Nittosha, a small Japanese manufacturer, is stopping the production of matchbooks. The company is a testament to the hard work and dedication at small and medium-size companies that are the backbones of large economies, including the U.S. and Japan.
“I was really surprised by the reaction,” Kenji Kobayashi, who heads the factory, told The Associated Press.
Nittosha still makes matches. The wooden sticks with flammable tips go into boxes. Some are exported to the U.S. At each step, people busily sort matches by hand, as box after box streams by. Some are stacking the boxes as they come, one after the after, then putting them into bigger cartons.Himeji has dominated match production in Japan. It’s close to Kobe port, and the city’s moderately dry climate is good for match-making.
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