Executive staff from Hokusei Products in Japan (Hokusei North America's parent company) will be visiting Oregon during the March 11 - 16, 2019 timeframe. While in Oregon, the Hokusei Products team plans to hold a series of meetings and discussions with customers, partners, vendors. Additionally, meetings will be set up to discover potential future relationships with Oregon companies in different [...]
Hokusei Products President Shotaro Tomita and his staff from Japan visited Oregon in late-May and early-June, to cement existing trading relationships and explore new import/export opportunities. During the May 29 - June 1 timeframe, President Tomita visited Portland firms & organizations that Hokusei has worked with in the past, including the Portland Japanese Garden, Allport Editions, and Portland Gear. In [...]
Last month and in advance of the summer travel season, Travel Oregon launched a new video promoting Oregon tourism. What makes this video different than most other travel promotion videos is that it is made in the Japanese anime style. The video is a nod to the famous Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animator of such classic films as Totoro, [...]
During the month of November, Hokusei Product's President & CEO Shotaro Tomita and his staff will once again visit Portland and other cities in Oregon. During the Nov 15 - 18 timeframe, the Hokusei Products team and their Hokusei North America count erparts will participate in a number of meeting with Oregon-based companies and organizations. Business discussions will focus [...]
Earlier this month, our colleagues in the Toyama office had the honor of attending the Friends of Oregon Reception in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo was the first stop in Governor Kate Brown's week long trade mission to Asia to promote Oregon products and tourism. The Japan based Hokusei Products team and Portland based Hokusei North America team are excited to be [...]
On Monday, August 21 Oregon experienced a total solar eclipse, the first such eclipse to touch the continental U.S. since 1976. Within Oregon, the eclipse started in Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast, and then departed Oregon around the Ontario area near the Idaho Border. It was reported that nearly 1,000,000 visitors came to Oregon to view the eclipse. Among [...]
From May 30 to June, Shotaro Tomita, CEO of Hokusei Products in Japan visited the Greater Portland area. Along with team member Yurie Wata and the Hokusei North America team, Tomita-san held a wide number of meetings with various companies, government agencies and other organizations. One of the highlights of the Hokusei Products visit to Portland was a meeting with [...]
Portland Fair 2017 is in full swing at the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka Japan. You can see lots of fun, candid photos by searching these Japanese hashtags on Instagram: #ポートランドフェア https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ポートランドフェア/?hl=en and #阪神百貨店 https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/阪神百貨店/?hl=en The Hokusei North America team and Hokusei Products Japan team were proud to have a hand in this event's success. Thank you Hanshin! Thank you [...]