About nanaco plus+ － perfection －
nanaco plus+ delivers from Kyoto products crafted with perfection, based on the concept of “inheriting the beauty of Japan's four seasons and traditional craftsmanship to create something new with innovation and creativity.”

nanaco plus+ began in 2004, when we recreated the higashi dried sweets of Kyoto's old sweets shops and turned them into accessories. Accessories in the shape of Japanese sweets, which faithfully recreated the delicacy of the carving and the traditional shapes that have been passed down in an unbroken line for generations, were a new idea that resonated with our customers. Because these sweets are at served tea ceremonies, we were reminded of the fukusa, the small silk cloth used in the ceremony, which has a basket weave known as nanako-ori. Inspired by this soft, pliant and flexible cloth, we took this word, nanako, which is also reminiscent of the Japanese word nana, or “lucky 7,” and, adding the “plus” to symbolize our desire to extend ourselves in a positive way with flexible ideas, the company name and brand, nanaco plus+, was born.

Ame, or hard candy, is one such dried sweet. The first time we tried to recreate ame, they did not look very realistic. So, in 2005, we had the idea of ​​coating real candies with a resin coating, and together with the production plant, we took up the challenge. After repeated trials and error, we finally came up with accessory parts that were able to express the delicate patterns and pretty designs of traditional ame. We have succeeded in obtaining intellectual property rights to this product.

Today, we have partnered with hand-made Japanese candy shops all over the country, coating temariame (small round candies with multi-colored stripes) and kumiame (cylindrical candy made so that the same image shows wherever the cylinder is cut), and sending out these traditional designs and craftsmanship into the world in a new form.

Japan's traditional hand-made candy shops are dwindling in number every year, as many of them have no successors to take over the business. We wanted young people to know more about Japan's hand-made candies and, when they wear them as accessories, link them back to the actual edible candies. It is from this desire that we continue to make our products containing real ame candies.