Recruitment / Message

Otsukemonokei has its origins in the fruit and vegetable business that was run by our grandmother. It then evolved into Kwasaki Food Center, run by our father and three of his brothers and sisters, to turn into Green Foods Atsumi,Ltd. which was founded by our father in 1987. Over the course of three generations, we have been happily doing business here in Kawasaki, in Korea Town, an area where internal and external cultures fuse thanks to the presence of many Koreans who are either from the peninsula or are long-term residents of Japan. Times have changed, however, and the Korean restaurants and kimchi shops where we once used to wholesale vegetables have witnessed the waves of changing generations. With urban development also taking place, the number of stores that we run has declined each year. The number of visitors to this part of Kawasaki is also decreasing. We would like to repay our debt to this area that has treated us so well over all these years, a place where you can still find the culture of Kawasaki from the good old days. Green Foods Atsumi’s Otsukemonokei came into being from these sentiments. It is a brand that prides itself on being Kawasaki-born kimchi.
Our mission is to create time for the family be happy through food. We believe that providing truly delicious food puts a smile on the faces of our customers, that urban areas become more lively when there are more customers visiting, and that this enables us to bring profit to our trading partners as well.
As a specialty store, we feel we have an important role in communicating about food culture and handing it down through these pickles know as kimchi. At Kei Deli in Green Foods Atsumi, we not only sell food, but also run seminars teaching how to make fermented foods, which are good for the health. Having food on the table that you have made yourself brings a lively mood to family conversations. We want to be of service in offering this kind of healthy and delicious lifestyle. Everything that we do working to create a genuinely delicious taste each day is to bring a smile to our customers’ faces.

Green Goods Atsumi’s Otsukemono Kei shops started as a tiny shop that hardly had any customers. The “Ultimate Kimchi” created by the vegetable evaluation pro President Akemi and craftsman Shirono, whose skills were cultivated for over forty years, has grown thanks to the support of many people.
We have been chosen as a Kawasaki Famous Product by Kawasaki City and as one of Kanagawa’s Select 100 Famous Products by Kanagawa Prefecture, introduced by newspapers, television stations, radio stations and others in the media that introduced us, and called on for special events by department stores and other local events. As the Festival Troop Leader, I am so thankful for everyone’s warm support in letting more people experience the flavor Otsukemono Kei’s “Kawasaki Famous Kimchi” and for your active participation in the national “Otsukemono Kei Japan Tour Festival” events.
We hope that the charm of our delicious, healthy fermented foods will become a part of your satisfying eating habits, and we work hard every day believing in the dream that Otsukemono Kei’s made-in-Japan “Kawasaki Famous Kimchi” will go out to the world.