Bio
Shogo Shigeoka, born in 1967, is the president of Shigeoka Co., Ltd. He has been involved in the operation of the natural hot spring facility “Yunosato” since he was a student at Kinki University and was later appointed as president in 2015. Since 2011, he and his company have been collaborating with Kobe University to research the three types of waters, each with their own characteristics, that spring up at “Yunosato”; we call these waters “Gold Water,” “Silver Water,” and “Bronze Water.” Shigeoka has continued to collaborate and support the water molecule research and data analysis. After 10 years of revolutionary research progress with the university, in 2020 Shigeoka Co., Ltd. constructed the world’s first of it’s kind, research and development facility “Yunosato Aquaphotomics Lab.” Shigeoka built this facility to create a space where we can utilize the knowledge acquired through the joint research as well as further deepen our understanding and inspire product development. “Yunosato Aquaphotomics Lab” will continue to apply aquaphotomics to analyze biological systems. Currently, water extracted from plants and foods, which we call biofunctional water, is analyzed to reveal it’s characteristics and functionality as we also investigate it’s potential by blending the biofunctional waters with the “Yunosato” waters.