BENOIT NIHANT Seibu Ikebukuro Store to Open

－ Brand's First Permanent Department Store Location －

KANEKA CORPORATION
September 9, 2025
Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii), through its group company Kaneka Foods Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President: Futoshi Fukuzaki), will open its first permanent department store location, “BENOIT NIHANT Seibu Ikebukuro Store,” on September 17, 2025.

The new Seibu Ikebukuro Se will expand its selection to fresh confections, highly sought-after as department store takeout items, alongside our selection of chocolate bars, bonbons, and baked sweets made with carefully selected cacao. We will offer tarts, tiramisu, and other items that highlight the natural flavors of the ingredients. Furthermore, we will launch Mont Blanc chestnut cream cakes as an exclusive item for the Seibu Ikebukuro Store. We also plan to introduce baked sweets exclusive to this location in the future. We are providing a new style of BENOIT NIHANT that can be offered, of course, as gifts but that can also be enjoyed as a treat at home.

BENOIT NIHANT is a chocolate brand launched in 2006 by Benoit Nihant, a Belgian cacao artisan with a background as an engineer. The brand features single-origin cacao from single farms and single varieties, and it completes all processes from roasting to finished products in its own workshop. In Japan, the brand opened its Ginza store in 2023 and currently operates in two locations, Ginza and Toranomon Hills.

Based on our mission of KANEKA thinks “Wellness First”, Kaneka provides a broad range of solutions that help diversify and enrich people’s food and lifestyles. By expanding sales of products created by Benoit Nihant, who works on improving the natural and labor environments, we will contribute to solving global environmental issues.


                                                     
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                                                              Seibu Ikebukuro Store Exclusive Mont Blanc
                             “Peruvian Cacao Mont Blanc,” “Kumamoto Prefecture Chestnut Mont Blanc”

< Store Information >
・Store Name: BENOIT NIHANT Seibu Ikebukuro Store
・Address: 1-28-1Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8569
Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, Basement 1F (Confectionery & Gifts)
・Opening Hours: 10:00 - 20:00 (Subject to the business hours of Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store)
・Official Online Store: https://benoitnihant.jp/
・Official Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/benoitnihant_japan/
・Official LINE Account: https://lin.ee/jssY1Lt