What is "Chocolabo"?

Chocolabo is Japan's first chocolate workshop operating as a welfare facility. Run by the General Incorporated Association AOH as a Type B employment support facility, Chocolabo employs about 40 individuals with disability certificates. They utilize their unique skills to produce and sell chocolate confections daily. Each handmade Chocolabo sweet reflects the individual personality of its maker.

Chocolabo Official Website

The Vision Behind "Chocolabo"

Mr. Noriyuki Ito, the representative of the Chocolabo Group, started the chocolate workshop because his son had a disability. He wanted to change the situation where there were few job opportunities and low wages for people with disabilities, so he quit his corporate job, started his own business, and established Chocolabo.

With the corporate philosophy of "respecting all people equally, creating a community where people with disabilities, able-bodied individuals, and seniors coexist, and contributing to society by building a system that allows everyone involved to feel richness in both material and spiritual aspects," Chocolabo has created employment opportunities for people with disabilities and improved their wages.

And now, Chocolabo is coming to KDX Toyosu Grand Square! Please consider Chocolabo's carefully crafted sweets as "Cause Marketing Gifts — Products chosen for a reason" for donations or gifts to loved ones.

You can see the production process and more on the Chocolabo official website.

On Thursday, November 14, we held a sales event for Chocolabo, Japan's first welfare chocolate workshop, at KDX Toyosu Grand Square. Many people attended, and the event was a great success.

Chocolabo staff involved:

People with disabilities: 55, Support staff: 30

Number of purchasers: 135

Number of items sold: 498