In 1868,Hyogo Port(Current Kobe Port) was opened. The city of Kobe has been developed mainly from this port. In the city of Kobe, we have dealt with paper and paper products since the Meiji Era and the Taisho Era.
  Kashiwai Shigyo Co.,Ltd, and Yokoyama Kamiten (Current Yokoyama Co., Ltd) merged their departments dealing with Kokuyo's products to meet the demands of the times and established a sales company of Kokuyo's products in areas around Kobe.