Connecting regions and markets
through products.
From Shinagawa, Tokyo and Takahama, Fukui, we plan products with small businesses and dedicated makers across Japan, then propose and sell them through department stores, mail-order channels and e-commerce.
Turning makers' ideas
into products that sell.
Regions across Japan have products and skills that are not yet widely known. Markets have specific needs. Hanbit understands both sides and brings them together through tangible products.
We do more than offer advice. As a trading company involved in product planning, wholesale and sales, we think alongside makers and view markets from the buyer's perspective.
About Us
We are a product planning and trading company connecting regional producers and businesses with urban sales channels, including department stores and major mail-order catalogs.
We participate as buyers in business matching events hosted by shinkin banks and the Fukui Prefectural Products Individual Business Meeting organized by the Fukui Industrial Support Center. We discover regional products, learn about their origins and support makers from planning through to products that reach consumers.
In Takahama, Fukui, we have served as a Market Creation Ambassador since April 2023.
| Company name | Hanbit Inc. |
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| Representative | Masakazu Honda, Representative Director |
| Business established | January 2012 |
| Business activities | Discovering regional products across Japan; product planning, wholesale and sales; developing sales channels for department stores, mail-order catalogs and e-commerce; product development with regional businesses |
| Head office | W208, 3-7-11 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022, Japan |
| Fukui office | 42-14-1-1C Miyazaki, Takahama-cho, Oi-gun, Fukui 919-2225, Japan |
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Selected Business Relationships
We have delivered products through department stores, mail-order channels, consumer cooperatives and other sales channels.
Department stores
Takashimaya / Sogo & Seibu / Daimaru Matsuzakaya / Tokyu Department Store
Mail order
Japan Post Trading Service / JALUX / ANA Foods / DINOS CORPORATION / LightUp Shopping Club / Yamato-gokoro
Magazines
Kateigaho Business Partners / Tokyo Calendar
Retail & Home delivery
Hands Nagoya / Link Japan / Yoshikei Kobe
Consumer cooperatives
Co-op Deli Federation / Co-op Chugoku-Shikoku Federation / Tohoku consumer cooperatives
Other
Chunichi Shimbun distributors (Club-C, Tomo-kai) / King Kanko
Names are listed in no particular order and include past business relationships.
Creating new connections
through products and sales channels.
We welcome inquiries from buyers, local governments, regional organizations, producers and manufacturers.