Wholesale & sourcing — Sydney based, Australia-wide
From Japan. For your business.
Tell us what your business needs from Japan. We look into it with suppliers there, in Japanese, and come back with what is possible, what it would cost and what the next step is.
Cafés · Restaurants · Retailers · Hotels · Manufacturers — and businesses that fit none of these
What to send us
- What the product is — a name, a photo, or a description
- Roughly how much you would need
- When you would need it by
- A target price, if you have one
You do not need to know the Japanese supplier or the product’s Japanese name. Working that out is the job.
How it works
Start with a plain-English enquiry. You do not need to know the supplier, the Japanese product name or the quantity before you write.
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Tell us what you need
A product name, a photo, a grade, a target price — or just the result you want on your menu or your shelf.
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We look into it in Japan
We find out what exists, who makes it and whether they will supply it — asking in Japanese, directly.
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We check it can come in
What Australia requires before a product can land — biosecurity, food or cosmetic standards, labelling. If it cannot be imported, you hear that here rather than after you have committed to anything.
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You get the real numbers
What is possible, what it would cost you landed in Australia, how long it would take and the smallest order a supplier will take.
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Try it before you commit
Where a supplier offers samples, we arrange them so your team can taste or test the product before there is an order.
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We coordinate the rest
Supplier confirmation, importing and delivery to your door, with one person in Australia to talk to throughout.
What we can source
We are not tied to one category, so what we go looking for is decided by what your business needs rather than by what somebody already has sitting in a warehouse.
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Matcha and Japanese tea
Matcha, tea powders and loose leaf — including the grades built to hold up in milk and the ones meant to be drunk straight.
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Food and ingredients
Noodles, sauces, seasonings, pantry staples, snacks and specialty ingredients for kitchens and shelves.
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Hospitality supply
Tableware, packaging and kitchen goods alongside the food itself, for cafés, bakeries, restaurants and hotels.
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Retail range
Japanese products for grocers, gift shops and specialty retailers putting a Japanese section together.
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Beauty and wellness
Japanese skincare, haircare and salon lines, for businesses stocking them or using them on clients.
Something not on this list
Ask anyway. Working out whether there is a way to get a thing from Japan is the job, and finding out costs you nothing.
There is no minimum enquiry. One café asking about one product is a normal first message — and if a supplier’s own minimum turns out to be more than you can use, we will tell you that before you spend any more time on it.
What working with us looks like
One point of contact in Australia
You deal with us here, in English, on Australian time. The Japanese side is ours to manage.
We ask in Japanese, directly
Supplier conversations happen in the supplier’s own language, so the details that matter do not get lost being translated twice.
The commercial detail up front
Minimum order, lead time and an indicative landed cost, so you can judge whether something works before you commit to it.
We source to order
Nothing here is stock we are trying to move. What we go looking for is what you asked for.
What we won’t promise
The limits, stated before you spend time on an enquiry rather than after.
That everything can be found
Some things are not exported, not made any more, not sold to businesses outside Japan, or not allowed into Australia. When that is the answer, you get it quickly.
That a supplier will say yes
Japanese makers choose who they supply and on what terms. We can ask properly; we cannot decide for them.
That we will beat your current price
We pass on what a supplier quotes plus what it costs to bring here. Sometimes that is not cheaper, and we will say so.
A date before a supplier has given us one
Lead times come from the maker and from shipping. We pass them on rather than estimate them for you.
Company profile
Everything on this page you could reasonably want to check before writing to a business you have not heard of.
- Company name 会社名
- Shintop Trading Australia
- Co-founder & B2B lead 共同創業者・法人営業担当
- Mae Jasmin Tanucan
- ABN
- 26 247 302 408
- Location 所在地
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Languages 対応言語
- English, Japanese, Tagalog and Bisaya
- Business 事業内容
- Sourcing and supply of Japanese products for Australian businesses — matcha and tea, food and ingredients, hospitality supply, retail range, beauty and wellness. Sourced to order, Australia-wide.
- Group company 関連会社
- Shintop Trading Co., Ltd. (株式会社シントップトレーディング) — a Japanese wholesaler supplying restaurants across Japan, with its head office in Fukuoka and an office in Nagoya. Shintop Trading Australia is the Australian arm, run by the same family.
Send a sourcing enquiry
Tell us what you are trying to source. A product name, a photo, a target price or a rough idea is enough to start — there is no minimum enquiry, and asking costs nothing.
We reply within one business day.
Or write to us directly
Shintop Trading Australia · ABN 26 247 302 408 · Sydney, NSW