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In commemoration of our 150th anniversary, we have created a neck strap using kumihimo, a traditional Kyoto craft.
Let's celebrate the anniversary year together (until December 31, 2025) and use it as a neck strap for your employee ID card.

CEO Message

For 150years, we have taken on the challenge of tying together our wide range of technologies with people's dreams, based on the Shimadzu corpora t e philosophy of "Contributing to society through science and technology".
Let's work together to weave the dream of a healthy future for people and the earth, by creating strong human bonds and ties woven together through the strength and diversity of mutual strands of trust.

Yasunori Yamamoto

President and CEO
Shimadzu Corporation

150th anniversary commemorative goods
"Kyo-kumihimo neck strap"

Kumihimo refers to a cord made by braiding together fine silk or cotton threads. This neck strap is an environmentally friendly product made of leftover threads from off-the-shelf braid.
Kyoto-style kumihimo (Kyo-kumihimo) has a particularly long history, with roots stretching back to the Heian period.
In kumihimo, unique threads of different types are braided together in beautiful harmony, producing a more durable cord.

Note: After the anniversary period ends (from January 2026), we will return to using the current neck straps. Please store them individually for future use.

Steps in Making Kumihimo

Comments from the Maker

Allow me to congratulate you on your 150th anniversary. Japan is famous throughout the world for kumihimo, the traditional braided cord made by intertwining multiple threads. By combining many different colored threads, including remnant threads, we have created a complex and attractive kumihimo neck-strap. New value is created when the wisdom and ideas of individuals from different backgrounds are brought together. The way in which individual initiatives by everyone in the Shimadzu Group contribute to the whole is not unlike the process by which kumihimo is made. Personal connections cannot be seen but can certainly be felt. It is my hope that everyone bound together through their activities in the Shimadzu Group the world over will find these kumihimo neck-straps a way to strengthen those bonds.

Shohei Nose

General Manager
Showen Kumihimo

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