History of our company
1929: The founder and the first president, Motoji Kobayashi opened Kobayashi Store selling fresh fruit and vegetables in at a market in Nagoya.

1930: Company specislize as wasabi wholeseller.

1933: Began producing powdered wasabi

1937: Named the powdered wasabi products as "Kinjirushi wasabi", and "Ginjirushi wasabi".

1952: Established Kinjirushi Wasabi Co., Ltd. (Incorporated)

1968: Completed Abashiri factory (Hokkaido area)

1971: Developed "Kinjirushi Prepared wasabi"

1972: Released "Kinjirushi Prepared wasabi packet"

1973: Developed "Kinjirushi grated wasabi" for the first time in the industry.

1981: Received award for Good Food Hygiene Facilities from the Japan Food Hygiene Association

1982: Received award of Food and Marketing Bureau head from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
Received award from Health and Welfare Minister as a superb facility as to food hygiene

1984: Opened a representative office in Los Angeles

1988: Recieved award of Good Company

1994: Completed Okhotsk (Abashiri) new factory

1995: Released new variety of wasabi, "MISAWA", and resistered to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry

2000: ISO-9002; 1994 approval JQA-QM4435
(The Approval Institute JAB (Japan, RvA(Holland))
Kinjirushi Wasabi Co., Ltd., Nagoya factory and Okhotsk factory.

2002: ISO-9001; 2000 approval JQA-QM4435
(The Approval Institute JAB (Japan, RvA(Holland))
Kinjirushi Wasabi Co., Ltd., Nagoya factory and Okhotsk factory.
HACCP certificate JQA-HA-0017
Kinjirushi Wasabi Co., Ltd., Nagoya factory and Okhotsk factory.
Released new variety of wasabi, "MITSUKI", and resistered to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry

2003: Change the company name from Kinjirushi Wasabi Co., Ltd. to Kinjirushi Co., Ltd.
Opened Shizuoka's new factory

2006: Opened a office in Paris

2007: Opened a representative office in New York

2009: Opened a office in London
Opened a office inFrankfurt
Received Award of Agricultural Production Bureau head from MAFF

2010: Received Award of Agricultural Production Bureau head from MAFF
motoji kobayashi
Founder: Motoji Kobayashi

abashiri factory
Abashiri factory

kinjirushi grated wasabi
"Kinjirushi grated wasabi"

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