Specialty Coffee Shop in Ebisu, Tokyo/ Sarutahiko Coffee
It’s hard to believe it’s already been five years since we at Sarutahiko Coffee served our first customer.
I haven’t forgotten, nor will I ever forget, those challenging early days when we opened our Ebisu Flagship Store. We had to take things day by day, as we worked to see the store through its first month.
The goal I laid out at the beginning was to become a coffee shop that brings a smile to your face with just one cup of coffee. This hasn’t changed at all, nor will it ever.
On my last day at college, one of my professors asked me the question, “Do you know the verb form of ‘wakai (=young, 若い)’?”
“wakasa (=substantive form of young, 若さ)” and “wakaku (=continuous form of young, 若く)” came to mind, but these are adjectives. I didn’t know the answer.
It was “waku (=flow out, 湧く)”, and this was the last thing this professor taught me. Ideas flow out. Hope flows out. Energy flows out.
When I started Sarutahiko Coffee, as I was nearing thirty, I was determined to keep my passion flowing for the rest of my life.
Just three years from now, not only Tokyo but Japan as a whole will bear witness to what will surely be one of its finest hours. You can already feel the positive energy.
We’ll continue to bring the same passion to what we do. I hope that our positive vibes will inspire our customers.
Above all else, we want to bring a smile to your face with just one cup of coffee.
Company Name
SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Inc.
President and CEO
Tomoyuki Otsuka
Company Address (Main)
1-6-6 Saito Bldg 1F, Ebisu, Sibuya-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Incorporated
2013/12/18
Capital(Yen)
250 Million
Business Overview
Restaurants (Coffee Store) Business、Coffee Roasting Business、Merchandise Business、Wholesale Business、Online Shop Business
Number of Employees
201(Permanent Employees74 Part-timers127)Persons(As of June,2019)
2011-May
Launched a private business.
June 8, 2011
Opened the first store SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Ebisu.
December 18, 2013
Established SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Inc.
December 31, 2013
Abolition the private business.
January 1, 2014
Lunched the business of SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Inc.
December 5,2014
Opened the Coffee Beans Store in Ebisu.
February 3, 2015
Opened the Atelier Sengawa.
October 6, 2015
Opened the Omotesando (H.I.S Travel Books and Coffee).
November 19, 2015
Opened the Shibuya MODI.
April 15, 2016
Opened the Atre Ebisu (West side store).
April 28, 2016
Opened the BEAMS JAPAN Shinjuku.
June 8, 2016
Started the Orange coffee.
April 30, 2017
Shibuya MODI store closed
May 15, 2017
Kamiyacho Orange store opens
August 29, 2017
Opened the SARUTAHIKO COFFEE and Tiki Taka ICE CREAM store.
September 29, 2017
Opened the Chofu Roasting Hall.
April 30, 2018
Opened the Musashi Kosugi.
August 12, 2018
Kuriya Kashi Kurogi × Sarutahiko Coffee collaborative café opens (until 11/11/2018)
September 30, 2018
Taipei Nanjing West store opens (our first international store)
December 12, 2018
Opened the Taichung Mitsui store (our second international store)
December 20, 2018
Opened the SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Tachikawa Takashimaya S.C. store
June 27, 2019
Opened the Ikebukuro
June 27, 2019
Opened the Atre Akihabara (atre1)
July 20, 2019
Opened the Taichung Park Road store (our third international store)
September 27, 2019
Opened Nihonbashi
November 11, 2019
Opened the Musashi Koyama
November 12, 2019
Closed the BEAMS JAPAN Shinjuku
December 7, 2019
Opened the Shimokitazawa
December 26, 2019
Closed the Omotesando
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