- Company Name
- Kitayama Shoji Co.
- Established date
- September. 2009
- Head Office Location
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Postal code 399-8204
5578-2, Toyoshina-Takaya, Azumino-city, Nagano, Japan
- Phone number
- 0263-88-2289
- FAX
- 0263-88-2810
- CEO
- SHISHKUNOVA SVETLANA
- Business details
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- Import products from overseas, mainly healthy food products, wholesale, and retail sales to Japanese companies.
- Export of Japanese manufacturers and PB products.
History of the Company
- Previous Information
- In the early 2000s, while working as a tour guide for tourists and business visitors to Japan from abroad, Shishknova Svetlana, current CEO, researched Japanese products desired by visitors to Japan. She negotiated directly with domestic manufacturers of daily necessities, hygiene products, cosmetics, etc., and succeeded in selling them at an antenna store in Moscow.
At the same time, out of concern that many Japanese suffer from diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases, he brought back organic and healthy foods that were not yet known in Japan and started an import business by conducting steady research and marketing activities.
- September 2009
- Established Kitayama Shoji.
With language skills and small scaled and flexibility, Kitayama Shoji develops import/export business that leads to win-win situation by negotiating directly with both manufacturers and clients.
- 2018
- At Foodex Moscow 2018, a comprehensive international food and beverage exhibition, he met Dr. Naturi and was entrusted with marketing the product in Japan.
- 2019
- In response to strong demand from our export customers, we began developing MARTI, a line of high-quality, high-performance disposable diapers made with Japanese materials and technology.
- 2020
- Became an authorized distributor of Dr. Naturi in Japan.
- July 2022
- Exhibited at “Wellness Life Japan 2022 Sustainable Food EXPO” held at Tokyo Big Sight. Promoted Dr. Naturi’s pasta and other products.
Launched MARTI disposable diapers for babies as an original PB product.
- March 2023
- Scheduled to exhibit at Makuhari Messe, Foodex Japan 2023 Asia’s largest international food and beverage exhibition.
Kitayama Shoji Company Name & Logo Origin
“Kitayama” of “Kitayama Shoji” is not a Japanese surname.
Azumino City in Nagano Prefecture, where our company is located, is a rural area spreading out in the southern foothills of Hida Mountains, the Northern Alps. If you look to the north, you will see a long line of 3,000-meter-high mountains stretching east to west.
It was winter when Svetlana, the current CEO, first visited this area. In Moscow, where she was born and raised, rarely had a chance to see the clear blue sky in winter, and the beauty of the imposing northern mountain range covered with snow took her breath away. The persimmon tree was covered with brightly colored persimmon fruits. She was also moved by the custom of “left persimmons”, which is said to be an offering to the gods, a thank-you to nature, or winter food for wild birds.
The company name and logo design express this unforgettable emotion even after more than 20 years, and conveys the image of “Japan,” a country that has gained tremendous trust overseas.