BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS

            MAJESTY THE EMPEROR
HASHIKATSU HONTEN

1010021

3-1-15 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL 03-3251-0840 FAX 03-3251-4084

 

http://www.hashikatsu.com/

Hours :
Closed :
9a.m.~6p.m. (Sat. until 3p.m.)
2
nd & 4th Sat. Sun. National holiday
Est. 1910
A purveyor who handles disposablechopsticks.

The first generation dates back to the Period of Northern and Southern Courts.
The owner emigrated to Yoshino in Nara,

according to the record of the removal of the capital to Yoshino

under Emperor Godaigo of the Southern Court. They were the

wholesale dealer for the local specialty Yoshino Cedar and Hinoki

from generation to generation, but established a foothold in Tokyo

when the demand for disposable chopsticks increased in the Meiji

era.