Nakayoshi Shoji

Nakayoshi Shoji is a Japanese manufacturer of tableware and household objects in natural materials, founded in October 1988 in Koshigaya, Saitama, with its own factories in Jiangxi, China. It runs a bamboo and wood division for the home and a professional division, selling through three in-house brands: RIVERET, agney* and taffeta-PRO- for restaurants.

RIVERET, its best-known label, began research in 1988 around Moso bamboo, following the material from cultivation and sawing to the finished form. Its plates, bowls and trays carry LOHAS COAT, a patented coating built on green tea ingredients and bamboo’s own phytoncides and applied in six impregnation layers, so coffee and wine leave no stain; every piece is dishwasher safe. The overseas plants hold ISO 9001, BRCGS, BSCI and FSC certification, and the range reaches more than 2,500 hotels, restaurants and retailers in Japan.