New Year 2025 Celebration Trading Hours
So that our team can have well-earned break, we will have shorter in-store trading hours on certain days around the New Year's Day period, with some days being closed for business. Shipping dates and times are also impacted. Please see below for the following temporary changes.
All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST - GMT/UTC+9.)
Wednesday, 18th December 2024 - Reduced Hours (9:30 to 15:00)
Thursday, 19th December 2024 to Sunday, 29th December 2024 - Normal Hours
Monday, 30th December 2024 - Reduced Hours (11:00 to 17:00)
Tuesday, 31st December 2024 - Reduced Hours (11:00 to 17:00)
Wednesday, 1st January 2025 (New Year's Day) - CLOSED
Thursday, 2nd January 2025 - CLOSED
Friday, 3rd January 2025 - Reduced Hours (11:00 to 17:00)
Saturday, 4th January 2025 - Reduced Hours (11:00 to 17:00)
Sunday, 5th January 2025 - Reduced Hours (11:00 to 17:00)
Monday, 6th January 2025 - Normal Hours
Normal hours will resume from Monday, 6th January 2025 onwards.
Both our in-store and online contact hours will follow the above.
Our shipping partners are also taking a break, so dispatch times will be delayed. All times are in Japan Standard Time (JST - GMT/UTC+9.)
Items purchased after Thursday, 26th December 2024 to Sunday, 5th January 2025 will leave our store for shipment on Monday, 6th January 2025 onwards in order of receipt. Please keep this in mind if you planning on purchasing during this time. Expect longer shipping times also, as shipping companies and international customs will need to catch up on deliveries.
We appreciate your patience as our team rests and recovers during this brief holiday period.
Our normal trading hours are 9:30 to 18:30 on weekdays, and 10:30 to 18:30 on weekends and national holidays. We are open all other days of the year, bar special circumstances.
Thank you for supporting us as for 2024 as we completed some massive expansions to our store and business operations. 2025 brings a fresh chapter, with more events and educational content to come as we improve our ICHITOI space.
Plus of course, new knives!
We hope you have a great New Year's and holiday season for those celebrating.