Megumi Kanten USA｜Corporate Overview

Corporate Overview

1.: At Megumi Kanten our priorities lie in our customers’ needs. We always maintain appreciation for our customers and think about how to better serve them.
2.: We observe changing trends to provide the right products at the right time.
3.: We strive to contribute to our customers’ health and our society through selling Kanten and seaweed products.

Company	Kitahara Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Megumi Kanten)
Established	1948
Incorporated	1961
President	Yoshihiro Hayashi
Headquarters	4000 Miyagawa Chino-shi, Nagano +81-0266-72-2397
Tokyo Sales Office	MEGUMI KANTEN USA 3-5-10 Otsuka Sumitomo Seisen Koishikawa Building Honkan 2F Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO 112-0012 JAPAN +81-03-6912-2825
North America Sales Office	2281 W 205th St. #106 Torrance, CA 90501 USA +1-310-988-9227 info@megumikanten.com

2015: Sales expand to North America
2013: Yoshihiro Hayashi appointed president
2012: Shinobu Kitahara appointed president
Shuto Ito appointed president
2007: Gifu Prefecture factory expands freezer capacity
2000: Internet retail business launches
2000: Red sea algae drying plant and raw seaweed storage facility constructed in Chino, Nagano Prefecture
1992: Manufacture and sales of secondary Kanten products begin
1991: Kanten blending and packing plants begin operation in Chino, Nagano.
1990: Shinobu Kitahara appointed president
1974: Block Kanten and string Kanten production begins in Ina, Nagano
1961: Kitahara Shoten changes name and begins business as Kitahara Sangyo Co., Ltd.
1956: Block Kanten and string Kanten production begins in Chino, Nagano
1948: Hisao Kitahara founds seaweed trading business Kitahara Shoten in Tokyo, begins wholesaling red sea algae to Kanten manufacturers