About Us
About Us
- Name
- Iwaki-Takahashi,Inc
- Address
- 95-1 Aza Tsubonouchi, Minamiodaira, Tabito-machi, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima Prefecture 974-0153
- Capital stock
- 22,400,000 yen
- President
- Masayuki Takahashi
- Established
- August 2, 2010
- Business
- Manufacture and sales of waribashi (disposable chopsticks) made from 100% Iwaki-grown cedar, cedar pillows, hinoki cypress pencils, and stuffed toys made with sawdust
- Certifications
- Forest Thinning Mark, Kizukai Green Cycle Mark, Forest Supporters
- Awards
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- 2011
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake received the Thinning Promotion Central Association Chairman’s Prize in the Forest Good contest
- 2012
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake and Sharaku Waribashi were both approved by the Prefectural Souvenir Product Endorsement Review Board
- Received a prize in the Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Special Division of the Wood Usage Contest
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake and Sharaku Waribashi received New Business Field Pioneer Through the Production of New Products in Fukushima Prefecture certification
- 2013
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake received the Prize of Excellence in the Fukushima Delicious Awards
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake received the Good Design Award
- 2014
- “High-grade waribashi made from thinned wood to restore the forestry industry and region” (project name) won the Grand Prize in the Reconstruction Agency’s New Tohoku Reconstruction Business Contest
- Omedetahashi won a prize in the New Tohoku Souvenir Contest
- Received a letter of gratitude from Iwaki City (for donations)
- Omedetahashi received the Social Products Award
- 2015
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake and Omedetahashi won the Japan Wood Design Award
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake, Sharaku Waribashi, and Omedetahashi passed the Iwaki Furusato Product Endorsement Review
- 2016
- Nemuri Sugi Makura received New Business Field Pioneer Through the Production of New Products in Fukushima Prefecture certification
- Omedetahashi received the Prize of Excellence in the Fukushima Delicious Awards
- Received the Fukushima Minpo Recommendation Prize in the Fukushima Industry Awards
- 2017
- Kibo no Kakehashi: Great East Japan Earthquake and Sharaku Waribashi passed the Global Division of the Nationwide Souvenir Endorsement Review Board
- Nemuri Sugi Makura received the Yoshimoto Fukushima Shufuran 2017 certification
- Omedetahashi and Nemuri Sugi Makura received the Utsukushima Eco Recycled Product certification
- Nemuri Sugi Makura received the Good Design Award
- Nemuri Sugi Makura received the Japan Wood Design Award
- 2018
- Ogabeko passed the Global Division of the Nationwide Souvenir Endorsement Review Board
- Received the Special Prize in the Fukushima Venture Awards 2018
- 2020
- Gold Medal (top award), Copy/Naming Division, Fukushima Best Design Competition
- Customers
- Fujitsu / East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. / Kirin Holdings Company, Limited / Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. / NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). / And many more
