Birth Year – 1918 We were born in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture which is highly reputed globally for its “One and Only” craftsmanship in metal cutlery manufacturing. Our founder, Bungen Yamazaki, after mastering the technique of producing hand-hammered copperware, opened his own workshop to produce spoons. During that era, we shipped our products made of brass, copper, nickel-silver to Yokohama and Kobe where many foreigners resided. Soon thereafter, we evolved into a maker of metal cutlery made with machines and the business grew, allowing us to begin exports to Europe, the birthplace of metal cutlery. In 1926, cutlery was made primarily of stainless steel in Europe. We pioneered the importing of materials from Sweden for making cutlery, enabling us to strengthen our association with Europe.
