{"id":140583,"date":"2021-05-18T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140583&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-05-18T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:09:00","slug":"edible-insect-vending-machine-for-kokura-arcade","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/edible-insect-vending-machine-for-kokura-arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"Edible Insect Vending Machine For Kokura Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A startup venture by students at the Tokyo University Of Agriculture is running a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/view\/394813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crowdfunding project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to bring an edible insect vending machine to Kokura City. The Utsusemi Techno hopes to amass \u00a52 million to introduce their insect topping powders, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tagame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(giant water bug) soda, and more products to shoppers of the Uomachi Gintengai arcade. The fundraising project runs until June 23. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000001.000078570.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/view\/394813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camp Fire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/elidible-insect-student-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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