When I first started researching entomophagy, I thought it was disgusting just by looking at the pictures on the web pages of reference materials. Also, perhaps because I had seen entomophagy being treated as a punishment on TV, I had a sense of resistance to the idea of entomophagy as a grotesque food. However, as I researched, I came to understand that entomophagy may save us from food problems that could become even more serious in the future and that they are highly nutritious. From the results of a survey I conducted with school students and people from overseas, I found that many people have the same resistance to insects as I do. Therefore, I hope that this website has provided an opportunity to let as many people as possible know the correct form of entomophagy and spread the goodness of entomophagy. It was a great experience for me to find food for the future one step ahead of others. The day may come when entomophagy, which is not easily found by the public now, will eventually become a buzzword.

Although I didn't have much of an aversion to insects in the first place, the act of "eating insects" was something I was quite reluctant to do. However, I now know that insects are an important source of protein, are environmentally friendly, and will be an important resource and food for the future. I became quite familiar with insects as I learned that our ancestors, people in Africa, and now people in inland areas of Japan far from the sea, such as Nagano and Yamagata prefectures, are eating insects. In Japan, insects are used as a surprise or a punishment, and people stand to hate them, but as I researched insect-eating, I I realized that insects cannot be underestimated. I was convinced that insects will become an "important food" for solving food problems in the future. As one of the foreign people I interviewed said, more people will be able to enjoy "insect foods" if they become familiar with insect foods in a form that does not retain the original form of insects, such as by processing insects into powder. In this case, insects may be useful for people in the future. I thought that entomophagy might be on the tables of tomorrow.

I had never been interested in entomophagy until I joined this project.
However, when I learned that insects are a very rich source of protein and energy, I realized that I had been looking at such a familiar food with a narrow perspective. Although I have some resistance to larvae, I am not that uncomfortable with crickets, which we mainly dealt with in this workshop, but there are people around me who are uncomfortable with ants and butterflies, too. But there are people around us who find ants and butterflies disgusting, too. We still have a lot of work to do, such as finding and improving features that would satisfy these people.
I hope that shortly, we will be able to see such a view where people will become more familiar with insects and will no longer feel uncomfortable having them on their dinner tables, as the name of the site suggests.

I knew that there was a culture of eating insects, but I felt that it was somewhat distant from my own. This was probably because I had an image of entomophagy from Africa and Southeast Asia, and felt that the current situation and values were different from those in Japan. However, as I continued my research, I learned that the culture of eating insects has long taken root in Japan, Europe, and the USA and that in recent years, insect-eating has been attracting attention as a means of solving social problems, and I gradually became more familiar with it.
I thought that not only would the promotion of entomophagy be a clue to solving various problems such as hunger, nutrition, and the environment, but also that it would be possible to enjoy entomophagy as a meal after having actually investigated and eaten it. From this perspective, I felt that entomophagy will gradually permeate our lives.

I was originally interested in entomophagy, but I am very, very bad at eating insects. I was not very good at eating insects, so I was a bit confused at first about creating a website on the subject of entomophagy.
But, surprisingly, there is now no resistance to insect eating at all.
This is because it is different from the image of ghetto food that we have had in the past, it is very nutritious and environmentally friendly, and most importantly I think it's because I tried it and found it to be tastier and easier to eat than I had expected.
I think this aspect of resistance will change many people's minds once they try it, so how to get them to take the first step I thought it would be important to find a way to get people to take the first step.
As yet, the issues of allergies and cost have not been resolved, and I hope these will be resolved.
Finally, I hope that everyone who has visited this site has become at least a little bit interested in entomophagy and has taken the first step.