"Nishimeya Firewood (Maki) Energy" (Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru-gun, TEL 0172-55-6518 ) started mail-order sales of camping firewood "Shirakami no Ho " on August 26th.

The company was founded in 2017 (Heisei 29) in Nishimeya Village, which has the Shirakami Mountains, a World Natural Heritage Site. As a subsidiary of Mori no Energy Research Institute, a consulting company specializing in woody biomass (Tokyo), we supply firewood as wood fuel to woody biomass energy utilization facilities in line with the forest resource utilization policy of the village.

Regarding camping firewood sales, Yasuhiko Shimanaka, a sales representative of the company, said, "The new words "Solo Camper" and "Women's Can" have been born recently, and winter camps, which were considered to be off-season, tend to show great growth. , The demand for sowing for campers is increasing year by year."

We have been selling firewood for stoves to local people from the beginning, so that we can supply the length and necessary amount of firewood that is suitable for each style of family and solo campers with the supply amount that makes use of abundant forest resources. It is said that the product was developed. “When we heard that it was surprisingly difficult to obtain firewood for solo camps, we thought about providing firewood products specializing in hardwood,” says Shimanaka.

Maki prepares oak and beech from the village and the surrounding area to a length of 15 to 17 cm and a thickness of 4 cm, and matches them with a mini size bonfire stand. Prepare a "general size for camping" (10 kg = 2,470 yen) that is 30 cm long and 8 cm thick and can be used as a standard bonfire stand. At present, we are also offering a softwood material for firewood purchasers. free shipping.

Shimanaka says, "We aim to not only deliver firewood in an easy-to-use form, but also to "produce locally for energy for local consumption." If you get it," he says.