{"id":2846,"date":"2026-02-26T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:57:57","slug":"%e3%80%8c%e3%82%bf%e3%82%aa%e3%83%ab%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6%e6%89%80%e3%80%8d%e3%81%8c%e3%82%b3%e3%83%bc%e3%83%8a%e3%83%b3%e7%ad%89%e3%81%a7%e3%81%ae%e8%b2%a9%e5%a3%b2%e3%82%92%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%ef%bc%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/archives\/2846","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Towel Laboratory&quot; begins sales at Konan and other stores! (1st and 2nd rounds)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>-Offline project begins in earnest for nationwide retail expansion-<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0226_img.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Izawa Towel Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shoji Izawa) has begun full-scale sales of products from its towel brand \"Towel Laboratory,\" which has gained high support on e-commerce sites such as Amazon, at domestic retail stores from January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the first phase, the products will be available at Konan and HI Hirose stores from January 1, 2026. Following the positive reception of the first phase, the second phase will be expanded to Konan stores from February 16, 2026, making a wider product lineup available in stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towel Laboratory has primarily focused on online sales up until now, but in response to customer feedback such as &quot;I want to actually touch and choose&quot; and &quot;I want to buy in-store,&quot; the company has announced the launch of a project to begin sales in domestic retail stores in December 2025. This project is part of that initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By being able to actually touch and choose products in-store, more customers will have the opportunity to experience the quality and comfort of Towel Laboratory.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Sales Overview<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Release date \/ Product name<br>\u00a0\u30fbFirst wave: January 1, 2026<br>\u00a0Towel Laboratory &quot;Custom-made Fluffy Slim Bath Towel&quot;<br>Limited quantities available at 344 Konan stores and 30 HI Hirose stores<br><br>\u00a0\u30fbSecond round: Starting February 16, 2026<br>\u00a0Towel Laboratory &quot;Smooth Towel&quot;<br>Sold as a standard product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Reference: Related press release<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000029.000050517.html\">&quot;Towel Laboratory&quot; launches nationwide retail sales! In response to overwhelming demand from consumers and retailers, offline sales are finally open!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Introduction to each site<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25bc Towel Research Institute official page<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/towel_kenkyujyo\/\">https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/towel_kenkyujyo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25bc Official Instagram<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/towel_kenkyujyo\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/towel_kenkyujyo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25bc Official X (formerly Twitter)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/towel_kenkyujyo\">https:\/\/x.com\/towel_kenkyujyo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Company Overview<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Company name: Izawa Towel Co., Ltd.<br>Representative: Representative Director Shoji Izawa<br>Address: 1-26-6 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo<br>Business: Planning, manufacturing, import\/export, and sales of towel products<br>Official website:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Contact information regarding this news release<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For inquiries, please contact: pr@izawa-towel.com<br>For interviews, questions, requests, and stock photo and video submissions regarding the contents of this release,<br>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the above address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~Offline project to expand to retail stores nationwide officially launched~ Izawa Towel Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Izawa) has launched an offline project to expand to e-commerce sites such as Amazon\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions\/2849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}