Morinaga & Co., Ltd. will release a kit "Funny Freedom Research" series developed with the cooperation of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 19th. A workshop using this product will also be held.

Learn about the universe with familiar sweets (Source: "Funny Free Study" special page)
Learn about the universe with familiar sweets (Source: "Funny Free Study" special page)

The funny free research series is the first product of Morinaga & Co.'s "Okashinnovation Project" since April 2014. With the cooperation of JAXA, three types of "Funny free research [If the earth is a chocolate ball]", "Same [Let's make a strange constellation in the summer night sky]", and "Same [Funny astronaut test]" are produced. Was done.

[If the earth is a chocolate ball] is to create a universe that is one billionth the size of familiar things while imagining "if the earth is the size of a chocolate ball". In addition to sweets such as "chocolate balls" and "mini Chupa Chups", paper measures and mission books are included.

What if the earth was a chocolate ball?
What if the earth was a chocolate ball?

[Let's make a strange constellation in the summer night sky] includes a "constellation sheet" along with sweets such as "Oops", and you can make a constellation that shines in the summer night sky or an original constellation with sweets. You can take the package outside and use it for actual constellation observation.

What kind of stars are there in the summer night sky?
What kind of stars are there in the summer night sky?

In the [Funny Astronaut Test], you can enjoy the "funny test" created based on the actual astronaut test. It seems that you can enjoy learning about various abilities required of astronauts and astronauts while eating sweets such as "milk caramel" and "oops".

How to become an astronaut?
How to become an astronaut?

Workshops using these kits will also be held from July 19th to August 18th. The venues are Aeon Mall Makuhari Shintoshin (Mihama-ku, Chiba), SHIBAURA HOUSE (Minato-ku, Tokyo), JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki), Science and Technology Museum (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), Galaxy (Tokyo). Adachi Ward). The date and time and contents vary depending on the venue.

You can purchase the kit from the special website of "Funny Free Study" or Morinaga & Co.'s antenna shop "Kyoro-chan's Funny Funny Shop". The estimated price is 1,250 yen each (excluding tax).