COLLABORATION PARTNERS
EITARO
Eitaro Sohonpo Co., Ltd.
Founded in the first year of the Bunsei era (1818), Eitaro Sohonpo is a traditional Japanese confectionery manufacturing and sales company headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. As a member of the National Candy Industry Cooperative Association, it holds the distinction of being the oldest candy shop in Japan. In addition to candies, the company offers a wide range of products, including fresh Japanese sweets, semi-dry sweets, baked goods, mitsumame (a traditional Japanese dessert), and rice crackers. Its clientele spans a diverse range, from department stores and mass retailers to transportation hubs and even shrines and temples. Eitaro Sohonpo values the philosophy of "cherishing the past while embracing the new. " This is reflected in its manufacturing practices, where both state-of-the-art machinery and traditional techniques and equipment continue to be actively utilized to this day.
KAGOME
KAGOME CO,. Ltd.
As Japan's largest tomato processor, Kagome is a company unlike any other in the world, with an integrated value chain that spans from agriculture to manufacturing, processing, and sales.
It is tackling the issues of extending healthy lifespans, promoting agriculture, revitalizing the countryside, and solving global food shortages, and aims to evolve from a "tomato company" to a "vegetable company."
It will continue to expand its business scope, predict societal changes, and reflect the needs of the times in its business strategies as it contributes to the solution of social problems, both in Japan and around the world.
KEWPIE
GREEN MESSAGE
This joint venture combines the production technologies and quality of Kewpie Corporation with the vegetable procurement capabilities of the National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (JA Zen-Noh), leveraging the strengths of both to their utmost.
As a manufacturer of salad vegetable products for commercial use, primarily focusing on salad vegetables eaten raw, such as lettuce and cabbage, it strives in its vegetable processing plants to combine the interests of producers and consumers, providing healthier lifestyles through vegetable processing.
KOMEDA’S Coffee／Komeda Co., Ltd.
KOMEDA’S Coffee／Komeda Co., Ltd.
This full-service coffee shop from Nagoya is famous for its Komeda Blend of coffee, painstakingly brewed from coffee beans selected by Komeda, and its Shiro-Noir, a piping hot Danish bread topped with soft-serve ice cream.
It strives to be the “town living room,” providing customers with a welcoming and relaxing decor featuring comfortable sofas and warm interiors of wood and brick.
SARUTAHIKO COFFEE
SARUTAHIKO COFFEE
Sarutahiko Coffee is a specialty coffee shop that began in Ebisu, Tokyo.
Our goal is to be a coffee shop that brings a smile to your face with just one cup of coffee.
We treat each and every cup of coffee with the greatest of care, from bean selection to roasting and brewing.
We can put smiles on the faces of our customers.
We won't spare any effort in our quest to achieve this.
We'll keep on working diligently until we have produced a chain reaction of smiles that has the whole world beaming.
TULLY’S
Tullyʼs Coffee Japan Co., Ltd.
Tully's is a specialty coffee shop from Seattle.
It uses carefully selected coffee beans from around the world, roasts them in Japan, and brews each and every espresso fresh, using a manually operated machine, when an order is placed.
It pursues the highest level of quality in all its operations.
It offers a drink menu with approximately 30 drinks, as well as a lineup of foods that go well with coffee, like sweets and hot meals.
THE ALLEY
THE ALLEY
With the concept of "It's time for Tea - Fall in love with tea, embrace a beautiful life," THE ALLEY is a Taiwan-originated tea brand that has expanded globally, including in Asia, New York, Paris, and London. It offers creative tea drinks made with carefully selected tea leaves, along with food and sweets that pair perfectly with tea.
Daichi no oyatsu
Daichi no Oyatsu
"Daichi no Oyatsu" was born in 2012 as a collaboration between traditional Japanese confectionery artisan "Macchin" and the long-established oil wholesaler "Yamamoto Sataro Shoten." These snacks, which embody the strength and gentleness of the "earth," are being shared from Gifu to the rest of Japan.
TREE OF LIFE Co.,Ltd.
Tree of Life
Tree of Life imports carefully selected organic herbs, essential oils, and plant oils from partner farms in 51 countries.
It also manufactures, processes, wholesales, and sells herbs, aromatherapy products, and superfoods.
In addition to its 120 directly operated shops nationwide, it also operates an herb garden, salons, and culture schools.
It proposes a wide range of ways to enjoy "herbal life."
Nanzan-en Tea Corporation
Nanzan-en
Nanzen-en is the creator of the Nishio Matcha local specialty brand.
It began as a tea farm in the mid-1930s, and is now one of Japan’s few integrated tea companies, continuing to grow tea but also using its tea to make its own matcha.
Nanzan-en has hygienic production facilities that meet international food safety standards, and it makes its matcha using traditional mills, producing the highest quality matcha.
It is drawing out the potential of matcha in new ways, supplying Nishio Matcha, a Japanese specialty, both inside Japan and abroad.
HOUSE WELLNESS FOODS CORPORATION
HOUSE WELLNESS FOODS
Led by the corporate philosophy of “to serve for a healthier life tomorrow,” we create products that support the health of our customers.
These consist of nutritional products, focused on vitamins, products that provide vigor, focused on spices, and products that maintain good health, focused on products containing HK L-137 lactobacillus.
Through our business activities, anchored by these three core areas, we provide people with products that offer both health and delicious flavor, supporting healthier lives tomorrow.
HORIUCHI FRUIT FARM Co.,Ltd.
Horiuchi Fruit Farm
Horiuchi Fruit Farm was founded in 1903.
It specializes in growing fruits in the vast mountains of Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, led by the 6th generation descendant of its founder.
It supplies processed foods made with generous amounts of fresh fruits, and is dedicated to using ripe fruit grown in Japan.
The flavor and fragrance of its dry fruits fill your mouth with every bite you take.
It's jams have juicy chunks of fruit.
It's syrups go down smooth.
Horiuchi Fruit Farm brings you fruits in all their delicious glory.
YamashinSangyo Co.,Ltd
YamashinSangyo
YamashinSangyo provides new value using sweets ingredients made from cherry blossoms.
We turn cherry blossoms which are a wonder to behold into cherry blossoms that are a wonder to savor, bringing people new happiness through our cherry blossom sweets.
Through our business activities, we contribute to our industry and society at large. We help carry on and develop Japanese culinary culture, especially cherry
blossom-related culinary culture, and Japanese culture itself, such as Japan’s cherry blossom culture, which has developed tremendously through the country’s long era of peace.
LOTTE
LOTTE Co., Ltd.
Striving to be a company and create products loved by as many people as possible. Since its founding in 1948, Lotte has upheld the corporate philosophy: "We provide better products and services that are loved and trusted by everyone, contributing to the enriched lives of people around the world." Centered on the manufacturing and sales of confectionery and ice cream, Lotte has been actively engaged in business activities. Through our products and services, we aim to provide experiences that move people's hearts around the world and work every day to create a happy future. Additionally, alongside the vision we have upheld since our founding—"User Oriented," "Originality," and "Quality"—we are currently strengthening our efforts in "Ambidextrous Management." By pursuing both the evolution of existing fields and challenges in new areas, we aim to accelerate value creation on these two axes.