After the war in 1945, the Takahashi Trading Company opened on 1661–1663 Post Street in San Francisco's Japantown.

[6] Many of the Japanese items imported to the United States for the business were handcrafted, or of high quality including folk arts and crafts, origami materials, tea ceremony accessories, baskets, and musical instruments.

[6] As a form of community service they obtained an export license to send care packages and pharmaceuticals to post-war Japan for the next 10 years.

[6] In 1959 the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency seized their Post Street property, which was demolished to create the Japan Center mall (built 1962–1968).

[1] At their peak they had retail stores nationwide, including at 57th Street in New York City; Bridgeway in Sausalito, California; Grant Avenue at the corner of Geary Boulevard in Downtown San Francisco; and in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.