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History

1965 Michio Kawano (the president) has started Cymbidium cultivation
1977 Established Kawano Mericlone Co.Ltd.
1980 Built tissue culture (mericlone) plant, one of the biggest facilities in industries, in Japan.
1985 Expanded production system, its capacity up to 5,000,000 plants in single year, one of the world top classes in breeding Cymbidium
1986 Released the brand-new variety, ANMITSU-HIME (The Princess ANMITSU)
1989 Enlarged mericlone plant, opened breeding greenhouse and the experiment station
1991 Opened exhibit and retail store ANMITSU-KAN Hall in January
1993 Established Kawano Mericlone Hanbai Co.Ltd.
Introduced PRINCESS MASAKO (Crown Princess) to the public
Displayed Cymbidium at 13th World Orchid Conference in Glasgow, Scotland
1997 Established Tokushima-Kawano Orchid Foundation
1999 Displayed Cymbidium at the 15th World Orchid Conference in Vancouver, Canada
2000 Exhibited at Japan Flora Festival in Hyogo, Japan
2002 Entered The Floriade 2002, once every ten years flower exhibit held in Netherland
2004 Patented “Ranmu”, Hair Growth Formula Patent No.3513475, in Japan
2005 Established Yunnan Kawano Kyodai Agri-Tech. Co.Ltd in China
2006 Exhibited at Royal Flora Ratchaphruek in Thailand
2007 Tributed Cymbidium to Crown Prince in Thailand
2008 Contributed Cymbidium to All-China Women’s Federation in Beijin, China
2009 Opened RANMU MUSEUM


Breeding greenhouse

greenhouse1 greenhouse2 greenhouse3


Cleanroom

Experiment Station


ANMITSU-KAN

ANMITSU-KAN1 ANMITSU-KAN2 ANMITSU-KAN3 ANMITSU-KAN4


RANMU MUSEUM

RANMU1 RANMU2