Interior Manufacturer Ikehiko Corporation, Founded in 1886, Marks 140th Anniversary and Fully Renews Corporate Website

Ikehiko Corporation, an interior manufacturer founded in 1886 (Meiji 19) and headquartered in Oki Town, Mizuma District, Fukuoka Prefecture, will celebrate its 140th anniversary on May 14, 2026. To mark the occasion, the company has adopted the anniversary theme “In our 140th year, and beyond” and fully renewed its corporate website. The renewal is not merely a design update. The site has been redesigned to better reflect Ikehiko’s current businesses and organization, and to communicate the company’s stance and values more appropriately. Ikehiko was founded in 1886 in Oki Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, as a wholesaler of tatami facing. Over the past 140 years, the company has continued to develop products for the home, centered on tatami and igusa rush products, while responding to changes in everyday living. Its product areas now include rugs, bedding, kotatsu products, and interior goods. As lifestyles shifted from homes centered on Japanese-style rooms to those centered on wooden flooring, and as housing conditions and ways of living changed significantly, Ikehiko has continued to value products and spatial proposals that stay close to people’s lives. Today, the company’s business spans a wide range of areas, including igusa and tatami-related products, bedding, rugs and carpets, kotatsu futons, spatial proposals, e-commerce, and overseas expansion. Beyond product development, Ikehiko is also engaged in its own igusa cultivation, regional activities, and initiatives to pass tatami culture on to the future, continuing its efforts as a company that carries igusa culture into the next generation. In this corporate website renewal, Ikehiko reorganized and re-edited its overall corporate profile in line with its current business portfolio and organizational structure. The site now presents the value Ikehiko delivers to society in a more multidimensional way, including business introductions, products and brands, sustainability, development backgrounds, regional and cultural initiatives, and spatial proposals. Under the message “Creating comfort across generations,” the renewed site expresses both the philosophy inherited since the company’s founding and its new challenges for the future. The anniversary theme, “In our 140th year, and beyond,” conveys gratitude for the past and a commitment to continue taking on new challenges toward the 150th anniversary and the future beyond, while preserving the company’s enduring values. Ikehiko’s 140-year history was not built by its current members alone, but by the accumulated support of many customers, business partners, local communities, and former employees. The company seeks to cherish “value that stays close to people’s lives,” protecting inherited techniques, accumulated trust, and the potential of igusa as a natural material, while passing them on to the next era. During the anniversary period, Ikehiko will roll out a 140th anniversary logo and posters, along with various communications and initiatives both inside and outside the company. President and Representative Director Kosei Inokuchi stated that the company’s 140th anniversary in May was made possible thanks to the understanding and cooperation of customers, suppliers, processing partners, financial institutions, local communities, and employees’ families, expressing heartfelt gratitude. Looking toward the next 150 and 200 years without being satisfied with the present, the company will contribute to society by fulfilling its mission of creating comfort, revitalizing local industries, and pursuing sustainable development, based on its management philosophy of gratitude toward people, time, and things. Ikehiko Corporation is a comprehensive interior manufacturer founded in 1886. Based in Oki Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, it plans, manufactures, and sells lifestyle-related products including igusa and tatami-related items, rugs, bedding, and kotatsu futons. Under its philosophy of “comfort and creation,” the company continues to propose new value suited to modern lifestyles while passing igusa culture on to the future.