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Since our founding, we at Takayama have fully pursued our role as a sweets and foodstuffs trading firm and met our client’s every need, securing a network of trusted customers.
We are where we are today thanks to your support.
Today, as we greet 100 years since our founding, Takayama is taking bold new steps to growth.
We are where we are today thanks to your support.
Today, as we greet 100 years since our founding, Takayama is taking bold new steps to growth.
| Founding | ||
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| 1923 | Hisakura Takayama, the founding president of the company, opens a candy retailer in a traditional tradesman’s townhouse in Arakawa-ku. He goes on to own and operate a chain of 43 sweet shops around the city. | |
| 1949 | Takayama installs a sales office in Ameyokocho in the Ueno-Okachimachi area; it becomes a dedicated wholesale site. | |
| 1955 | The company becomes the first confectionery dealer to trade in general foodstuffs. | |
| 1956 | May | Takayama Co., Ltd. established Hisakura Takayama becomes president and director of the company. |
| 1964 | Dec | The company’s headquarters building is completed, and the firm moves from the townhouse in Arakawa-ku to its present-day location. |
| 1966 | Nov | Tokiji Takayama becomes president and director of the company. |
| 1972 | Jan | Began acting as damage insurance agent. Opened Kanto branch in Omiya, expanding throughout Kanto and Koshin’etsu regions. |
| 1974 | June | Began manufacture and sale of packing materials. |
| 1975 | May | Opened sales office in traditional townhouse and utilized as main point of operations for convenience store logistics. Launched new computer facility and implemented FACOM-V workstations. |
| 1976 | Mar | Opened sales office in Kyushu |
| 1980~ | ||
| 1980 | Oct | Opened Sendai Branch in Sendai |
| 1982 | July | Opened satellite office in Hiroshima |
| 1983 | Jan | Digitized and put all office locations online. |
| Mar | Opened satellite office in Nagaoka. | |
| 1986 | Oct | Implemented digital picking system. Opened distribution centers in Sakura and Sayama. |
| 1992 | May | New headquarters building completed. Opened sales office in Atsugi. |
| 1994 | July | Opened sales offices in northern Kyushu and northern Kanto. |
| 1995 | June | Hisakazu Takayama becomes president and director of the company. |
| 1996 | Feb | Moved Hiroshima and Matsumoto sales offices to new locations. Opened sales offices in Miyazaki and Kobe. |
| 1997 | Apr | Moved location of Nagaoka sales office. |
| 1998 | Mar | Merged Tosu and Omuta sales offices and opened new sales office in Yame. |
| May | Opened sales office in Okayama. | |
| 1999 | Sep | Opened dispatch and calculation center. |
| 2000~ | ||
| 2000 | Apr | Moved location of Kyoto sales office. |
| Aug | Moved location of Kanto Branch. | |
| Sep | Moved location of Miyoshi sales office and opened sales office in Niiza. | |
| Nov | Opened sales office in Ichihara. | |
| 2001 | Opened dispatch center in Chiba and sales office in Yamagata. | |
| 2002 | Opened uniform dispatch center in Misato. Opened Kanto Branch Musashi Center. Opened sales office in Okazaki. |
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| 2003 | Apr | Opened Maihama Center. |
| May | Tokiji Takayama becomes president and director of the company. | |
| Sep | Opened Saitama South Sales Office. | |
| Oct | Opened sales office in Fukuoka. | |
| Dec | Miyoshi Takayama becomes chairman of the company. Akira Nakamichi becomes president and director of the company. |
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| 2004 | May | Chiwako Takayama becomes vice president of the company. |
| Aug | Moved location of Tokyo branch. | |
