Companies Interested in Highly-Skilled Foreign ProfessionalsSHIKADA SANGYO INC,

Accelerating Overseas Expansion! Traditional bamboo materials for interior commercial spaces around

  • Looking
    to Hire
  • Internship Program
    Not Available
  • Require Japanese Skills
Industry
  • Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
  • Trading and Wholesale
  • Miscellaneous Non-Manufacturing Sector
Location
Fukuoka

Company Info

Our company is a small manufacturer of Yame bamboo blinds, a traditional craft from Fukuoka Prefecture, founded in 1912. Yame bamboo blinds are interior furnishings crafted from bamboo, embodying the collective skill of artisans. Currently, under the Shikada Shitsurai brand, we are a manufacturer proposing interior materials for hospitality facilities, utilising not only bamboo but also natural materials such as rattan and coconut. Our products are utilised by interior designers and architects both domestically and internationally, and we collaborate with the world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma. Our overseas business expansion, primarily focused on Europe, commenced several years ago. While we have exported to France for over 20 years, to broaden our business scope, we exhibited at a French trade show in 2020 and at an Italian trade show in 2023. We have begun accelerating our European expansion. We are seeking staff to join us in advancing our overseas expansion! Are you interested in Japanese traditional culture, crafts, and interior design? Do you wish to actively grow overseas business? Though a small company, why not join us in challenging ourselves within the overseas operations of a company with 110 years of history?

  • 19people

    Employees

  • Since 1967

    Established

Role Expected of Highly-Skilled Foreign Professionals

Overseas sales activities in general. (PR activities targeting overseas interior designers, handling enquiries, and overall marketing activities for our products) Additionally, interpreting for foreign visitors. During exhibitions and overseas business trips, providing interpreting services for Japanese sales representatives. As part of regular sales duties, you will also learn about shipping sold

  • Bridge Builder with Foreign Enterprises,
    such as in Expanding Overseas
    (Bridging Resource)

  • Innovation and Planning
    from the Perspective of People Overseas

  • Management or Research & Development for Domestic Business
    Using Specific Professional Knowledge'

  • Promoting Globalization of Japanese Staff

Required Expertise for Highly-Skilled Foreign Professionals

  • Humanities (Language)
  • Humanities (Sales/Marketing)
  • Humanities (Trade Affairs)

Business Content

Our company is a small manufacturer and wholesaler of interior decor items, founded in 1912 producing Yame bamboo blinds. Yame bamboo blinds are a rare traditional craft produced using locally sourced bamboo, and in 2014 were designated as a Fukuoka Prefecture Governor-certified Specialty Craft Product. While we have grown through domestic sales of bamboo blinds, rattan products, and other natural material goods, we are now embarking on a second founding to mark our centenary. We are transitioning to a new business model focused on exporting traditional crafts, primarily bamboo blinds, to commercial spaces. The high quality of our products is highly regarded, and they are being adopted by design firms both domestically and internationally.
We aspire to deliver comfortable spaces to every corner of the world by proposing the "Shitsurai" culture, which values nature, to customers globally. Recently, we have been advancing our global expansion primarily through exhibiting at trade shows in Europe (France and Italy), and our products are being introduced into shops, hotels, and restaurants.
Note: "Shitsurai" refers to the etiquette of welcoming guests on special occasions, originating in the Heian period. It involves decorating the interior with meticulously selected natural materials to express heartfelt hospitality toward visitors.

Countries/Areas of Interest

  • North America as a whole
  • Europe as a whole
  • Italy
  • France

Supplementary information

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Address
〒834-0114
428 OHTA HIROKAWA-MACHI YAME-GUN Fukuoka
0943-32-1141

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