“We are one of the most experienced and most reliable importers whospecialize in food and confectionary products.”

PHILOSOPHY
Our mission is to make the world’s majestic food culture known to as many
Japanese people as possible.

Our pledge is to help manufacturers

overseas to understand peculiarities of the market and to develop moremarketable products by closely working with our partners.
We are not just as an importer but also act as very close partner as longterm business relationship.
To create our partner’s brand and to make your brand penetrate into
Japanese market is our role as real partner.

PROFILE & POLICY
Since its foundation in 1950, Takara Group has been devoting itself solely to import and wholesale offood and confectionery products, now making the company known as one of the pioneers in theindustry.
By utilizing our long market experience over 68 years and expertise, we take pride in providing thevery best service. We are never satisfied with just being an importer or a distributor. Our activities
include:⚫

Coping with the notoriously complicated Japanese distribution system in the most caringmanners.(See appendix )⚫

Providing products truly wanted and catering to market needs through thorough market
research.

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Creating new market needs by turning our eyes to unique tastes or completely new foodconcept to Japanese people.

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Corroborate with principal suppliers together to create new possible idea and productdevelopment for not only Japanese market but for worldwide new standard.

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Building up your brand in Japanese market.

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Building up Long term business relation

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ROLES & ACTIVITIESTakara Shoji Co., Ltd and 4 affiliated companies join forces in pursuing vigorous activities, forming
dynamic Takara Group.

5 companies cooperate and support each other in the best way that eachproduct can realize its infinite potential. This solidarity and sense of common bonds is thestrongest advantage of our group.

1）Takara Shoji Co. Ltd
Being the leader of the whole group, Takara Shoji Co., Ltd plays a central role in import, market
research and product development.
Takara Shoji works with their affiliated companies as head office and sales company act as Takara’s
direct sales division but independently financed.

2）Tokyo Takara Foods Co.,Ltd3）Kobe Takara Foods Inc.

These affiliated companies specialize in sales, especially by focusing
on local needs and opening up new market possibilities.
Those sales companies follow all kind of distribution channels wholeover Japan.
Our sales channels are such as whole sellers, confectionary and food
distributors, super markets, delicatessen shops, department stores,
convenient stores, high end retail shops, fancy goods shops, hotels
and restaurants and some other specific market such as duty free ortravel agents and amusement parks and so on.

Ichikawa Distribution Centre
Ichikawa Distribution Centre（IDC）is our own
fridge-equipped warehouse facilities, takes care ofnationwide distributions.
The sate-of-art facilities enable us to maintain highlevel, intensive and integrated quality controlmanagement.

4）Takara International Co.,LtdTakara International Inc. specializes in import of unique products that caters to niche markets.
They import and distribute industrial papers and clothes for abrasive industries, medical grade papers
for medical industries & hospitals and raw materials for bakery shops.

25）Hoko Sangyo Ltd.
Hoko Sangyo Ltd. is responsible for own real estate management.
It recently embarked on a completely new field and started direct sales of fresh chocolates.
There are 5 direct owned shops in Heart of Tokyo and 31 partner
shops in Hokkaido, Yokohama, Chiba, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Kobe,Kyoto, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto. We are also
continuously and steadily glowing since 1999.
Their activities are expanding each year and they run more than 80
temporally shops during Valentines season (special chocolate sales
season in Japan).
Hoko Sangyo Ltd had the decoration of “ Officier De L’Ordre deLeopoldⅡ” from Belgian King AlbertⅡin June 2012. We are honor to have such great decoration
due to our achievement on Leonidas activity.

WORLD WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERS
We constantly exchange ideas with our partners in many South East Asian countries. We
particularly have strong and friendly business connections in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia andSingapore, enabling us to help you to introduce your products into these Asian countries.
We also have friendly connections in Holland, who always support us in collecting latest information
overseas and help us to smooth our communications with other manufacturers.
Our hope is to continue to be a specialist in confectionary and food products importing businessand to collaborate with manufacturers in developing innovative products and opening up newmarket possibilities from a long-term perspective.

PARTNER COMPANIESFFISHH INTERNATIONAL BV
Coenecoop 595, 2741 PT Waddinxveen
The Netherlands

TEEMLINK Ltd.
Unit 2703, Golden Centre, 188 Des Voeux
Road Central, Hong Kong

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TAKARA SHOJI GROUP CONTACT ADRESS
Takara Shoji Co., Ltd
1-9-19 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo, Japan 101-0044
Tokyo Takara Foods Inc.
1-9-19 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo, Japan 101-0044

Kobe Takara Foods Inc.
2-11-12 Kano-cho,Chuo-ku,
Kobe, Japan 650-0001

Ichikawa Distribution Center
3-8-22 Tajiri, Ichikawa,Chiba, Japan 272-0014

Takara International Inc.

Hoko Sangyo Ltd.

1-9-19 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo Japan 101-0044

2-4-1Ginza, Chuo-Ku,
Tokyo, Japan 104-0061
Establishment: December 1982

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