- Home
- Company Information
- History
History
1940s
1940 | Kenji Osano started an auto parts business in Shiba, Tokyo. |
---|---|
1945 | Hotel business started. |
1946 | Company entered fixed route and charter bus business. |
1947 | "Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd." adopted as the company name. |
1949 | Company entered taxi and limousine business. |

Kenji Osano
1950s
1953 | Sale of imported cars started. |
---|---|
1959 | Trading department established, Company began distributing hydraulic equipment. |
1960s
1960 | Osaka and Kobe Branches opened. |
---|---|
1961 | Travel service started.(Chuo-ku, Tokyo) |
1962 | Company started trading golf-related products. |
1963 | Company began hotel business in Hawaii; Honolulu Branch opened. |
1964 | Company entered real estate business. |

Princess Kaiulani Hotel
1970s
1973 | Sheraton Palace Hotel (San Francisco) acquired. |
---|---|
1974 | Company entered property development business. |
1978 | Golf business started.(Mishima Golf Club) |

Sheraton Maui

Royal Hawaiian

Sheraton Waikiki

Palace Hotel
1980s
1981 | Osaka Fujiya Hotel construction completed and opened. |
---|---|
1983 | Yaesu Fujiya Hotel construction completed and opened. |
1989 | Moana Hotel restoration and upgrade completed and reopened. Long distance bus service started.(between Tokyo and Morioka) Katsunuma Golf Course construction completed and opened. Kofu Fujiya Hotel construction completed and opened. |
1990s
1990 | Fiftieth anniversary.(accompanied by memorial activities) |
---|---|
Company entered the Florida market.(Grand Cypress Resort acquired) | |
1991 | Sheraton Palace Hotel upgrade completed; hotel reopened. |
1996 | Hotel Kazuno construction completed and opened. |
1997 | Sheraton Maui redeveloped and reopened. |
Michinoku Kokusai Golf Club opened. | |
Fruit Park Fujiya Hotel completed and opened. | |
1999 | Kashoen (Hanamaki Onsen, Iwate) renovated and reopened. |

Kashoen

Fruit Park Fujiya Hotel

Grand Cypress Resort
2000s
2000 | Kokusai Kogyo Mita #2 Building completed. |
---|---|
2003 | Yumoto, Yaesu and Kofu Fujiya Hotels renovated and reopened. |
2005 | Machida Driving School renovated and reopened. |
2007 | Sheraton Moana Surfrider re-branded as a Westin Resort. |
2009 | The Royal Hawaiian re-branded as a Luxury Collection Resort. |
2002 | Fululu Garden Yachiyo opened. |

Fululu Garden Yachiyo

Chapel at Kofu Fujiya Hotel
2010s
2013 | Yumoto Fujiya Hotel renovated. |
---|---|
2014 | Fruit Park Fujiya Hotel renovated. Fuji View Hotel renovated. "FUJIYA HOTEL THE PIE" opened at Nihonbashi Muromachi. |

FUJIYA HOTEL THE PIE