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Jun 24, 2015 · Takayasu Watanabe, Hagoromo's last president. Many of our customers stocked up on our chalk before it became unavailable. We received a flood of faxes and nonstop telephone calls, and could...
Nov 17, 2020 · In 2014, Takayasu Watanabe, the grandson of the company’s founder, announced that Hagoromo would halt production, partly because of the industry’s declining fortunes and partly because of...
Hagoromo Bungu ( Japanese: 羽衣文具, lit. 'Hagoromo Stationery') was a Japanese office supply and chalk company. It is best known for having produced the Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk, a brand of blackboard chalk.
Aug 22, 2020 · Earlier this year, on July 31, Takayasu Watanabe passed away in Japan. Thanks to Shin, his chalk legacy will live on.
A Korean teacher rescued Hagoromo's legacy from disappearing. Shin Hyeong-seok, a teacher in Korea, took over the manufacturing of the Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk when Takayasu Watanabe, the president of Hagoromo Stationery of Japan, was diagnosed with cancer.
May 23, 2019 · Five years ago, however, Hagoromo president Takayasu Watanabe announced the company would be halting production in February of 2015, and stop sales altogether the following month. American mathematicians went crazy.
Oct 3, 2016 · Takayasu Watanabe, 72, has closed a chalk-making business in Nagoya, central Japan, that his family had operated for more than 80 years. He sold technology, equipment and trademark rights to a...
