Corporate Overview

Housing Operation Architects Inc.

Representative Director and CEO of HOP Group Holdings Inc.
Chairman and Representative Director of Housing Operation Architects Inc.

1973: Entered Fujita Koumuten Co., Ltd. and learned skills of a carpenter specializing in construction and restoration of historical architectures such as shrines, temples and palaces (miya-daiku)

1989: Launched ATELIER AM, a first-class architectural studio and presented its works across the country with leading a group of up-and-coming architects

1996: With the assistance of Forestry Agency and Hokkaido Government, invented HOP (Housing Operation) that is a new housing supply system where a process of securing domestic timbers, sawing lumbers, designing and construction has turned into a cooperative one

2001: Forestry Agency Director-General Award
(A Leading company for timber supply system)

2006: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
(Consumer Oriented Excellent Company)

2010: Special environment prize"japan venture awards 2010"hosted by ministry of economy

Books: 1999 Photograph Essay Collection “KOKOROKIKO (Mind book of travel note)”
2005 Reference book before building a house “House doctor consultation room”
2008 The world of Kazuhiro Ishida and Atelie AM (ART BOX company)
2014 JAPANESE BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE（Gentosha Lnc.）

President and Representative Director of Housing Operation Architects Inc.

2002: Entered Housing Operation Architects Inc. and assigned to the office of president
Engaged in the establishment of the Eastern Japan branch office

2006: Assumed the position of General Manager for PR of HOP Group
Established web marketing strategies in the new era

2011: Assumed the position of General Manager of the HOP Eastern Japan branch office and concurrently served as the branch office manager
Built infrastructures towards nationwide developments

2013: Assumed the position of Director

2015: Served concurrently as General Manager for General Affairs

2016 June: Assumed the position of President and Representative Director of Housing Operation Architects Inc.

The characteristic beauty, only the ones with running over the time can obtain, resides in traditional building, and it will continue to remain in Japanese minds as eternally unchangeable values.
These traditional beauty styles harmonize with a modern new sensitivity and it breathes design and planning capability into a life – and the kindness and technical capability with which people make the best use of it for the architecture. The coherent notion, covering from design to construction, can create one single architectural work.
Warmth and texture, residing only in real materials, are indispensable for a living space creation. Assurance of making a selection for raw materials and assurance of technical capability to use up the materials materialize a real architecture. We believe not to create a town, which only can be seen as a large-sized garbage 20 years later. Therefore, we are considering aiming at house building and architecture that we build a house with profound meaning as the time moving on and with emotional attachment as becoming an antique.

HOP Group Overview

HOP Group Profile

Housing Operation Architects Inc.(HOP Sapporo)

21-2-1, Kita-4-jo-nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
TEL/011-615-7777　FAX/011-614-8913

Housing Operation Architects Inc.(HOP East Japan)

7F, Tower A, Queens Tower, 2-3-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
TEL/045-224-8511　FAX/045-224-8513

Housing Operation Architects Inc.(HOP Nagoya)

10F, ORE Nishiki 2-chome Bldg., 2-4-15 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya
TEL/052-232-0125　FAX/052-232-0126

Housing Operation Architects Inc.(HOP Osaka)

6F, KPO Bldg., 3-2-14 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
TEL/06-6484-5188　FAX/06-6484-5125

Establishment: May, 1997

Capital: 99 million yen

Head of company: Chairman and Representative Director ：Kazuhiro Ishide(Representative and CEO of HOP Group)
President and Representative Director ：Eriko Seki
Masaki Harada, Director
Hideo Mori, Director
Takeshi Hokuto, Director
Masaru Okada, Director
Masayuki Yamamoto, Statutory Auditor

Addresses: HOP Sapporo
21-2-1, Kita-4-jo-nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

HOP East Japan
7F, Tower A, Queens Tower, 2-3-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama

HOP Nagoya
10F, ORE Nishiki 2-chome Bldg., 2-4-15 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya

