Sabon store in Japan
Photo: Vered Brener
Israeli soap chain expanding in Japan
Sabon Shel Paam, known abroad as 'Sabon', opens two mores stores in Tokyo, Osaka at $2 million investment
Israeli soap and skincare product company Sabon Shel Paam (Old Fashioned Soap) has opened two new stores in Japan at an investment of some $2 million under the brand "Sabon".
The first store is located at the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka, Japan's third largest city.
The second Sabon store is located at the Lumine shopping center in Tokyo's Shinjuku district.
The company already has three active stores in Tokyo, including one opened some four months ago at the Roppongi Hills shopping and entertainment center.
The chain plans to have some 40 stores up and running in Japan and throughout East Asia by 2015.
Sabon Shel Paam is a chain that offers soap and skin-care products as well as home products, and was established in 1997 by Sigal Kotler-Levi and Avi Piatok.
The chain currently has 80 branches around the world, with 30 running in Israel and 50 in the United States, Italy, Canada, Romania, Poland, Holland, Belgium and Japan.
