The best of Japan,
to those who need it.
With sourcing and planning capability built over fifteen years in manufacturing, we bring outstanding Japanese food and products across borders — from concept and production management through to export and local rollout.
Three businesses, one question.
Manufacturing, export, relocation support. They look like separate businesses, but they share a single question: how do we get what is good in Japan to the people who need it?
Manufacturing & OEM
End-to-end support from concept through production management, for both promotional and retail products. We bring the supply chain and the quality standards developed over fifteen years at a major Japanese printing company.
Learn more →- Track record
- 15+ years in premium product planning and production
- Network
- Partner manufacturers in Nagano and Aichi
Cross-border trading (Japan ⇄ SE Asia)
Good Japanese products into Southeast Asia — and good local goods back into Japan. With fifteen years of supply chain experience and a working base in Chiang Mai, we handle trade in both directions.
Learn more →- Bases
- Kamakura & Chiang Mai
- Focus
- Non-food: goods, promo items, packaging
Cross-border dual-base living
Our representative lives it: Kamakura and Chiang Mai, with his family and dog. Visas, housing, bank accounts, schools — and the taxes and insurance that continue back in Japan. We publish the real figures and the actual procedures, drawn from experience.
Learn more →- Since
- 20 May 2026
- Household
- Self, wife, daughter (5), dog
What we bring
Fifteen years of supply chain work
Planning and production management for premium products at a major printing company. The same quality bar and delivery discipline now define our own standard.
Concept to market, undivided
Planning, sourcing, production management, export and local rollout — handled by one team. One point of contact, start to finish.
Direct manufacturer relationships
We work directly with partner factories in Nagano and Aichi, which makes small runs and specification changes practical rather than painful.
Export and promotion in one place
The practical side of exporting and the creative side of promotion, held by the same person. That combination is not common.
About the founder
Wataru Otsubo
For more than fifteen years I planned and managed production of premium products at a major Japanese printing company — work where the quality of small details is the value itself. That standard has not changed.
I have travelled to more than thirty countries. Since May 2026 I have lived between Kamakura and Chiang Mai with my family and our dog: working abroad without leaving Japan behind, and testing how that actually works in my own life.
- 2008 – 2026
- Major printing company — premium product planning and production management
- Oct 2025
- Founded Cross Shore LLC in Kamakura
- May 2026
- Relocated to Chiang Mai; began dual-base living with Kamakura
Company profile
- Name
- Cross Shore LLC (Cross Shore合同会社)
- Representative
- Wataru Otsubo, Representative Partner
- Founded
- 30 October 2025
- Capital
- JPY 1,000,000
- Address
- 267-110 Nikaido, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
- Business
- Food & beverage import/export · OEM manufacturing · Dual-base living support
Tell us what you need.
OEM enquiries, cross-border trading, or questions about dual-base living — any of these is a fine place to start.