Noble Traders started business in 1976 specializing in export as a private company, and began import business in 1985. (see our history for more details)

Since its foundation, we have been the customer-oriented company consistently.

Today, Noble traders is a No.1 brand tableware shop on the Internet, and play a leading role in this field of Japan.

We show no signs of slowing down because of our strong integrated system from development-import scheme to sales, and our own distribution system.

Import products we are mainly dealing in are fine brand porcelain such as Wedgewood, Richard Ginori, MINTON, Royal Copenhagen, Meissen, Herend, Baccarat, HERMES, LLADRO, SWAROVSKI, and more. There are great collections and plenty of stocks.

Noble traders is also a trading company specializing in importing and exporting housewares, kitchenware, glassware, tableware, and accessories.


Profile of Noble

Company Name Noble Traders Co., Ltd.
President Noboru Tsuji
Address Head Office & Warehouse
3-18-27 Kohtari, Nagaokakyo-city, Kyoto 617-0833 Japan
Tel (81) 75-957-6462
Fax (81)75-957-7557
E-mail infonoble@le-noble.com
Internet Shop
(3 shops)
http://www.le-noble.com
http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/le-noble/
http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/le-noble/index.html
Retail Shops
(6 shops)
Kyoto: Nagaoka
(with Head Office Building)
Shijo
(Near Subway Kyoto-Karasuma Station)
Osaka: Umeda
(Near JR Osaka & Hankyu Umeda Station)
Umeda Diamor
(Near JR Osaka & Hankyu Umeda Station)
Shin-Osaka
(Inside JR Shin-Osaka Terminal Station)
Kobe: Sannomiya
(Near JR & Hankyu Sannomiya Station)
Founded Year 1976 September
Company Established 1981 May
Number of Employee Permanent : 52
Temporary : 46
Capital JPY 40,000,000
Annual Turnover JPY 1,703,000,000
Business Type Import, Export, Wholesale, Retail Shops, Agent
Trade Item
Import: Household products
(Chinaware, Glassware, Crystalware, Table-Top Items, Accessories, Home Textile, Furniture)
Export: Machinery, Industrial Materials
Contact Person Keiji Yasui, General Manager
Etsuko Itatani, Manager

Credit Information

If you need more details about our credit, please direct your Inquiries to our bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Kyoto Office
TEL:81-75-221-7161, FAX:81-75-221-2912.

Also, we disclose our information at TEIKOKU DATABANK, LTD. and TOKYO SHOKO RESEARCH, LTD.


Our history

1976 Started business as an export trader
Represented many foreign manufacturers in Japan as a buying agent
1981 Established corporation: Noble Traders Co., Ltd.
Export stainless steel and metal working machinery such as press machines, lathe, milling machines, oil hydraulic press, die mold tools, forming machines, etc.
Started plant export
1983 Export used automobiles including spare parts
1985 Started import business as an agent
1987 Started selling household products to volume retailers
1989 Opened the first retail shop, "Le Noble", in Nagaokakyo-city, Kyoto as our pilot shop of tablewares and opened chinaware and glassware shops in Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto
We have 6 shops as of now.
1997 Opened virtual shop, le.noble.com on the Internet
1998 Opened virtual shop at Yahoo! Japan (http://store.yahoo.co.jp/le-noble/) and Rakuten (http://www.rakuten.co.jp/le-noble/) shopping malls
2002 Opened new head office at present address in Nagaokakyo-city, Kyoto


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