1968 |
"Kosyuen Co., Ltd." is incorporated by "BROOK'S Co., Ltd." |
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Takeshige Ogawa becomes the President of the Group |
1983 |
Launching of the first Mail-Order Service of regular coffee in Japan |
1991 |
Establishment of the associated companies |
1993 |
Separation of "BROOK'S" mail - order department from "Kosyuen" and introduction of e-commerce |
1995 |
Completion of "Coffee Roasting Factory" |
1999 |
Completion of the Head Office Building "BROOK'S Building" |
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Launching of the drip bag coffee |
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Started nationwide distribution in Japan |
2004 |
Completion of "BROOK'S Nakai Logistics Center" |
2008 |
40th Anniversary of "BROOK'S Group" |
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Establishment of "Taiwan BROOK'S" |
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Launching of the OMP (Overseas Mailorder Project) service to 21 countries of Asia, Oceania and Middle East |
2010 |
Launching of "Cantafé" series |
2012 |
Establishment of "Oi Campus" |
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Opening of factory-direct sales "BROOK'S SHOP & CAFÉ" |
2013 |
Expansion of delivery area to Europe |
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Obtainment of ISO 22000 / FSSC 22000 certification for the production of regular coffee |
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Opening of the first overseas store in "Taipei 101", Taiwan (until 2014) |
2014 |
Opening of "BROOK'S green café" in Harajuku, Tokyo |
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Relocation of Taiwan shop in Eslite Xinyi Building |
2015 |
Opening of "Japanese Café -KOSYUEN-" in Paris, France |
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KOSYUEN Japanese tea won the 3rd place in a food contest held by a French exhibition: Salon Saveurss |
2016 |
Opening of "BROOK'S CAFÉ Hong Kong" in Hong Kong |
2017 |
Reopening of "BROOK'S green café" in Harajuku, |
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Tokyo under the new name "BROOK'S ME-BYO café" |
2018 |
50th Anniversary of BROOK'S Group |
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Opening 'BIOTOPIA' Oimachi, Ashigarakamigun, Kanagawa Prefecture |
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Reopening of "BROOK'S CAFÉ Hong Kong" under the new name "KOSYUEN CAFÉ Hong Kong" |
2021 |
Closing of "KOSYUEN CAFÉ Hong Kong" on February 23rd |
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BROOK'S products available at APITA (Taikoo Shing), UNY (Yuen Long), |
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GUU SAN (Tsim Sha Tsui), and Citistore (Tsuen Wan) |