 | Founded●1867
Areas of business●Manufacture, wholesaling, and retail of Buddhist statues and implements for temples
Manufacture, wholesaling, and retail of Buddhist altars, statues, and implements for homes
Manufacture, wholesaling, and retail of gold leaf work and lacquerware
Sale of gifts by ‘SHADDY’ Gift Catalog Business Division
Sales offices●Headquarters: 299 Bingo, Kakogawa-cho, Kakogawa City
History
1867 Gokurakuya Buddhist Altar Shop founded
1965 Gokurakuya Buddhist Altar Shop new factory established
1974 Japan Buddhist Implements Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established
1975 Headquarters factory established
1976 Headquarters exhibition space opened
1981 Kakogawa Gold Leaf Works Business Division established
1982 Kakogawa Station Sunrise Building Branch opened
1987 Product Center established
1988 Gokurakuya Gold Card issued
1989 Current chairman Ippei Ohnishi receives honorary title of
Kakurinji Temple Distinguished Buddhist Statue Craftsman
1990 Opened “WOOD-NYMPH” branch in renovated Sunrise Building
1991 Established SHADDY Gift Catalog Business Division
1992 Ippei Ohnishi named Chairman of Hyogo Prefecture Religious Products Cooperative
Ippei Ohnishi receives Hyogo Prefecture Distinguished Craftsmanship Award
1993 Becomes Hyogo Prefecture Designated Traditional Crafts Primary Factory
Ippei Ohnishi receives Ministry of Labor Excellent Craftsmanship Award
(now the Master Craftsman Award)
Headquarters factory worker appointed as Traditional Craftsman
1994 Represents the industry at the National Traditional Crafts Exhibition
(has exhibited every year since)
1995 Ippei Ohnishi receives Medal of Honor with Yellow Ribbon
1997 Reopened the station building “WOOD-NYMPH” branch as a next generation (modern)
Buddhist altar and aromatherapy specialty store
2005 CAPIL21 branch opened Gokurakuya Buddhist Altar Shop
becomes Gokurakuya Buddhist Altar Shop, LLC.
JOY SHARE CORPORATION, LLC. established
2006 CAPIL21 branch expanded and reopened as Gallery Memoria Kakogawa
2007 Japan Buddhist Implements Manufacturing Co., Ltd. becomes Gokurakuya Co., Ltd.
2011 Rakuten online shop open |
