Author:Masashi Kasai

It was 20 years ago when I established our company, I settled our company policy that “We introduce Japan and Japanese culture to the world through Japanese tile trading business”. Although it was only a tile, our exporting countries have been increased little by little, with the start of the United States, and Southeast Asia, the Middle and Near East countries . Now we export almost 11 nations in the world! Then I came to know there are many traditional handicrafts articles in Japan and they are so attractive that I wish to introduce them to the world together with our tiles. What is necessary is introducing Japanese atmosphere in total, neither just showing a tile nor just a handicraft article. Fortunately we have a trustful ”MADE IN JAPAN” brand name, thanks to our diligent predecessors whose works are appreciated over the world. This “WAKEI” magazine was found in desire to extend much more the wonderful Japanese tradition and culture to the world by employing our good brand reputation. We would like to introduce authentic Japanese products, such as, finishing materials, tableware, lighting, furniture, fittings and so on which would create Japanese-style special constitution all together.