The history of Hiroshima needle production dates back more than 300 years ago, when the Asano family, the feudal lord of the domain, popularized the production of needles as a domestic occupation for low-ranking warriors. Since then, the industry has improved in quality and manufacturing efficiency, and has come to be known as a local industry. In the Chugoku Mountains, 50 km upstream from the Ota River that flows into Hiroshima Bay, there is an area called Kake (now Aki Ota Town), which was the center of tatara iron manufacturing in the Geihoku region during the Edo period, along with Izumo, located in the great iron sand belt in the Chugoku Mountains. The area prospered as a center of iron production, using the Ota River's water transportation to collect necessary goods from other countries and to send iron produced by tatara iron manufacturing to Hiroshima. The Hiroshima needle was developed by using iron sand from Kakei as the raw material and transporting the iron made by the tatara iron manufacturing method to present-day Hiroshima City via the Ota River water transportation system, where it was processed into needles. The Hiroshima clan, which had a monopoly on this iron, developed a local industry for the production of sewing needles, and even today, Hiroshima is the largest needle production center in Japan, accounting for more than 90% of the nation's production of hand-sewn and samurai needles.

The characteristics and charm of Hiroshima needles are their particular needle hole outer surface, glossy inner surface, and large needle holes. Strong body with moderate elasticity, which prevents breakage and bending. Sharp needle tips with high-density polishing process. Made in HiroshimaHigh quality and reliable needles produced at our own factory in Hiroshima. We are constantly striving for technological innovation and developing products of the highest quality and useful to society by utilizing our needle manufacturing technology of "cutting, grinding, and polishing" that we have accumulated over the years.

Currently, Hiroshima Needles is also developing machinery at the same time, and has advanced technological capabilities in the field of hardware. We are beginning to use this technology to embark on new products other than needles. For example, squid hooks, animal needles, medical needles, ear buds, thousand threaders, string threaders, etc. Demand for medical-related products, in particular, is expected to increase in the future. Manufacturing Hiroshima needles requires precision technology and quality control. Hiroshima Needles will be able to utilize its precision technology, including wire processing, in all fields, and is expected to start tie-ups with electronic component-related companies in the future. In this high-tech age, demand for such products is expected to increase. Hiroshima needles are still exported to more than 40 countries around the world and continue to be loved by many people.