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History of Takaoka 
Established a new personal order product department.
Launched sustainable fashion brand “RAXA” and started sales.
Established a new sewing line exclusively for personal order suits in Indonesia.
Established uniform product department. Opened suit specialty store “Takaoka&Co.” at Lotte Department Store (Jamsil branch) in Korea. Currently available at 3 stores
Established a new dress casual product department.
Personal order suit Newly established data entry room. Established a new suit sewing line as our second factory in Indonesia.
Established a new men’s apparel product department.
Established a new suit sewing line in Indonesia.
Seki Logistics Center opened.
Established ladies’ apparel product department.
Newly established product department.
Established A-One Sewing Co., Ltd.
New women’s clothing department established.
E-ZEGNA trading starte
Opened Nagoya branch.
New Tokyo branch opened.
Takaoka Shoten Co., Ltd. was established with a capital of 2 million yen.
Established a woolen textile sorting factory (later Kansai Weaving Factory) in Mukogawa, Hyogo Prefecture.
The second generation, Kakunosuke, worked hard to develop domestically produced rasa together with a wholesaler of imported woolen textiles.
The first generation, Kakunosuke Takaoka, founded Takaoka Shoten.
Etymology of rasa: Around the time that Western woolen textiles were brought to Japan, Japanese people heard the Portuguese names “raxa” or “raixa” and took it as “rasa.” , and the word “Rasa” was used widely thereafter. (From “Japanese history told by wool”)
In the 1900s, Takaoka Shoten was blessed with human resources and its business performance steadily increased.
At the same time, the size of the store grew, and he ended up owning his own store.
With a solid foundation, Takaoka Shoten was able to safely weather the recession.
The first generation, Kakunosuke, had been trained as a master and apprentice from scratch, and not only had he developed a good eye for people, but he also believed that the relationship between master and servant was based on trust.
Therefore, trusted personnel often met the expectations of their owners and made the store more popular.
As Takaoka Shoten developed, it moved from its first location in Koraibashi to Shinsaibashi-suji Hiranocho Kitairi East Side, then to Hiranocho Shinsaibashisuji Higashiiri North Side, and its structure grew larger.
However, something unexpected happens here.
At the time, the store was a rented house, but one day the landlord unilaterally asked him to move out.
Due to the busyness of business, the surrender was postponed. Exasperated, the homeowner resorts to force and removes the tiles from the kitchen roof.
It started raining at the wrong time, and those who were eating were on the verge of being forced to eat mud.
After this incident, Kakunosuke decided that he needed to buy land and a house in order to do business with peace of mind, so he immediately started looking for a suitable location.
In 1902, he purchased an affordable house on the east side of Shinsaibashi-suji Awaji-cho Kitairi, renovated it, and moved there, and this was where Takaoka Shoten’s business base was finally established.