Works 

Kidney stones were traditionally analyzed after being ground into powder for chemical analysis. Thin-section preparation now makes it possible to analyze internal structures by tissue type and to observe growth patterns within the stone.
(Winner of the Special Arts Award, 2023 NIKON JOICO AWARD)

Prepreg is a lightweight, high-strength material used in many applications, including aircraft and golf shafts. With thin-section preparation, internal features that are difficult to observe in conventional sections—such as voids and fiber/resin distribution—can be seen clearly.

Lasiotrichius succinctus (pronotum / thorax)
Scale: 1 mm

With thin-section preparation, even the jelly-like internal tissues of insects—once considered difficult to observe—can be examined clearly. The image on the right shows a magnified detail.

Shark skin is sometimes used like a grater, and this thin section shows why: each dermal denticle rises as a hook-like structure on the surface, and blood vessels can be seen running within. Scale: 100 μm

nsect cross-sections that were difficult to observe with conventional biological sectioning can be examined using our resin-embedded thin-section method. Overlapping layers of the beetle cuticle—previously hard to distinguish—can now be clearly seen and even counted. Scale: 1 mm

Thin-section preparation enables observation of an animal’s hard and soft tissues on the same plane. The colors are natural—no staining is used.

The radula and the surrounding muscles can be clearly observed.

It is a tubercle-like hard tissue on the surface of the arm. The way the skeletal elements connect highlights the beauty of natural form.

You can observe the attachment area between the arm ossicles and the muscles.

The brown area is the stomach. The folded (plicated) structure of the stomach wall is clearly visible.