{"id":3072,"date":"2026-07-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:02:39","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%aa%e3%83%95%e3%83%a9%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e5%b1%95%e9%96%8b%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%81%8b%e3%82%89%e5%8d%8a%e5%b9%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/archives\/3072","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Towel Research Institute&quot; has surpassed 2,000 stores in total since launching its offline operations just six months ago!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" style=\"width:772px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0430_\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Izawa Towel Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Izawa) is pleased to announce that its offline sales project at domestic retail stores, which officially began in January 2026 for its &quot;Towel Research Institute&quot; towel brand that boasts overwhelming support on e-commerce sites, has surpassed a cumulative total of 2,000 stores as of the end of June, six months after its launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brand, which has previously been available exclusively online, has received numerous requests from customers who want to &quot;try and choose in person&quot; and &quot;purchase in stores.&quot; In response, we have announced the launch of a project to begin sales at domestic retail stores in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its launch in January 2026, test sales at general supermarkets, discount stores, major home improvement stores, etc., have been very well received, and the number of stores carrying the product across the country has been steadily increasing. In just two months, the number of stores carrying the product has doubled from over 1,000 at the end of April, and we have now reached 2,000 stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u25a0 Trends in the cumulative number of stores that have introduced the system (January to June 2026)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the project began, we have developed a wide range of products through partnerships with leading retailers in each region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3073\" style=\"width:730px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/260714_\u30b0\u30e9\u30d5.png 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving forward, Towel Research Institute will continue to strengthen its partnerships with retailers nationwide and aim to further expand its sales network in order to deliver high-quality towel experiences to even more customers in their daily lives.<\/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 Towel Research Institute&#039;s owned media &quot;The Towel Textbook&quot;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/towel_kenkyujyo\/media\/\">https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/towel_kenkyujyo\/media<\/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:\/\/twitter.com\/towel_kenkyujyo\">https:\/\/twitter.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>If you have any inquiries, questions, requests, or would like to provide stock photos or videos regarding the contents of this press release, please contact us.<br>Please feel free to contact us at the above contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izawa Towel Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Izawa) will launch a new product line for its &quot;Towel Research Institute&quot; towel brand, which boasts overwhelming support on e-commerce sites, starting in January 2026\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-3072","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\/3072","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=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3074,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions\/3074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.izawa-towel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}