Connecting Japan and Canada — through food, business, and technology.
We bring Japanese products, expertise, and tools to Canadian restaurants and retailers, and help Japanese companies launch here with confidence.
食と、ビジネスと、テクノロジーで。日本とカナダをつなぐ。
One partner, three pillars.
Trading
Japanese food, sauces, tableware, and kitchen equipment into Canada — small lots welcome.
Explore Trading
Chopstick Lab
Franchise launch from zero, menu localization, central-kitchen supply.
Explore Chopstick Lab
Restaurant Technology in development · 開発中
An inventory app for restaurants, built from real kitchens. Join the early list.
Explore TechnologyHow ZUBU Ramen grew from one Vancouver kitchen to four stores.
Kodai co-founded ZUBU Ramen in Vancouver in 2020. Today it runs four stores across the Lower Mainland — Olympic Village, Kerrisdale, Metrotown, and Park Royal — built on the same kitchen and supply thinking Chopstick Lab now offers to Japanese brands entering Canada.
Engagement details are being confirmed with Kodai; this summary uses ZUBU’s published facts only.
Visit ZUBU Ramen
From first call to first delivery.
Talk
A 20-minute call to understand your product, your brand, or your kitchen.
Map
We map registration and first customers, or the 0→1 launch path, in writing.
Deliver
We run the import, the launch, or the supply — and stay on afterwards.
From a general store in Gunma to a warehouse in Vancouver.
My grandfather ran a small goods shop in Gunma. I run its successor from Vancouver: the same care about what we sell and who we sell it to, now between two countries.
Founder · the person you will talk to
What we are seeing this week.
The first posts are on their way — weekly notes on trade, restaurant launches, and technology start here soon.
Let’s start a conversation.
Tell us a little about your business — we reply within two business days.