HOP Osaka
6F, KPO Bldg., 3-2-14 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka

Obihiro Branch
10-20-1, Nishi-2-jo-minami, Obihiro, Hokkaido

Main Line Banks: North Pacific Bank Kita-24-jo Branch
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Sapporo Branch, Yokohama Branch, Nagoya Branch,Ohsaka-C
Hokkaido Bank Torii-mae Branch
MUFG Bank Sapporo Branch

Number of Employees: 73 employees
Technical 50 employees (15 employees as first-class architect)
Planning 14 employees
Administrative 9 employees

Authorized Constructor: Authorized by Minister of land, infrastructure and transportation
（Special Provision-2） No.21396

Authorized Architect Office: First-class Architect Office （Ishikari）No.3402
First-class Architect Office （Kanagawa）No.15413

Other: Registered for Housing Performance Warranty Program
Registered for Japan Inspection Organization（JIO）
Member of Architectural Institute of Japan

Awards: 1997 Good Design Hokkaido Award
2000 Hokuyou Investment North Pacific Entrepreneur - Grand Prize
2000 Sapporo Chamber of Commerce - Northern Entrepreneur Encouragement Prize
2001 Forestry Agency Director-General Award (A Leading company for timber supply system)
2006 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (Consumer Oriented Excellent Company)
2010 special environment prize"japan venture awards 2010"hosted by ministry of economy

HOP Group: Atelier AM Inc. Sapporo (First-class Architectural Studio)
2F, HOP Bldg., 21-2-1, Kita-4-jo-nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
TEL/011-621-8718　FAX/011-621-8497

Atelier AM Inc. Tokyo (First-class Architectural Studio)
7F, Tower A, Queens Tower, 2-3-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
TEL/045-224-8522　FAX/045-224-8513

Atelier AM Inc. Osaka (First-class Architectural Studio)
6F, KPO Bldg., 3-2-14 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
TEL/06-6484-5188　FAX/06-6484-5125

HOP Factory Inc. (Furniture & joinery manufacturing plant)
4-1-33 Kitaokadama-5-jo, Higashi-ku, Sapporo
TEL/011-789-7321　FAX/011-789-7323

Related Companies: Lap Project Office Co.,ltd

HOP Group History

1974.04

The present HOP Group Representative Director, CEO Kazuhiro Ishide joined Miyadaiku Fujitakoumuten and learned the techniques of carpenter for temples and shrines
1978.06

Presented G residence as a debut work, designed by Kazuhiro Ishide

G residence
Exterior
Appearance
1984.04

Established Fujitakoumuten Co., Ltd.
Tatsuo Fujita, the president of Fujitakoumuten Ltd. and Kazuhiro Ishide established Fujitakoumuten Co., Ltd. by joint investment
Kazuhiro Ishide, inaugurated as Representative Director, Executive Managing Director
1986.10

Fujitakoumuten Planning office AtelierAM (ARCHITECTURAL MEMBERS) first-class architectural studio establishment <Prestige 21 2nd Floor, 21 Chome Kita 4-jou Nishi Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi Hokkaido >

AM the first work Prestige 21.
Opened the office on 2nd Floor
1987.03

Sponsored “Encounter with Bizen” exhibition by six Bizen ceramic artists at YAMAHA Event Hall
1989.08

Enlargement first-class architectural studio AtelierAM co.,ltd. .Established.
Since then, presented architectural works at Architectural Institute of Japan Hokkaido branch every year.
Became a member of Architectural Institute of Japan and Hokkaido Design Conference
1990.09

Constructed the head-office building and moved the head-office to 2-1, 21 Chome Kita 4-jou Nishi Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi

On the first floor of the head-office building, “AM･Art Gallery” was opened as a place to consider of arts and housing culture. Subsequently, it provided a place for many artists to present their works as a sending base for Hokkado’s latest art till 1999.

