Sell your Hawaii-made products in Japan
and market to Japanese visitors to Hawaii
We work closely with Hawaii companies to prepare their products and services for the Japan market. We consult throughout the entire sales cycle: market research, translation, marketing messaging, email newsletters, labeling, packaging, shipping, importation to Japan, storage/warehousing, domestic shipping, and customer follow-up. Or, we can help you with just a part of the process…whatever works best for you.
About Us について
HAWAIIkara helps you sell your Hawaii-made products and services in Japan.
We work very closely with Hawaii companies to prepare their products for the Japan market.
We consult throughout the entire sales cycle:
market research
translation
marketing messaging
email newsletters
labeling
packaging
shipping
importation to Japan
storage/warehousing
domestic shipping
customer follow-up
social media
Or, we can help you with just a part of the process…whatever works best for you.
HAWAIIkara can also help you build a Japanese language website, if you need one, or advise you on the content of your existing website. Please contact us and teach us about your products…we will be happy to help you sell them in Japan!
Our Expertise 専門知識
Sales
Our staff in Japan perform traditional, on-the-ground sales work by visiting customers at their site and contacting them in Japanese by telephone, email, and text.
Marketing
HAWAIIkara consults with you to ensure your marketing messages are noticed by the target customers in Japan and Japanese visitors to Hawaii.
Research
Detailed Market Research to: (1) find your target market segment in Japan and then (2) to determine your best price point relative to your key customers, product placement, and competition.
Translation
Professional translations by NATIVE Japanese writers, including marketing materials, website verbiage, social media, email newsletters, price lists, government applications, etc.
Social Media
We translate your Instagram, Facebook, Line, etc. posts into Japanese and give you the most accurate and up-to-date hashtags being used in Japan to place in your posts, as well as Japanese keywords for Google and Yahoo SEO. We monitor Japanese social media and report what the market is saying about your products and services. #アロハございます
Cultural Training
We train Hawaii companies on the subtleties of Japanese culture and the expectations of Japanese customers visiting Hawaii. This helps ensure success, repeat customers, and positive reviews in Japanese social media.
Shipping
By air or by ocean we have the freight forwarding contacts to help you get the best possible rates from Hawaii to Japan or domestically within Japan. We advise on wrapping and packaging to ensure your products arrive safely in the customers’ hands.
Storage
We have ample storage space in Japan to stock your inventory and then ship domestically with tracking numbers and predictable, flat rate shipping costs. We can fulfill orders from stocked inventory in Japan with 24 hours.
Labeling
Get your labeling and packaging legally ready for Japan by including ingredients and other information required by the Japanese government. We work directly with the government to get approval for your labels and packaging.
Product Testing
Many products must be tested and approved by the Japanese government before they can be sold in Japan. We help you navigate this often complicated process and make it easy.
Team チーム
Meet the people that are going to take your business with Japanese customers to the next level.
Rob Haak
ハーク ロブ
Marketing & Strategy Consultant
Honolulu Office
+1 (808) 892-3900
rob@hawaiikara.com
Honolulu ホノルル
Email: chieko@hawaiikara.com
Phone: +1 808 892-3900
Foreign Trade Zone #9
521 Ala Moana Blvd, Pier 2
Suite M-322
Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
Tokyo 東京
Email: harumi@hawaiikara.com
Phone: +81 (3) 4579 0379
1-22-1 Kita-Kasai
Edogawa-ku
Tokyo 134-0081 Japan
Honolulu ホノルル
Tokyo 東京
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Our Favorite Hawaii Companies
Below are some of the wonderful Hawaii companies whose products we highly recommend.
‘Alohi Kai is Hawaiian for “brilliant sea” and their silver and gold jewelry designs are inspired by the ocean and her creatures.
Beyond Organics make all-natural, extremely high quality skincare products.
Beautiful and functional Turkish towels from Kauai.
Kona Lisa Coffee is grown in the heart of the South Kona Coffee belt on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Incredibly-scented 100% soy-based candles from Oahu’s North Shore.
The BEST cookies in the world…made on Maui.
Eco-friendly, reversible, gorgeous Hawaii-themed wrapping paper from Maui.