Our Vision
Normalization of
Olfactory Communication.
Mission
Olfactory Revolution!
About
We are Aromajoin.
Aromajoin Corporation, thriving in Kyoto, Japan since 2012, is the leading company in scent controllable technology. Our mission is to digitalize aromas and create a new communication channel in the same family as text, images, and audio.
Chasing this ambitious idea, our CEO Dr. Dong Wook Kim has spent more than 15 years researching and developing our core technologies. All of them have registered patents and trademarks in multiple countries including Japan and the US.
To bring our technologies closer to everyone, we have built a product named Aroma Shooter® which allows people to control scents in space and time via PCs, smartphones, VR equipment, and even IoT devices. Our primary customers are researchers from companies and universities in Japan, the US, Singapore, and the UK. We not only sell products but also provide technologies and software platforms which help other companies integrate scent controllable technology into their own devices.
Our plan for the near future is to expand our market and bring our technologies into all existing digital products. Finally, history will not only be recorded in words, pictures, and sounds, but also in scents.
CEO's message
Korea began broadcasting color television around 1980. At that time, my mother said “now that we can watch TV with color, maybe a time to watch TV with aroma will also come.” Inspired by that, I started researching aroma TV at my graduate school.
After graduating, I worked at NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) where I did research on “aroma-diffusing devices” as one sub-field in information technology on the five senses. As my research progressed, my desire to make aroma-diffusing devices as popular as monitors and speakers grew stronger.
I’m not just an academic researcher, but an entrepreneur managing the process of turning my visions into reality. Fueled by a desire to “change media in the world,” I did not want to simply wait for someone else to make aroma TV. I started this aroma business to actively make it myself.
I think today’s media landscape will evolve into something richer and more immersive. The emerging popularity of virtual and augmented reality technologies proves this. Welcome to “aroma media.”
Read the CEO's blog, Olfactory Revolution ↗Our name
‘Aromajoin’ is a word combining “aroma” and “join.” Join with aroma. Connect with aroma. Link with aroma.
Our mission is to provide a place where people and the environment are connected through scents, and the name ‘Aromajoin’ emphasizes that mission of synergy.
What we value
“Fortune favors the bold.”
Be self-efficient
Manage yourself and your objectives.
“A constant drip wears away a stone.”
Be persistent
Never give up.
“In war, there is no second place.”
Be competitive
Live with a fighting spirit.
Awards
We're an award-winning company.
2020
- J-Startup KANSAI Selected as one of 31 companies representing the Kansai startup ecosystem.
2019
- Kansai Mirai Co-Research Fund 2019 · Grant awarded.
2017
- Rise Up Festa — Excellence Award (Information & Internet Service Division) April 2017 · Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
- Panasonic Award · NTT DATA Award March 2017 · Entrepreneur EXPO · Panasonic · NTT DATA
- CrowdWorks Award March 2017 · CrowdWorks Inc.
- Judges' Special Award March 2017 · National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
2016
- Home Entertainment Award October 2016 · CEATEC Japan
- JEITA Venture Award (1st) March 2016 · Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
2015
- New Business Grant — Regional Revitalization Encouragement Award December 2015 · Senshu Ikeda Bank
- Local PR via Scented Kiosk Terminals — Commendation August 2014 · Success Road · Nanto Bank
- National StartupDay Kansai — Grand Prix (Aroma Shooter®) July 2014 · Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture · Samurai Incubate
Join us
We're hiring across engineering, R&D, and more.
See open positions →Profile
- Corporate name
- Aromajoin Corporation
- Established
- October 3, 2012
- Founder & CEO
- Dong Wook Kim, Ph.D.
- Capital
- ¥81,040,000
- Headquarters
- ACT Kyoto 405, 105 Jibu-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8374, Japan
- contact@aromajoin.com
- Business
- Manufacturing and selling aroma control devices and aroma cartridges.Developing aroma-integrated software such as smartphone apps and VR experiences.
- Advisory
- Uchida & Samejima Law FirmDojima Patent OfficeTsumura Yoshiki Tax Accountant Office
- Banks
- Kyoto Shinkin Bank (Fushimi branch)Mizuho Bank (Kyoto Central branch)Nanto Bank (Seika branch)
- Website
- aromajoin.com