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I will be appearing on YBS Radio's "Nagaoka Kenmei's d&Radio"

On YBS Radio's program "Nagaoka Kenmei's d & Radio" Yoichi Makita, Managing Director of Makita Shoten, will be appearing as a guest. It will be broadcast for five days from March 7th to 11th f...

We will be participating in the Ginza Mitsukoshi event, NEW STANDARD from KANTO

We are participating in the "NEW STANDARD from KANTO" event, which is being held at the Ginza Mitsukoshi 7th floor gallery from Wednesday, March 2nd to Tuesday, March 8th. This event is organized b...

We will be exhibiting at Milano Unica 2017 S/S!

Together with our colleagues from the Yamanashi Prefecture Silk and Rayon Textiles Industry Association, we will be exhibiting at Milano Unica, one of the world's leading textile exhibitions, which...

We will be announcing new rain gear at the 81st Tokyo International Gift Show!

Makita Shoten Co., Ltd. (Head office: Nishikatsura-cho, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture; Representative Director: Norio Makita) will unveil "fusion," a collaboration between Makita Shoten's f...

Parasol "Nasai" series featured in newspaper

A series of seven vegetables, including corn, carrots, Chinese cabbage, adzuki beans, mung beans , Enoki mushrooms, and purple okra , was featured in the Japan Agriculture Newspaper .

Published in the Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun on January 13th

Makita Shoten was featured in the January 13, 2016 edition of the Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun in a special feature on companies celebrating their anniversaries. 2016 marks the 150th anniversary...

Featured in the magazine "DiscoverJapan"

The January issue of the magazine "Discover Japan" (released December 4, 2015) features Makita Shoten's all-weather umbrella "1866" in its special feature on The Wonder 500.

Exhibited at Premium Textile Japan 2016 Autumn/Winter

We are exhibiting atPremium Textile Japan as the Nishikatsura textile cooperative "Itononekai." Our company will be exhibiting fabrics. Please stop by when you visit the venue. ~ Premium Textile Ja...

At an exhibition in Taiwan

We will be exhibiting at the PR01. TRADESHOW TAIPEI, which will be held in Taiwan from November 12th to 15th! We will be exhibiting together with fellow producers TORAW (Wataru Small Textiles) and ...

Received the Excellence Award at the 2015 Yamanashi Industry Awards!

Our vegetable-themed parasol "Na-Sai" won the Excellence Award at the Yamanashi Industry Awards. We will continue to work hard to create products that will please everyone.