History

1945.09: Yoshimitsu Terada establishes Y-Yacht Trading Co. at 2-8 Motoshige-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya.
Starts selling Y-Yacht antimony products. The foundation of the company is built.
1949.06: Establishes Y-Yacht Metal Industries, Ltd (the capital: 500,000 yen). Yoshimitsu Terada takes up the post of president, and starts selling products of other companies.
1949.09: Opens Osaka branch at 26 Kamiyama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka.
1958.04: Increases capital to 1,000,000 yen.
1959.04: Opens Tokyo branch at 3-10 Asakusakotobuki-cho, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
1961.04: Builts Nishiki storage plant at 1-7-44 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya.
1963.09: Moves Osaka branch to the newly built office at 4-40-3 Nagai, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka.
1966.09: Builts new Nishiki storage plant (reinforced, three-story building) at 1-7-44 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya.
1969.05: Moves Tokyo branch to the newly built office (reinforced, three-story building) at 5-8-5 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo.
1970.01: Increases capital to 5,000,000 yen.
1971.05: The first president Yoshimitsu Terada dies. Shizue Terada takes up the post of president.
1974.04: Moves Osaka branch to the newly built office at 6-3-25 Yuzato, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka.
1974.05: Increases capital to 10,000,000 yen.
1977.08: Increases capital to 20,000,000 yen.
Moves the headquarters to the newly built office (reinforced, four-story building) at 3-13-41 Matsubara, Naka-ku, Nagoya.
1979.09: Increases capital to 30,000,000 yen.
1979.10: Opens Fukuoka branch at 2-33-23 Higashihie, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
1984.11: Increases capital to 45,000,000 yen.
1985.08: Changes the company name to Y-Yacht Co., Ltd.
1985.10: Moves Tokyo branch to the newly built office (reinforced, three-story building with basement) at 2-3-28 Sengoku, Koto-ku,Tokyo
1986.08: Shizue Terada takes up the post of board chairperson.
Kiyoshi Terada takes up the post of president.
1989.10: Moves Fukuoka branch to the newly built office (reinforced, four-story building) at 1-8-7 Kamimuta, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka.
1992.02: Builds a distribution center Y.N.C. (Y-Yacht Network Center) in Gifuhashima.
2002.08: Expands Y.N.C. (Y-Yacht Network Center) to approx. 16,500 m2.
2004.09: Kiyoshi Terada takes up the post of board chairperson.
Akihiko Terada takes up the post of president.
2006.08: Opens Sapporo Sales Office in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
2007.02: Opens “La Cucina Felice” flagship store in Omotesando, Tokyo.(Closed in 2014)
2007.08: Expands Y.N.C. (Y-Yacht Network Center) to approx. 33,000 m2.
2007.09: Opens the second “La Cucina Felice” specialty store in Ebis, Tokyo.(Closed in 2017)
2008.01: Obtains the PryvacyMark from PrivacyMark Promotion Center of JIPDEC
2008.11: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Nishinomiya Hyogo.
2009.03: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Kokura Fukuoka.(Closed in 2019)
2010.02: Opens Sapporo Sales Office in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
2010.02: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Higashitotsuka Kanagawa.
2010.08: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Kawaguchi Saitama.
2010.10: Obtains ISO/IEC 27001 from Japan Accreditation Board.
2010.10: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Takatsuki Osaka.
2011.04: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Tenjin Fukuoka.
2011.10: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Kohoku Kanagawa.
2012.10: Opens the “Premier marche” in Hakata Fukuoka.(Closed in 2022)
2013.03: Opens the “La Cucuna Felice” in Kofu Yamanashi.(Closed in 2023)
2013.09: Chizue Terada takes up the post of president.
2016.08: Expands Y.N.C. (Y-Yacht Network Center) Completion of construction of sales warehouse (Y2LOGITEC)
2016.12: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Kashiwanoha Chiba. (Closed in 2019)
2017.03: Opens the “La Cucina Felice” in Ebisu Tokyo.(Closed in 2021)
2020.08: Sawako Terada takes up the post of president.
2021.03: Opens the “La Cucina Felice”in Shibuya Tokyo.
2021.09: Opens the “La Cucina Felice”in Shintenchi Hiroshima.
2021.09: Fukuoka branch relocated to Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
2022.06: Osaka brunch relocated to Tennoji-ku, Osaka
2022.11: Opens the “La Cucina Felice”in Hakata Fukuoka.
2023.11: Opens Y.YACHT STORE Azabudai Hills at Azabudai, Tokyo