Greetings from the President
Nakajima Taishodo’s origins go back to 1912 when Jirobei Nakajima, a sixth generation sweet maker with many years in Kyoto’s Bukkoji district, started up shop in Osaka. In the almost 100 years that have passed since then, it is foremost with a sense of gratitude that we’ve managed to continue our business and indeed forged ahead.
The confectioner sets great store on the quality of his merchandise. We begin with the maxim: “Our friends and family, our sweethearts; we think of them as we give our all in the creation of each sweet.”
With this in mind, even today while we introduce the latest cutting edge technology to our facilities, we leave part of the process to the human hand and we continue to take advantage of the finer qualities that hand-crafting can bestow upon our sweets.
The Japanese style confectionery brand “Choshoansansho”, the “Danke” brand for western style confectionery and our line-up of confections produced from organically grown ingredients in the “B-CROP” brand, come together under Nakajima Taishodo’s newly minted main brand: “The Danke Net”.
Our longstanding brand is Lebensbaum (the Tree of Life) with its single fruit representing the proof of our growth. The staff at Nakajima Taishodo work together as one with the hope that the tree may bear two or three more fruits in the future.
For their part, our OEM suppliers who give us not just the standard product according to a recipe, but actively participate in development from the planning stage, while contributing valuable know-how and skill, enrich our organization through their positive proposals.
As the times change, even more so do the needs of our customers. However, our passion for confectionery and our attention to detail remains the same, as does our desire to serve our customers in a spirit of gratitude.
We choose to meet the challenge of these times by applying flexible ideas to evolve our skills, maintain quality, develop new products and pursue a vigorous drive into new areas in confectionery.
We would like to thank everyone for their continued support and guidance.