Gallery Entrance

Exterior appearance of
the head-office building
1992.04

Started a serial publication “Kazuhido Ishide/KOKOROKIKO (Mind book of travel note)” at Monthly Sapporo (serially published till 1999)
1995.01

Established “Hokkaido New Housing Industry Development Association” with 13 people such as architects and University researchers as its members.
1995.10

Held “the first Hokkaido Artist Ashibetsu Selected Exhibition” (Sponsored by AM･Art Gallery/Supported by Ashibetsu-shi)

Sponsored the exhibitions for art works from Hokkaido or other places, the art works provided by AM･Art Gallery
1995.10

Cut-down, sawing, drying for Thinned timbers of Sakhalin fir are carried out together with cost reduction and established “New Housing System Development Cooperative Society” for the purpose of securing stable materials and organizing forestry traders in Ashibetsu.

Thinned Hokkaido timbers with approximately 50 years old from artificial forest.
1997.03

Certified as “Forestry Agency General Operation for Lowering Cost of Timber Supply”
1997.04

By the collaborative research with Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute, we stared a collaborative development for a way of drying regarding thinned Sachalin fir material, once thought to be difficult to use as architectural material till then.
1997.05

Established Housing Operation Project Inc. (Commonly known as HOP)
Started HOP Group system
1997.10

The head office building of Kitanihon Seiki Co., Ltd. received “Good Design Hokkaido Award”.

Exterior appearance for the head office building of Kitanihon Seiki Co., Ltd.
1998.03

Constructed HOP model house in Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, with using thinned Sachalin fir as the structural material.

Exterior appearance of HOP model house
1998.04

By receiving the adaptation of coordinator system by Hokkaido Industry Cluster Operation, we drew up the directionality and concrete measure of the nationwide development by franchise chain system.
1999.03

Constructed three high temperature drying equipment for thinned Sachalin fir material and high performance corrective pulling factory by the joint investment with New Housing System Development Cooperative Society

Timbers are taken out from a specialized drying pot, manufactured by a collaborative research with Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute.
1999.04

Received a certification of “High Durability Model for Wooden House Rationalization System” from Ministry of Construction’s Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center

Certification of “High Durability Model for Wooden House Rationalization System”
1999.06

Housing Operation Project Inc. acquired 100% issued shares of Fujitakoumuten Co., Lte. and became the representative of HOP Group.
1999.10

Kazuhiro Ishide Photo Essay Collection Kokoro Kiko was published
2000.10

Awarded “Northern Entrepreneur Encouragement Prize”, sponsored by Sapporo chamber of commerce

The testimonial of “Northern Entrepreneur Encouragement Prize”
2000.10

Exhibition at the 14th Tokyo Business Summit

Executed information/business negotiation event for management executives
2000.10

Awarded “North Pacific Entrepreneur - Grand Prize”, sponsored by Hokuyou Investment Inc.
2000.11

Exhibition at Eco-Future-Messe

The testimonial of “Northern Entrepreneur Encouragement Prize”
2001.03

Sponsored by Judicial Foundation Japan Wood Products Information and Research Center.
Awarded "The First Wood Supply System Excellent Operation Forestry Agency Director-General Award"

The testimonial of “The First Wood Supply System Excellent Operation Forestry Agency Director-General Award”
2001.06

Received a certification of “Environment-Symbiotic House” by the Judicial Foundation Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation.

Certification of “Environment-Symbiotic House”
2001.07

Opened Eastern Japan branch (HOP Eastern Japan) in Yokohama Minato Mirai

Overall appearance of Eastern Japan branch
2002.09

Held “HOP’s Forest/Tree Planting Festival”. The festival is held every year hereafter.

