The sea and islands seen from our development site

Field & Partners

The sea at Kure is our test site.

Our development base is Marine Craft Kazenoko’s 2nd factory on Kurahashi Island. In the sea right in front of it, we can run trials on the seabed, in a natural eelgrass bed, on a sandy beach and at a pier, watching them with an underwater camera. Our joint research and the organizations we work with and receive support from are on this page too.

Joint research and field trials

We design and run sea trials together with universities, research institutes, companies and local governments.

  • Stage: Being tested, Joint research

    In joint research under the Town & Gown initiative of Kure City and Hiroshima University (October 2025 to August 2026), four parties — Hiroshima University, Marine Craft Kazenoko, Inet and our company — researched systems that support oyster raft management and safe navigation.

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Two people at work on a floating pier
Kurahashi Island, Kure (December 2023)

Taking part in Hiroshima University’s COI-NEXT centre

Since October 2025, we have taken part in Hiroshima University’s JST COI-NEXT centre for a marine cultural city built on ocean remote-sensing technology.

  • Stage: Being tested, Joint research

    We take part in Hiroshima University’s COI-NEXT centre as one of its consortium companies.

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The sea and an island seen from a ferry
Hiroshima Bay

Organizations we work with and receive support from

  • Hiroshima University (JST COI-NEXT participation; Town & Gown joint research)
  • Marine Craft Kazenoko
  • Inet Co., Ltd.
  • National Institute of Technology, Kure College
  • National Institute of Technology, Hakodate College
  • RIG HOUSE (Takehara, Hiroshima)
  • ReGACY Innovation Group
  • TSS TV “Hiroshima Sea Forest Project”
  • HIROSHIMA UNICORN 10
  • Microsoft for Startups
  • AWS Startups

Kensuke Kuroda supervises the technology in a personal capacity.
Representative, Nagoya Surface Technology
Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University (2020–)

If you would like to set up a trial at sea with us, let’s talk.

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