Yu Nakagawa

Kisara

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten

Nakagawa Masashichi Sabou

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Co., Ltd.

Vision "Making Japan's Specialty Energetic!"

After Meiji era, Japanese life style has changed drastically due to many incoming products from the West. Modern amenities from the West has made life style of Japanese very efficient. But on the other hand, many great features of the Japanese customs established through the years has begun to fade away. And specialties of Japan was one of them.

Today, products over flow and now it's in an age where the public seek for not just convenience, but products in high value. (design, brand story, environmental terms, etc.)
And in the last few years, "Wa-Style(Japanese style)" has been a boom.
This kind of trend moves occur, as a result of it's convenience and demands from Japanese society realizing that customary features acquired from the ancient times best suits them.
But still it's demand has not satisfied the craftsmen of Japanese specialties.

Based on specialties, we categorized SPA as one independent well-established business category, to lead making Japanese specialties energetic using our know how.
The ability of brand management and consulting in specialized market, making the most of specialized distribution route in household goods market, producing many "No.1 regional production", making Japanese specialties energetic.

In 2016, we will be 300 year in business and in the years to come, we will not hesitate the changes, advancing to another upcoming 100 years, as a evolving traditional company.

PAGETOP

Corporate Profile

Company's name
Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Corporation
Location
1112-1 Tokujyo-cho, Nara city, Nara
Established
November 30, 1983
Founded
1716
Capital Amount
10 million yen
Sales
2.4 billion yen (end of July, 2011)
Employees
201 (as of July, 2011)
Representative
13th president Jun Nakagawa
Art director
good design company, Manabu Mizuno
Main banks
Nanto Bank main office, Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank Nara branch
Description of Business
  • planning, manufacturing and wholesale of Japanese tea ceremony tools.
  • planning, manufacturing, wholesale, retailing of general merchandise and interior designing using linen.
    • Yu Nakagawa Tokyo Midtown Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Kichijyoji atre Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Isetan Shinjyuku Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa ecute Shinagawa Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa ecute Tokyo Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Tenjin Iwataya Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa JR Nagoya Takashimaya Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Daimaru Osaka Umeda Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Nagoya LACHIC Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Fukuya Hacho-bori Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Keio Shinjyuku Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Tamagawa Takashimaya Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa TOKYU SQUARE Garden-site Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Abeno and Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Kintetsu Kashihara Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Kintetsu Nara Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Daimaru Kobe Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Matsuzakaya Nagoya Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa ecute Ueno Shop
    • Yu Nakagawa Sapporo PASEO Shop (2011, 04, open expected)
    • interior design: Kazuhiko Miyazawa (Kengo Sumi Office)
    • Kisara Tamaya Takashimaya Shop
    • Kisara Umeda Herbis Plaza Ent Shop
    • interior design: Makoto Koizumi
    • Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Kyoto Shop
    • Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Hakata Shop
    • Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Osaka Shop
    • interior design: graf.
  • Café/RestaurantNakagawa Masashichi Café opened, in 2010. We will entertain you with Nara's harvest in meals and desserts.
  • Producing company's original goods and novelty goods.Using our high technology and abundant knowledge in products, we make original goods according to your request."Achievements of original goods"
    Long-established Japanese Sweets Shop, "TORAYA", Nara's household supplies "Kurumino Ki", Kyoto's ryotei (traditional exclusive restaurant), exclusive resort "Niki Club", Hakone "POLA Museum", etc.
    TORAYA "Azuma Bag" Kurumino Ki "Sewing Kit""Achievements of novelty goods"
    High fashion brand, "A Bathing Ape", medical supplies "Tsumura", health foods "Asahi Food & Healthcare", magazine "Natural Life" etc.
    A BATHING APE "egata-ko" (picture incense paper) Asahi Food & Healthcare "pill case"
  • ConsultingWe work in total from "MONOZUKURI" to "distribution of products".
    We do consultation in specialized market, making the best use of our specialized sales route in household supplies market and ability in brand management which we have achieved from our original brand. Our goal is to make 20 companies as "No.1 regional industry " in the coming 10 years.
    "Achievements"
    Maruhiro Inc. (Nagasaki, Hasami)
    - Rebuilding an existing brand
    - Improving business operations
    - Opening of new brand "HASAMI"
    - Design direction
    - Development in distribution route
    - RR
    Kobo Oriza (Ehime, Imabari)
    - Supporting the distribution route of new brand "ITO"
  • publishing October 2008, "Nara no Chi-sana Kaisha ga Omotesando Hills Ten wo Dasumadeno Michinori." Author: Jun Nakagawa Nikkei BP Inc. (How a small company in Nara made it to Omotesando Hills) Spring of 2010, first issue of quarterly magazine "Koto Mono Katari" Informative magazine supporting Japanese manufacturing. November 2010, "Brand de Mesi ga Kueruka? –Keiei to Brand to Design-"(temporary title) co-written by Jun Nakagawa and Akihiro Nishizawa Nikkei BP Inc. (Can you make a living by Brand? –management and brand and design)

PAGETOP

Corporate History

Beginning of 17th century
Nara sarashi, specially assigned as "goyo-hin" (supplies delivered to the government with permit) by Tokugawa Bakufu(government)
1716~1735
1st president Kibei Nakaya, deals Nara sarashi
1819
Starts dealing with Echigoya Gofuku-ten (now, Mitsukoshi Co.)
1868
9th president Masashichi Nakagawa
1898
Imperial household agency warrant
1910
10th president Masashichi Nakagawa
Dedicated effort in re-establishing Nara sarashi (sarashi factory in Kizugawa, working space in Tsukigase・Tawara・Fukusumi)
1925
Founded limited partnership company Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten
Exhibited in Expositions Universelle de Paris
1929
Presented fukin(kitchen cloth) to Ise Shrine
1953
11th president Iwakichi Nakagawa
1979
Nara sarashi, identified as Nara's intangible cultural heritage.
1983
Founded Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Coporation
"Yu Nakagawa Main Shop" open
1988
12th president Iwao Nakagawa
Exhibited in Nara Silkroad Exposition.
2001
Introducion of the profit center approach, 2nd department relocated.
"Yu Nakagawa Tokyo Ebisu Shop" opened.
2003
"Yu Nakagawa Tamagawa Takashimaya SC shop" opened.
Announced new brand "kisara"
2006
"kisara Omotesando Hills Shop" opened.
2008
13th president Jun Nakagawa
Published "Nara no Chi-sana Kaisha ga Omotesando Hills Ten wo Dasumadeno Michinori."
"Hanafukin" received Gold Prize in Good Design Award.
2010
Announced new brand "Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten"
"Nakagawa Masashichi Café" opened.
Relocated to new office building. Received silver prize in JCD Design Award. Received Nikkei The Best of New Offices Award, Kinki Block Promotion Award. Received Good Design Award of Small and Medium Enterprises. Published 2nd book "Brand no Hajimekata". (How To Start Design)(co-written by Mr. Nishizawa, president of Eight Branding Design and Nakagawa) Published "Nara ni Ikiru Nara wo Ikasu~Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten to iu Ikikata"
(Living In Nara, Making The Most Of Nara~The Way To Live As Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten)Author: Noe Inatomi

PAGETOP