Ogawa Chikusan Sohonten’s Popular “Butcher’s Croquettes” Now Available as a Furusato Tax Return Gift in Shinagawa Ward

Founded in 1938, Ogawa Meat Foods Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Teruhiro Ogawa; URL: https://www.ogawa-group.co.jp/) has started offering its best-selling ready-to-eat item, the Butcher’s Croquettes (frozen), as a return gift for furusato nozei (hometown tax donations) in its home district of Shinagawa, Tokyo. This product is now available on the Furusato Choice website (https://www.furusato-tax.jp/) and will be listed on other hometown tax donation platforms in the near future.

▶ Furusato Choice – Ogawa Meat Main Store product page:https://www.furusato-tax.jp/product/detail/13109/6538286

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About Ogawa Group and Ogawa Chikusan Sohonten (Main Store)

The origins of Ogawa Group date back to November 1938, when the original butcher shop “Ogawa Shoten” (now Ogawa Chikusan Sohonten) was founded in Futaba, Shinagawa Ward. In March 1949, it became Ogawa Meat Foods Co., Ltd., gradually expanding into today’s Ogawa Group.

Ogawa Group, centered on Ogawa Chikusan Shokuhin, has built a fully integrated supply chain from livestock farming to retail sales. This system enables the company to deliver safe, secure, and high-quality meat tailored to customer needs.

The group’s core business is wholesale distribution of meat to major domestic supermarkets, retailers, and restaurants. It also operates a directly managed butcher shop (Ogawa Chikusan Sohonten), a yakiniku restaurant (Yakiniku OGAWA), and has even expanded into exporting wagyu and domestic beef — strengthening its position as a comprehensive food business.

About the “Butcher’s Croquettes”

A customer favorite since the company’s founding, the Butcher’s Croquettes remain one of the top three most popular products among over 20 deli items sold at Ogawa Meat Main Store. This product has also been certified by the Shinagawa Sightseeing Association as an official “Shinagawa Souvenir.”

Made with fluffy potatoes, naturally sweet onions, and savory beef, the croquettes offer a nostalgic yet refined flavor — a testament to quality preserved through generations.

Gift Product Overview

Product Name: Butcher’s Croquettes

Contents: 2 packs of 10 croquettes (70g each) — total of 20 pieces (frozen)

Donation Amount: ¥7,000

Available On: Furusato Choicehttps://www.furusato-tax.jp/product/detail/13109/6538286(To be added to other hometown tax sites soon)

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About Ogawa Chikusan Shokuhin Co., Ltd.

Established in 1938 as Ogawa Shoten, Ogawa Chikusan Shokuhin specializes in meat wholesale and has expanded into various businesses, including logistics, restaurant operations, retail butchery, and livestock production. In recent years, it has also been growing its international export operations as part of a broader push to enhance its comprehensive food-related business.

Company Name: Ogawa Chikusan Shokuhin Co., Ltd.

Head Office: 2-4-18 Futaba, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-0043, Japan

Representative: President Teruhiro Ogawa

Capital: ¥80 million

Employees: 96 (as of April 11, 2025)

Business Scope:

1. Processing, sales, and wholesale of beef and pork

2. Foodservice business

3. Restaurant business