the village.

This is the first time that the company, which has been manufacturing precision machine dies and industrial engraving, has expanded into the hobby department. In developing the village office plastic model, the staff of the company designed and designed it with the cooperation of PM Office A, which is headquartered in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, and manufactured the mold at the factory in the village.

Genichiro Koizumi, president of the company, said, "We were thinking about developing a sales channel for our products in the general market by utilizing the technology we have cultivated so far." When we exchanged greetings with people related to PM Office A at the mold processing exhibition in June 2012, we manufacture and sell plastic models including the figure of the character "Suwahime" under the "PLUM" brand. I knew that it was happening. “I thought this was this,” says Koizumi.

After that, discussions were held between the two companies, and it was decided to sell the character products at the same time as the plastic model kit at the government office. "Inakadate Village is a rice field art. Many tourists visit every year, but the problem was that there were no souvenirs unique to the village. This project gave people who visited rice field art a new image of the village. We believe we can offer products. "

The model of "Ichihime" "Sentoku Oichi" is the daughter of Kazunori Tsugaru, Sanuki Koyamauchi, a warlord in the Warring States period, and the wife of Inakadate castle, Masatake Sentoku. The birthplace and married family of Oichi were later destroyed by Tsugaru Tamanobu (the first lord of the Hirosaki clan). At the seat of the memorial service for the war dead after the unification of Tsugaru, it was reported that Oichi struck his chest with a short sword that he had kept shortly after offering his sutra to the sutra.

The town hall model and "Ichihime" figures will be on sale nationwide, but the Aomori limited edition "Ichiko Nakatsuji" figures will also be on sale from the same day. Ichiko is a 17-year-old girl whose "Ichihime" was reincarnated in the present age. A Japanese confectionery store in Inakadate-mura, run by a close relative, is wearing Japanese clothes to help. It is said that "Ichihime," whose tragic fate was traced, hopes to be happy this time.

The company is currently accepting reservations for plastic model kits for the village office. Until June 30, which is within the deadline, the advance reservation limited special price is 3,400 yen. A set reservation including "Ichihime" figure is 3,800 yen. We plan to ship it in late July.