About Umezawa Bussan.
株式会社梅澤物産 (Umezawa Bussan, Japanese company) is a trading and business-support company connecting Japan and Canada.
Connecting Japan and Canada.
Umezawa Bussan is a trading and business-support company connecting Japan and Canada. We handle every step, from sourcing products and negotiating with manufacturers in Japan to export, import, and distribution in Canada. We also help Japanese products and brands enter the Canadian market, with support shaped to each project.
Separate companies, one representative.
株式会社梅澤物産 (Umezawa Bussan, Japanese company) and Chopstick Lab Inc. (Canadian company) are separate legal entities. Kodai Umezawa represents both.
He founded Umezawa Bussan in Japan in 2026, drawing on about 13 years in Canada working in food service, store operations, and product sourcing.
Umezawa Bussan in Japan and Chopstick Lab Inc. in Canada work together, so one project can be handled in both countries — from sourcing in Japan to import, distribution, and business development in Canada.
Company overview.
Japanese company
- Company name
- 株式会社梅澤物産 (Umezawa Bussan)
- Head office
- 1-14-16 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0035, Japan
- Corporate number
- 8070001044255
- Company registration number
- 070001044255
- Representative
- Kodai Umezawa
- Founded
- 2026
Canadian company
- Company name
- Chopstick Lab Inc.
- Address
- 6775 Rupert St, Vancouver, BC V5S 2Z4, Canada
- Representative
- Kodai Umezawa
- Founded
- 2013
What we do.
Experience in Canada.
Before Umezawa Bussan was founded, Kodai Umezawa and the team were already working in Canada: running restaurants and food businesses, opening new locations, and sourcing products, with operating experience at ZUBU Ramen and elsewhere.
History.
Where the name comes from.
Umezawa Bussan takes its name from the business Kodai Umezawa’s grandfather ran.
His business, also called Umezawa Bussan, was in Shibukawa, Gunma. It produced and wholesaled konjac and did some trading as well. It closed by around 2010, but the name stayed in the family.
After about 13 years in business in Canada, Kodai founded a new company in Japan in 2026, 株式会社梅澤物産, and gave it that name.
As a legal entity it is new, but the idea behind the trade is the same: find good products and get them to the people who need them.
