Earlier this month, teams from both Hokusei Products in Japan and Hokusei North America in Portland met in Southern California. The purpose of the trip was to research potential new business opportunities related to metals recycling. With this objective in mind, the joint Hokusei group held meetings with businesses that have experience in recycling scrap aluminum and copper materials. One [...]
Earlier this month, Hokusei North America (HNA) welcomed some very important visitors to Oregon. On May 20th representatives from ANA Trading and ANA Foods, member companies in All Nippon Airways Holdings Inc. The purpose of the visit was to meet with and inspect various fruit processing companies in Oregon. During their visit, the ANA team visited Oregon Fruit Company's [...]
Team members from both Hokusei Products (Japan) and Hokusei North America (USA) will be on site for the Hood to Fuji beer festival (www.hoodtofuji.com) held in Tokyo on April 19 and 20. Taking place biennially, Hood to Fuji is a a celebration of collaboration between brewers and cider makers in Japan and Oregon. For Hood to Fuji 2025, 25 teams [...]
In February, Hokusei Products made its largest purchase to-date of purees for sales to Japanese craft breweries. The shipment of this puree represents a new milestone in Hokusei's ongoing partnership with Oregon Fruit Company (OFC). Hokusei's exports of OFC's purees at a much larger scale are part of an overall strategy to make high-quality, aseptic purees more accessible to Japanese [...]
In early February, members of the Hokusei Products (Japan) team traveled to the US for a number of important meetings. Shotaro Tomita (Hokusei Products CEO) and Yurie Wata (Hokusei Products Manager) spent roughly one week between the Greater Portland and Greater Los Angeles areas. The purpose of their visit was to deepen relationships with a number of players, including Japanese [...]
Recently the New York Times announced its annual "52 Place to Visit" list, an assembly of travel destinations that the newspaper's experienced travel writers deem worthy of a visit. The 2025 version of this list includes well-known destinations, such as Sydney, Amsterdam, and New Orleans. However, one surprise was the inclusion of Toyama City, the largest city in Toyama Prefecture, [...]
The Hokusei North America team would like to wish a Happy New Year to our clients, business partners, and colleagues in Japan. We look forward to 2025 as way deepen existing relationships and create new ones. In the Chinese/Japanese zodiac, 2025 is the year of the snake (hebidoshi). In Japan, the year of the snake is typically associated with financial [...]
As 2024 comes to a close, the staff at Hokusei North America would like to extend its thanks to all those who have business friends, new and old, whom we have worked with during the course of the year. This of course includes our years-long business partners such as the Portland Japanese Garden and Oregon Fruit Products. It also [...]
Later this month, key personnel from Hokusei Products, Hokusei North America's Japanese parent company will make a week-long visit to Oregon. Visiting from Japan, Hokusei's CEO Shotaro Tomita will be accompanied by Yurie Wata, Hokusei's manager 0verseeing trading partnerships with Oregon companies. CEO Tomita While in Oregon, the Hokusei Products team will meet with its existing business partners in [...]
On September 13, Hokusei Japan staff member Yurie Wata presented to a group of roughly 70 Japanese professional brewers and cider makers. Ms. Wata's presentation took place as part of the "Oregon Brewing Ingredients" seminar sponsored by the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA) and the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Ms. Wata's presentation focused on Oregon Fruit Company's (OFC) [...]
