Nori Seaweed  specialty shop since 1866

Thank you for visiting our shop, ‘Kaneko.’
Nori (seaweed) and green-tea are both very nutritious.
These items have been loved and are an important source for sustaining health of the Japanese.

Our business was founded by Magoemon in 1866, and is currently being managed by the fifth generation of Magoemon.
Omori coastal area located in the southern part
of Tokyo became a large production district for farming nori seaweed in the late Edo period.
The nori from this area is superior in quality and had been presented to Tokugawa shogun family who ruled Tokyo(Edo) for more than 250yrs.
The seaweed production died due to the land reclamation for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games,
but the techniques and skills for nori production remained and is still present today.
Our company is one of the original stores in the Omori area where many nori production
factories exist.
In 1950, we opened a location outside Tsukiji fish market (one of the biggest fish market in the world).
Today, we supply nori to some of the high-end sushi restaurants there.
We also sell green tea and nori at our Tsukiji market location.
The high-quality green tea for from Shizuoka is our top selling item.

This photo shows the scene at the inaugural ceremony in 1928.

This sign is currently hanging at the company.