Hakuichi 

Hakuichi is a company engaged in gold-leaf manufacturing and the manufacturing and distribution of craft, cosmetic and food products that use gold leaf. Kanazawa, home to the company, is a historic city full of attractions and visited by many foreigners throughout the year. As a reliable provider of quality products rooted in Japan, Hakuichi has been seeing its business with foreign companies grow every year. Based in Kanazawa, we are trying to let the world know the charms of Japanese traditional crafts and gold leaf.

Selected as gifts from the Japanese prime minister for the Japan-U.S. summit

The Japan-U.S. summit held in February 2017 was the first summit meeting for the new president, drawing attention from across the globe. Against such a backdrop, Prime Minister Abe selected two craft products of Hakuichi as gifts for U.S. President Trump, hoping to present him with Japanese traditional crafts and craftsmanship. One was a box designed to keep treasures in Japanese history, and the other was a gold-lacquered ballpoint pen.

That was a moment when Japanese traditional crafts served as a bridge between the two nations.

Making a presentation at Beautyworld Middle East 2016 in Dubai

Hakuichi made a presentation at an international exhibition of cosmetics held in Dubai (U.A.E.) in May 2016, hoping to extend its cosmetic business from Asia into the Middle East. Currently, our gold-leaf cosmetics are distributed in Asia. People’s growing trust in “made-in-Japan” cosmetics there in combination with our mid-term overseas strategies have resulted in a sustained growth in the sales of our cosmetic products. Taking advantage of this opportunity to participate in an international exhibition in Dubai, the largest commercial city in the Middle East, we aim at expanding the sales of our gold-leaf cosmetics in the Middle East.

President's Message

To introduce the brilliance of Japanese craftsmanship on the world stage, we are constantly seeking new business styles that brings out what Japan is proud of.

Hakuichi is a traditional craft manufacturer founded on a long history of Japan’s ancient and delicate craftsmanship. Through the discovery of JAPAN STYLE, in which old skills and today’s lifestyle are integrated, we have expanded our business in various frontiers. In every business, we make sure that whatever we create are “genuinely Japanese” and live up to the highest quality standard. As a result, we now receive business proposals not only domestically but also from around the world.

Across the Japanese archipelago, the traditional crafts specific to respective local culture flourish. They include textiles, dyes, potteries, lacquer art, bamboo works, etc. each of which boasts unique charms characterized by different materials and skills. These traditional craftwork industries, however, also share similar challenges; automatization, cheaper imitations, lack of successors, etc., depending on each locality’s social circumstances. We are one of the first companies who tackled these problems at an early stage and succeeded in establishing the art of gold leaf as an industry. Leveraging this experience, we are aspiring to become a proud member of Team Japan, the country’s manufacturing powerhouse through which different traditional craftworks are integrated and distributed across the world.