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2006 14 minutes The series "The Making". We follow the technology used to make familiar products, and communicate the relationship between the origins of things and science and technology. This time, we look at agar. Agar is made from the seaweed Tengusa. Tengusa is boiled and strained through a cloth to squeeze out the agar liquid. When the agar liquid hardens, it becomes tokoroten. Tokoroten is dried to make agar. Award-winning Works Lifestyle Learning/EducationMarupira Kanten Sangyo Co., Ltd.