| Sep | Moved location of Maihama Center and renamed to Funabashi Sales Office. Opened sales office in Nagoya Merged Fukuoka sales offices and promoted sales office in Yame to Fukuoka Branch status. |
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| Oct | Opened Kakegawa Central Room Storage Center | |
| Nov | Opened Yame Central Room Storage Center | |
| 2005~ | ||
| 2005 | Jan | Opened Utsunomiya Central Room Storage Center |
| Mar | Promoted sales office in Kyoto to Kansai Branch status. Moved location of Saitama sales office. Opened Sayama Central Room Storage Center. |
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| Sep | Opened Fujisawa Central Room Storage Center. | |
| Oct | Moved dispatch and calculation center to Misato. | |
| 2006 | Mar | Moved location of Okegawa center and opened Kanto Branch Sano Center. |
| June | Closed Atsugi sales office and opened Sagamihara sales office. | |
| 2007 | June | Opened sales office in Sapporo. |
| Sep | Renamed Nagano sales office to Matsumoto Sales Office Nagano Center. | |
| Oct | Opened Kakogawa Central Room Storage Center. | |
| 2008 | May | Masao Morimoto becomes president and director of the company. |
| 2009 | Feb | Moved location of the Nagoya sales office. |
| June | Moved the IY Takayama Uniform Dispatch center to Kumagaya. Moved dispatch and calculation center and renamed to Machiya Sales Office. |
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| Dec | Moved location of Kanto Branch Sano Center and renamed to Kanto Branch Ashikaga Center. | |
| 2010~ | ||
| 2010 | Mar | Promoted Okayama sales office to branch status. Renamed Hiroshima sales office to Okayama Branch Hiroshima Sales Office. Opened North Kanto Sweets Dispatch Center. |
| 2011 | Feb | Moved some divisions from headquarters to Ueno Building. |
| May | Takayuki Tominaga becomes president and director of the company. | |
| June | Opened Miyagi Sweets Dispatch Center. | |
| 2012 | Apr | Moved North Kanto Sweets Dispatch Center to Shimotsuke. |
| Aug | Increased capital reserves to 310M JPY. | |
| Sep | Opened Kanto branch Kawajima Center. | |
| Dec | Moved location of Sapporo sales office. | |
| 2013 | Mar | Moved location of Kanto Branch. |
| 2014 | Feb | Opened Chikugo Room Storage Center. |
| June | Opened Kawagoe Room Storage Center. | |
| 2015 | Feb | Moved Kansai Branch sales division to Osaka. Renamed Kansai Branch Logistics Division to Kansai Branch Hachiman Center. |
| May | Tokimitsu Takayama becomes president and director of the company. | |
| Sep | Promoted Nagoya sales office to Chubu Branch status. Renamed Shizuoka Branch to Chubu Branch Shizuoka Sales Office. |
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| Oct | Moved sales Toumei Branch sales division to Sagamihara. Renamed Toumei Logistics Division to Toumei Branch Yamato Center. |
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| 2016 | May | Moved location of Information Systems Branch to Motoasakusa Office. |
| 2017 | Oct | Moved sales Fukuoka Branch sales division to Fukuoka. Renamed Fukuoka Logistics Division to Fukuoka Branch Yame Center. |
| 2018 | May | Moved location of Fukuoka Branch Yame Center to Yame. |
| 2019 | Mar | Renamed Chubu Branch Shizuoka Sales Office to Chubu Branch Shizuoka Center. Renamed Funabashi Sales Office to Funabashi logistics Center. |
| 2020 and beyond | ||
| 2020 | Feb | Moved location of Chubu Branch to Kounan. |
| June | Opened Chubu Branch Hakusan Center. | |
| 2021 | Aug | Opened Kanto Branch Kumagaya Center. |
| Oct | Renamed Funabashi Logistics Center to Kanto Branch Funabashi Center. | |
| 2022 | July | Opened Sendai Branch Morioka Center. |
| Sep | Opened Tokyo Branch Chiba Center. | |
| 2023 | Dec | Moved sales Tokyo Branch sales division to Chiba. Renamed Tokyo Logistics Division to Tokyo Branch Sakura Center. |
| 2024 | Jan | Opened Tokyo Branch Yachiyo Center. |
| Mar | Opened sales office in Kyoto. | |