Naogen Soysauce Co.,Ltd
JAPANESE

Company's Outline

Over view of our company

Our company was established in 1825, as a company which is the direct descended of 'Ihee Naoeya'. The philosophy of our business is to deliver taste of traditional to the daily life through taste and flavor of our products. The base of our business is 'prominent soy sauce' and 'relationship with people'. We are making not only 'soy sauce' but also various kinds of 'liquid seasonings'. Such as 'Dressings', 'Dashi', 'Tsuyu' and 'Tare'. Every seasonings are using special materials and make your dish better taste. For example, 'Dressings' with special local vegetables, which are called "Kaga yasai". The vegetables, which have grown for about 300 years in our city Kanazawa, are called "Kaga yasai". There are 15 kinds of "Kaga Yasai" now. 'Dashi' : soup stock made from kelp, oyster and fish. 'Tare': sauce for "Yakiniku". It taste good with roasted meats, vegetables and seafoods. 'Tsuyu' : soup for Japanese style noodle and boiled foods such as "Udon" "Soba" "Oden" etc.
We try to make seasoning which is good & fit for modern life with our tradition of over 100 years.

Company Name
Naogen Soysauce Co., Ltd
Adress
1-53, Oono town, Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
Telephone
+81 76 268 1113
Fax
+81 76 267 4446
Representative
President Junichiro Naoe
Business founded
1825
Incorparated
August 1st, 1952
Number of employee
20
Field of business
Seasonings, mainly liquid : Soy sauce, Japanese soup stock, Dressing etc.

Access

From Tokyo Station to Kanazawa Station:2hours & 30 minutes by Hokuriku-shinkansen

From Kanazawa Station to our factory & shop:17minutes by car

History

1825
Trade name "Naoeya Genbee" was founded.
Before beginning as a soy sauce brewery, enlarged the business to Hokkaido and Karafuto area as a shipping agency.
1844 to 1853
The times of second and third generation of "Naoeya Genbee".
The population of Kanazawa city increased next to Edo, Osaka and Kyoto.
The soy sauce brewers at Oono town also increased up to more than 60.
1872
The trade name was changed to "Naogen-Shouten".
1877
The soy sauce brewers at Oono town decreased to 10.
1915
The times of fouth generation 'Naoeya Gentaro'.
The soy sauce brewers at Oono town increased up to 36.
1926
The trade name was changed to "Naogen Soysauce brewery".
1952
Changed organization and also the trade name was changed to "Naogen Soysauce Co., ltd."
The fifth head 'Genichiro Naoe' became the president of the company.
Changed the trade mark of company to shape of balance weight, which is using now.
Sep. 1958
The sixth head 'Shigetsugu Naoe' became the president of the company.
1969 to 1970
"Oono Shoyu brewers' Co-operative Union" was established and then the factory was completed on 1970.
1989
The seventh head 'Shigeyuki Naoe' became the president of the company.
Mar. 2000
The new factory corresponding to HACCP was completed.
Jul. 2002
The shop "Naoeya Genbee" was opened by reconstructing the 'Kura'※1
※1 'Kura' is a place where the soy sauce is brewed.
Oct. 2010
"The fourth Japan soy sauce summit" was held in Oono town.
Mar. 2013
The eighth head 'Junichiro Naoe' became the president of the company.
Mar. 2019
The new factory corresponding to FSSC22000 will be completed.