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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 |
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Retail Shops
(6 shops) |
| Kyoto: |
Nagaoka
(with Head Office Building) |
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Shijo
(Near Subway Kyoto-Karasuma Station) |
| Osaka: |
Umeda
(Near JR Osaka & Hankyu Umeda Station) |
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Umeda Diamor
(Near JR Osaka & Hankyu Umeda Station) |
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Shin-Osaka
(Inside JR Shin-Osaka Terminal Station) |
| Kobe: |
Sannomiya
(Near JR & Hankyu Sannomiya Station) |
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| 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 |
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| 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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