company name

Hyozaemon Co., Ltd.

Founded

Taisho 10

Date of establishment

January 1, 1970 Headquarters / Manufacturing Headquarters: 31 Kogasaki, Obama City, Fukui Prefecture
Tokyo Branch: 5-1-28 Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo SEC Asakusabashi Building 4F
Hyozaemon Hiroo store (directly managed store): 5-3-9 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Business content

1. Manufacture and sale of lacquer chopsticks and lacquer crafts
2. Planning, manufacturing and sales of tableware and kitchen accessories
3, stationery manufacturing, processing and sales

Capital

60 million yen

Annual sales

950 million yen (fiscal year ending August 2023)

Main customer

Takashimaya Co., Ltd. Mitsukoshi Isetan Co., Ltd. Hankyu Hanshin Department Store Co., Ltd. Tenmaya Co., Ltd. Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store Co., Ltd. Izutsuya Co., Ltd. Tobu Department Store Co., Ltd. Sapporo Marui Mitsukoshi Co., Ltd. Tsuruya Department Store Co., Ltd. Sales share 45%)

History

Taisho 10 years

Uratani Iwakura (current president grandfather) Engaged in manufacturing Wakasa-nuri chopsticks

1960

Started manufacturing and sales as Uratani Hyozaemon

Showa 45

Established Hyozaemon Co., Ltd. (capital: 2 million yen)

1980

Appointed President Uratani Iwakura at the same time as Chairman Uratani Iwakura

1982

Tokyo sales office opened (Ryogoku, Sumida-ku)

1991

Nihonbo Gifu store opened (currently closed)

1994

Increased capital to 8 million yen

1994

Increased capital to 20 million yen

1995

Nagoya sales office opened (currently closed)

1996

Hashisakae Co., Ltd. (a wholesaler delivering to department stores in Tokyo) was transferred to management rights, and Taketo Uraya (currently President of Hyozaemon) became president of Hashisakae Co., Ltd.

1996

Tokyo office relocation (3-chome, Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

1996

Hyozaemon Tokyo Showroom opened (directly managed store)

1998

Chopsticks education class started

2002

Increased capital to 60 million yen

2002

Nihonbo nationwide expansion (Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Marui Imai Sapporo store, Takashimaya Yokohama store, Keio Shinjuku store)

2002

Kattobashi !! (Aodamo resource development support) Business start

2005

Open call for participants for chopstick senryu

2006

Chopsticks education class won the Japan Food Education Fair "Food Education Contest Excellence Award"

2007

Nihonbo Hiroo store opened (Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

2008

Tokyo Sales Office / Tokyo Showroom Relocation (Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

2008

Mobile chopsticks "Hachishiro" are selected as a souvenir of the 34th G8 Summit (Hokkaido Toyako Summit).

2008

Presenting couple chopsticks to President Obama through Prime Minister Aso

2009

Became President Taketo Uraya at the same time as Chairman Hyogou Uraya

2010

Changed registration of Tokyo sales office to Tokyo branch

2010

Hyozaemon Hotel Okura Tokyo store opened (currently closed)

2013

Tokyo branch / Tokyo showroom relocation (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)

2014

Chopsticks education class participants reach 100,000

2014

Nihonbo AEON MALL Okayama store opened

2015

Nihonbo Kabukiza store opened

2016

Nihonbo Tokyo Station Gransta store opened

2016

Mobile chopsticks "Hachishiro" are selected as a souvenir for the 42nd G7 Summit (Ise-Shima Summit, Mie Prefecture).

2017

Started "Uncle Hashinaga Project" to deliver chopsticks to children in orphanages (joint project of chopstick specialty store Nihon chopsticks, total design center, Hyozaemon)

2018

Tokyo branch / Tokyo showroom relocation (Yanagibashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo)

2018

Changed the store name of the directly managed store "Nihonbo Hiroo Store" to "Hyozaemon Hiroo Store"

2018

Article of "Kattobashi !! Project" posted on the New York Times WEB version https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/sports/baseball/chopsticks.html

First year of Reiwa

"Kattobashi !! Project" is featured on American news channel CNN https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/sustainability-japan-s-broken-bats-find-new-life

First year of Reiwa

Hyozaemon Shibuya Scramble Square store opened