About Nagasawa Bungu Center

Corporate History

 

May, 1882

Rikizo Nagasawa established the NAGASAWA grocery store in Chuo-ku, Kobe

 

1914

Ushiji Nagasawa serves as the second-generation owner

 

1945

Kenji Nagasawa serves as the third-generation owner

 

1947

The company name changed to NAGASAWA KENJI CO., LTD.

 

1960

The company name changed to NAGASAWA BUNGU CENTER CO., LTD.

 

1965

Opened Sannomiya Santica branch

 

1975

Opened Sannomiya Center branch 

 

1977

The 95th Anniversary event

 

1980

Opened Ikuta Road branch in Sannomiya

 

 

1985

Remodeling Santica branch

 

1987

Motoou Nagasawa serves as the fourth-generation owner.

 

July,1988

Remodeling Sannomiya Center branch 

 

March,1990

Remodeling Santica branch

 

Feburary,1994

Opened Office Support Department in Shinkaichi, Hyogo

 

April,1994

Opened Nishinomiya Plenty branch in JR Nishinomiya Eki-mae

 

December,1999

Opened online store on Rakuten

 

November,2001

Opened ASPIA Akashi branch in JR Akashi Eki-mae

 

September,2002

Munehiro Nagasawa serves as the fifth-generation owner

 

Feburary,2006

Remodeling Santica branch ,reopened as n→Santica branch

 

July,2006

Opened n→Plenty branch in Seishin-chou Eki-mae

 

March,2007

Relocated the Ikuta Road branch to 3F, JUNKUDO, Sannomiya

 

April,2008

Opened Pen Style DEN branch

 

September,2009

Remodeling n→Plenty branch, reopened as Plenty branch

 

December,2010

Opened NAGASAWA Umeda-chayamachi branch

 

March,2012

relocated the headquarters to Edomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe

 

 

May,2012

The 130th Anniversary

 

August,2012

Opened Trade Center branch in Kobe Commerce, Industry and Trade Center BL

 

December,2012

Opened NAGASAWA Kobe-Renga branch in Brick House, Harborland

 

September,2013

Opened La Lettre de Kobe by NAGASAWA branch in Kobe International House

 

October,2015

Remodeling Umeda-chayamachi branch

 

March,2016

Remodeling n→Santica branch, reopened as NAGASAWA Santica branch

 

March,2016

Opened Kobe INK Story by NAGASAWA branch in 2F, Kitano Meister Garden

 

January,2017

NAGASAWA Papios branch relocated to 2F Papios

 

March,2019

Opened NAGASAWA Journal Style & Chair branch in 4F, JUNKUDOU, Sannomiya

 

May,2022

The 140th Anniversary

 

NAGASAWA has been renowned for the high-quality products and good service in Kansai region, since its founding in 1882.

With an average of 800,000 users a year, NAGASAWA dedicated to providing traditional stationery as well as products compatible with modern tech life.

 

  Company Name : NAGASAWA BUNGU CENTER CO., LTD.

 

  President : Munehiro Nagasawa

 

  Location : Eiko-building 7F, Edomachi 93, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0033, Japan

TEL : +81-78-321-5625 (Japanese Only)

Mail : info@kobe-nagasawa.co.jp

 

  Operation Director :Yusuke Nagata

 

  Established : May 15,1882

 

  Office Locations

[Head Office] (Kobe, Sannomiya)

Eiko-building 7F, Edomachi 93, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0033, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Bungu Center Sannomiya Honten (Main Store)] (Kobe, Sannomiya)

Eitsu-building 3F, Sannomiya-cho 1-6−18, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0021, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA PenStyle DEN] (Kobe, Sannomiya)

Eitsu-building 3F, Sannomiya-cho 1-6−18, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0021, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Journal Style & Chair Factory] (Kobe, Sannomiya)

Eitsu-building 4F, Sannomiya-cho 1-6−18, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0021, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Bungu Center Plenty] (Kobe, Seishin Chuo)

Plenty 1st-building 3F, Koji-dai 5-2-3, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 651-2273, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Bungu Center Papios Akashi] (Akashi)

Papios Akashi 2F, Oakashi-cho 1-6-1, Akashi-shi, Hyogo, 673-0891, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Umeda Chaya-machi] (Osaka, Umeda)

Chaska Chayamachi 2F, Chayamachi 7-20, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0013, Japan

 

[NAGASAWA Kobe Renga-soko] (Kobe, Harbor land)

Harbor land Kore Brick Warehouse South, Higashi Kawasaki-cho 1-5-5, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0044, Japan