From Okinawa to the world.沖縄から届ける、 喜ばれる喜び。源自沖绳， 喜悅相傳。
Arakaki Tsusho carries the maritime trade spirit of the Ryukyu Kingdom into modern export — sourcing over 20,000 Japanese SKUs for partners across Asia and beyond.
A trading island, for six centuries.六百年、通商の島。六百年貿易之島。
Arakaki Tsusho was founded in Naha in 1980 by Isamu Arakaki, a man whose character was shaped by the rubble and renewal of post-war Okinawa. His father had stood at the centre of that rebuilding — Naha's first fire chief, a figure who held the community together when it had almost nothing. Isamu carried that instinct forward, not in administration but in life: a karate master, a teacher, a true 祭男 — the kind of man who believed a festival was never just a celebration but a way of reminding people they belonged to each other.
Beside him was Junko, who had made her own crossing as a child — from Taiwan to Okinawa, learning early what it meant to arrive somewhere new and be made welcome. When Taiwan's 1979 tourism liberalisation began bringing visitors to Okinawa's shores, the two of them opened a small duty-free shop to meet them.
- 1429Ryukyu Kingdom unified — Naha becomes a major Asian trade port.
- 1879Okinawa Prefecture established. Trade networks adapt.
- 1954Isamu Arakaki begins karate study under Higa Yūchoku.
- 1965Isamu Arakaki begins teaching English at Okinawa High School.
- 1979Taiwan tourism deregulation creates demand for Japanese products.
- 1980Junko Arakaki opens Arakaki Tsusho in Naha as a duty-free shop.
- 1992Export operations begin to Taiwan and Hong Kong.
- 2012Hong Kong subsidiary established — Okinawa Arakaki Market launched.
- 2013Taiwan & Singapore subsidiaries established.
- 2024Export OS platform launched for B2B partners.
Connecting producers and markets.生産者と市場を つなぐ。連接生產者 與市場。
More than an export agency. We walk alongside producers — nurturing products, building markets, and returning value to the communities where they're made.
- 01Regional Trading House地域商社として
We walk alongside producers — nurturing products, building markets, and returning value to the communities where products are made.
- 02Origin Branding & Export Strategy産地ブランド化事業
Partnering with Okinawan municipalities and producers to design export strategies and establish regional products as recognised brands abroad.
- 03Cosmetics Global Launch産地コスメの世界市場開拓
Mika Arakaki led the Hong Kong launch of RYUSPA — natural cosmetics from Kumejima. The first Okinawan cosmetics brand to achieve regular distribution in an overseas market.
- 04Buyer Matching · Export Operationsバイヤー商談・輸出実務
End-to-end support: buyer matching, export documentation, customs and consolidation, in-market promotion across HK, TW, SG and beyond.
Twenty thousand SKUs, one operations team.二万点の品揃え、一つの実務部隊。兩萬件商品，一支實務團隊。
Through long-standing wholesale relationships across Japan, we source over 20,000 SKUs of Japanese and Okinawan products — documentation, consolidation, cold-chain where required, and customer-specific pricing.
Six lanes of trade, rooted in the islands.六つの事業領域、島に根ざす。六大業務領域，根植島屿。
Japanese Food
A.01
Okinawan Specialty
A.02
Beauty & Cosmetics
A.03
Wellness
A.04
Awamori
A.05
Export Sourcing
A.06
Japanese anime IP fused with cosmetics. Our own brand, retailed across HK and Asia.
animecosme-shop.com
Pressed whole-fruit shikuwasa from Ogimi village. Featured on Beat Takeshi's '家庭の医学'.
Two generations, one trading house.二代にわたる、一つの通商。兩代人，一間貿易行。
Isamu Arakaki
Began karate under Higa Yūchoku in 1954. Taught English at Okinawa High School from 1965. Founded the Kōdōkan Shōrin-ryū dojo in 1993. The spiritual root of the Arakaki house.
Junko Arakaki
Moved from Taiwan to Okinawa in primary school and opened Arakaki Tsusho in 1980. Chair of the Okinawa Trade Association; recipient of the "Kakan" Outstanding Chinese Businesswomen award.
Mika Arakaki
Leads Arakaki Tsusho's Asian front line as president of the HK, TW and SG subsidiaries. Drives partnerships with Watsons, Tomod's, HKTVmall, Sasa and YeStyle; oversees Anime Cosme® and Ryūkyū Chōju-sō® brands.
Connecting people to people, culture to culture, market to market. Real connection grows from trust.
Rooted deeply in the climate and culture of Okinawa, with its abundance and sincerity at the core of our business.
Competitors are not enemies but colleagues in the same trade. We grow partnerships with an open posture and create value no single house can.
Respect for Okinawan materials and Japanese quality. We polish both the product and its story — the real value lives in the detail.
As the world keeps getting smaller, if we can sharpen our work and save time, we can do far more than today. Competitors are not enemies — they are colleagues. By each bringing our own role to the table, the world can go one step further.
What runs through every decision we take.私たちのあらゆる判断に 通ずる四つの素地。貫穿我們每一次決定的四种本質。
Four traits passed down through Arakaki Tsusho across two generations — the bones beneath the brand.
- 01Discipline from the dojo武道の礼節から生まれた誠実さ
Isamu Arakaki spent half his life refining Okinawan karate. The respect and integrity he learned there is how we still face partners, customers, and each other.
- 02Bilingual, bicultural sense台湾と沖縄を架け橋とした多文化感覚
Junko grew up in two cultures and brought both into the company. Cross-cultural understanding and empathy are invisible assets that show up in every negotiation.
- 03An Okinawan eye for goods沖縄の地理的優位を活かした目利き力
Sitting where East Asia meets, we've read Japan-Asia market currents by hand. We can tell what is genuinely good, and we know which market wants it.
- 04Carrying it to the next generation次世代への責任ある継承
What began as a Naha shop is being carried forward to Asia's next-generation markets. We protect tradition while we innovate.
Backed by government. Trusted by producers. Chosen by buyers.行政に認められ、生産者に選ばれ、 バイヤーに信頼される。獲政府認可，受生產者信賴， 為買家所選。
Our work is recognised at the highest levels of Japanese government and trade administration — 45 years of earned trust.
Okinawa Prefecture's flagship international trade programme.
Government export-promotion programme for Japanese food.
Government-backed regional brand export programme.
Japan Small & Medium Enterprise Support Organization.
Japan External Trade Organization.
Prefectural trade body representing Okinawa's exporters.
Regional first. Made nearby, sent far.まずは地域から。近くで作り、遠くへ届ける。先以地方為本。就近生產，遠途送達。
We prioritize Okinawan producers and small Japanese makers whose work would otherwise stay local. Long relationships with wholesalers and growers make our supply consistent and our pricing honest.
Approved B2B partners get full catalog access, customer-specific pricing, and a direct line to our Naha operations team. Applications reviewed within 3 business days.