“HOP no mori (HOP’s Forest)/Tree Planting Festival” in Nohana Minami, Ashibetsu-shi
2003.02

Opened Kyoto branch
2004.03

Established NPO Foundation “Mori wo tateyou network (Let’s build a forest network)”
2004.11

Held the first “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto (Guest Mr. Soushitsu Sen)

The first “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple”
2005.10

Held the second “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto (Guest Mr. C.W. Nicol)

The second “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” Guest Mr. C.W. Nicol
2006.03

Awarded "the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (a consumer-oriented quality company)"

Awarded from Ms. Satsuki Katayama, a ministerial advisor for the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and a member of House of Representatives
2007.05

Opened Obihiro branch
2007.06

Opened Asahikawa branch
2007.08

Presented “MIYANOMORI HOP HOUSE” as the 10th year’s anniversary of HOP establishment

Exterior appearance of “MIYANOMORI HOP HOUSE”
2007.11

Held the third “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” in Kyoto (Guest Mr. Wahei Tatematsu)

The third “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Honen-in temple” Guest Mr. Wahei Tatematsu
2008.01

Published a collection book “The world of Kazuhiro Ishida and Atelie AM” (ART BOX company)
2008.03

Held the forth “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Sapporo” (Guest Mr. Kenji Omori)

The forth “HOP Mori no kyoushitsu (Class for Forest) in Sapporo” Guest Mr. Kenji Omori
2008.06

Three companies in HOP Group acquired SGEC forest certicication.
2008.12

Developed and obtained a patent of a wood drying/treatment technology for thinned wood from planted forest.

Ashibetsu factory is equipped to make slits on all four sides of wood for drying.
2009.07

Published a report “Seizan Ryugi”
2009.11

Moved and expanded Obihiro office.
2010.02

Won Special Environment Prize at “Japan Venture Awards 2010” hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.
2010.02

Produced “Toy Blocks made by Carpenters”, utilizing wood offcuts in Hokkaido.

Profit from toy blocks sale funds tree plantation foundation.
2010.06

Housing Operation Inc. has merged with Fujita Corporation and the company name has been changed to ‘ Housing Operation Architects Inc.
2011.03

Hokkaido IT management Contribution Award hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

HOP’s president and CEO, Kazuhiro Ishide was nominated as Hokkaido’s representative.
The company was commended by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as an excellent and normative company in Hokkaido which practices management with IT.
2011.04

HOP New Concept House was announced, adopting the idea of passive house, an advanced energy-saving technology (Promotion Project of Wooden Houses Utilizing Local Timber of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism).
2013.03

HOP Factory participated in LWL – Living Wellness in Luxury.
LWL’s lifestyle concept of new era that seeks comfort and luxury at home attracts the world’s top brands.
2014.04

Grandly opened HOP’s New Concept House, orchestrating the world’s top brands (LWL).

Exterior view of the New Concept House
2014.09

EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Japan – an entrepreneur awarding system.

HOP’s president and CEO, Kazuhiro Ishide was nominated as Hokkaido’s representative.
2014.10

As the first project of HOP New Concept House Gallery, we held exhibition of Bizen Fujiwara Sandai – Genealogy of Living National Treasures, Kei, Yu and Wa –.

From the left:
Kei Fujiwara, Living National Treasure
Yu Fujiwara, Living National Treasure
Kazu Fujiwara The Third
2015.04

The new brand "STEP LINE" has started. The announcement of "STEP LINE 100 PLANS" which seeks living space that fits life nicely with the concept of "Simple & Smart."

STEP LINE
Design Plan Collection
2016.06

Mr. Kazuhiro Ishide assumed the position of Chairman, Representative Director and CEO of HOP Group Holdings Inc. as well as the position of Chairman and Representative Director of Housing Operation Architects Inc.
Ms. Eriko Seki assumed the position of President and Representative Director of Housing Operation Architects Inc.
2017.04

Founded HOP Nagoya.
(2-4-15 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya)

HOP Nagoya
2019.06

Founded HOP Osaka.
Founded Atelier AM Osaka.
(3-2-14 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka)

HOP Osaka