Office Address Osaka Head Office Operation Factory Bldg 3f, 1-24-26 Minami-Horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Japan 550-0015 Tokyo Office 1-7-4-2F Nizhiazabu Minato-ku, Toyko Japan 106-0031 Established 1998 Capitalization    47,173,000 yen Representative Director Chairman of the Board : Akihiro Kasashima Senior VP : Manabu Minamikata Executive : Hiroaki Nishi, Toru Kawamata Headcount 141 regular employees plus 300 part-time employees (as of March end 2004) Primary Financial Institutions Mizuho Bank, - Shinmachi Branch, Risona Bank �| Senba Branch, Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank �| Senba Branch, UFJ Bank �| Umeda Branch, Eiwa Sinyo Kinko �| Main Branch Fiscal Year End       December Company Activities     Activities related to the planning, development and operation of eating places. Activities related to consulting, temporally employment, planning of event, and co-ordination. Activities related to interior designing, graphic designing, WEB designing, creative planning Consultant Tanima (tax accountant) Hidemine Sakamoto (attorney) Keiko Oohigashi (licensed social insurance specialist) Auditing Company Azusa Auditing Company Contact Osaka Head Office / Tel 06-6536-9006 Fax 06-6535-9007 Tokyo Office / Tel 03-5772-3456 Fax 03-5772-3525 e-mail postmaster@opefac.com (as of June 2005) West Japan Area >>>> 39 stores East Japan Area >>>> 15 stores Direct operating >>>> 11 stores Direct operating >>>> 3 stores Producing >>>> 13 stores Producing >>>> 5 stores Consulting >>>> 15 stores Consulting >>>> 7 store 1998   July  Operation Factory Inc. established September  1st shop Factory Cafe�L (directly operated) opened Consultation with MUSE Osaka (cafe�L, restaurant, gallery) started 1999  January  Tokyo Office re-located September  Under Lounge (produced-club/disco) opened in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Osaka December  AFRICA (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Osaka 2000  August  COLONIAL Living Kobe Toa Road Branch (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in San-nomiya, Kobe October   COLONIAL Living Hachioji Branch (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Hachioji, Tokyo November  TILE (directly operated-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Minami-Horie, Osaka KITSUNE (produced-restaurant) opened in Shibuya, Tokyo December  AFRICA Daikayama Branch (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Daikanyama, Tokyo PANNAM (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Higashi-Shinsaibashi, Osaka 2001  March  Osaka Head Office re-located due to the expansion of business AFRICA Sapporo-Susukino Branch (produced-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Sapporo, Hokkaido April  TOHKA Horie Branch (directly operated-Japanese restaurant) opened in Kita-Horie, Osaka August  TOHKA Umeda Branch (directly operated-Japanese restaurant) opened in Umeda, Osaka TOHKA Nishi-Azabu Branch (directly operated-Japanese restaurant) opened in Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo November  LIME (directly operated-cafe�L/restaurant) opened in Kita-Horie, Osaka 2002  March  TSUBAKI Sushi (directly operated-Sushi, Japanese restaurant) opened in Kita-Horie, Osaka BAR TSUBAKI (directly operated-Bar) opened in Kita-Horie, Osaka April  TSUBAKI SUSHI (directly operated-Sushi, Japanese restaurant) opened in Aoyama, Tokyo May  TSUBAKI LOUNGE (directly operated-bar/lounge) opened in Aoyama, Tokyo July  BLEU (directly operated-Chinese dinning bar) opened in Minami-Horie, Osaka RIVER CAFE�L (directly operated-cafe�L/dinning) opened in Minato-machi, Osaka LIME (directly operated-Indonesian restaurant) opened in Ginza, Tokyo October  KOTOYA (produced-Japanese restaurant) opened in Tamachi, Okayama December  THE ORBIENT (produced-club/disco/restaurant) opened in Aoyama. Tokyo 2003  March  RONG (produced-Chinese restaurant) opened in Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Osaka September  Quasis (produced) opened in Umeda, Osaka December  MOMO (produced) opened in Ginza, Tokyo KOROAN (produced) opened in Namba, Osaka KASUI (produced) opened in Kyoto 2004  June  Airdeli (produced) opened in Inside of the Isetan airport, Osaka basil (directly operated-itarian restaurant) opened in Umeda dojima, Osaka July  danceteria SAZA*E (produced-club/disco/restaurant) opened in Umeda tyayamachi, Osaka September  Goryugai (produced) opened in Toyama October  Island Pub (produced-Darts cafe) opened in Inside of Kansai Airport, Osaka December  Koganeya (produced-Japanese restaurant) opened in Ebisu, Tokyo December  KOTTOUYA (directly operated-Korean restaurant) opened Minami-Horie, Osaka 2005  March  Shichihukuan (produced-Japanese restaurant) opened Higobashi, Osaka June  ButayaTnukidou (produced-Japanese&Korean restaurant) opened Azabujyuban, Tokyo After graduating high-school, Kasashima started his career in the food business in Osaka, where he worked for several discotheques and clubs. In 1989, Kasashima started his own planning office Operation Factory , and from 1991 to 1997, he gained a reputation for himself in the West Japan by producing many cool, contemporary cafes and clubs that were always covered extensively in the broadcast and published media at the time of their launch and still today. In July 1998, he established Operation Factory Inc. and set up its Tokyo branch in the following year. Since then, Kasashima has been producing various types of catering outlets such as restaurant, bar, cafe and club. As of today, there are 12 shops under his direct operation, while 17 shops have felt the benefits of his production and consultation.