Penta

An original brand of the glass beads manufacturer, TOHO BEADS, that is loved by fashion designers and craft designers for many years throughout the world.

TOHO BEADS was founded in Hiroshima in 1951 and is involved in a wide range of businesses that include manufacturing glass beads and selling its original brand jewelry. TOHO's bead factory is a 1-hour drive from Hiroshima station and is located in an environment rich in greenery that is surrounded by mountains where the water is clean.

Glass bead manufacturing starts with mixing the raw materials, and some manufacturing processes have as many as 30 steps, achieving various colors, textures, glitter, transparency, and so on. Each bead beautifully expresses the fantastical world.