A portion of the costs required for initiatives by businesses and other entities in the city to develop new products utilizing local resources, improve existing products, develop sales channels, and undertake related activities will be subsidized.
Iwate Prefecture Tono City: Tono City Hometown Products Design Enhancement Project Subsidy (FY2026)
September 24, 2026
Summary
Tono City subsidizes a portion of the costs incurred by local businesses and other entities for developing new products using local resources, improving existing products, and developing sales channels.
Key Information
| Location | Tono City, Iwate |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Ongoing – Jan 29, 2027 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥500,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2 |
| Purpose | Research, demonstration experiments, and industry-academia collaboration / Manufacturing and new product development / Sales channel development and expansion |
| Eligible Expenses | Exhibition and booth fees / Communications and transportation expenses / Advertising expenses / Production and development expenses / Travel expenses / Outsourcing expenses / Raw materials and material costs / Equipment and consumables expenses |
| Eligible Applicants | Small and medium-sized enterprises / Sole proprietors / Cooperatives, organizations, and other entities / Agricultural corporations / Incorporated associations and incorporated foundations |
| Implementing Agency | Tono City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.tono.iwate.jp/index.cfm/46,79031,295,586,html |