Sake · Food · Tableware — Import & Export Partner
Brew, together.
Bridging Korea and Japan through trusted trade
Export services for overseas buyers, and Korea market-entry support for Japanese breweries and makers.
A nationwide sales network
From restaurants to retail and luxury hotels
Cold chain, brewery to table
Even nama sake, kept at its best
Export support via our Japan entity
Paperwork & settlement handled in Kobe
Story-driven, proposal-led sales
Delivering flavor as an experience
Philosophy
The maker's intent, carried straight to the table.
Sincerity
Sincerity — keep promises, build on trust.
Trust before numbers. That order of doing business hasn't changed once since our founding.
Preparation
Preparation — learn the market, and get ready first.
Licenses, cold-chain logistics, a Japan entity. We build the structure so makers can entrust us with confidence.
Partnership
Partnership — the work doesn't end at the sale.
We look the same direction as the maker and walk with them until the brand takes root.
What We Handle
Not just the drink — the whole table.
From a bottle of sake to the food that pairs with it and the vessels it's served in — we deliver the whole experience of taste.
Sake & Shochu
Sake & Honkaku Shochu
Bottles brewed by breweries and distilleries across Japan, kept true through an unbroken cold chain.
Food & Ingredients
Food & Ingredients
Japanese ingredients and products that pair with the drink — elevating each glass.
Tableware
Vessels & Tableware
From sake cups and tableware to serving tools — we propose the setting that completes the taste.
For You
For your next step, a dependable partner.
We support your entry into Korea, end to end.
Our Kobe entity CR Japan handles export procedures and settlement, and — together with our Korean group companies CR Trading and SY Global — reaches a nationwide sales network.
Learn more → Global export agencyBeyond Korea — your export, handled.
Using years of import/export know-how, we act as your export agent to third countries beyond Korea — paperwork, logistics and buyer matching, handled end to end by our Kobe entity.
Learn more →Why CR Trading
There's no shortcut into the market. But there is a dependable partner.
A nationwide sales network
From Seoul to Busan and Jeju — restaurants, distribution and luxury hotels across Korea.
Uncompromising quality control
Chilled from brewery to table. Our own cold storage lets us carry nama sake year-round.
Sales that tell the story
Proposal-led selling that delivers not just the product but the value behind it.
Export support via our Japan entity
CR Japan in Kobe handles export paperwork and settlement — minimizing the maker's burden.
A track record of growing together
Through every rough wave, a journey of growth alongside the makers.
Market
Korea's sake and honkaku shochu market keeps hitting record highs.
Sake imports reached record highs two years running , and honkaku shochu has grown roughly threefold in a few years. Now is the time to move — with a dependable partner.
Our partners
View clients →JUHACHI ZAKARI SHUZO CO., LTD.
sake · Okayama
YOSHIDA SAKE BREWERY CO., LTD.
sake · Fukui
YAGI-SHUZOBU CO.,LTD.
sake · Ehime
KAGOSHIMASHUZO CO., LTD.
sake · Kagoshima
TOMIKAWA SHUZOUTEN CO., LTD
sake · Tochigi
OCHIAI SHUZOJYO CO., LTD.
sake · Miyazaki
Company
A two-base structure — Korea HQ & Japan entity.
A headquarters with a strong sales network in Korea, and export support from our Japan entity in Kobe. Two bases, working as one for the makers.
Korea HQ
CR TRADING CO., LTD.
The core of our nationwide sales network, cold-chain logistics and local sales
- Established
- June 2013
- Representative
- KIM, Jaewook
- Location
- Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do
- Flagship
- "SAKEMORI", Seocho, Seoul
Japan entity
Operator of this site · export deskCR Trading Japan Co., Ltd.
The global export window — export procedures & settlement, handled end to end
- Established
- 2017
- Representative
- OIKAWA Tsuneo
- Location
- Fuji Isobe Bldg. 602, 2-2-3 Isobedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Contact
- infojp@crsake.com
070-9257-3212
Business
Import wholesale & retail / export of sake, food and tableware
Milestones
The structure we've built
- 2013 Founded CR Trading (liquor import wholesale license)
- 2017 Established the Japan entity (liquor export license, Kobe)
- 2025 Opened flagship store "SAKEMORI" (Seocho, Seoul)