An overhead arrangement of vintage-style matchboxes scattered across a wooden table, surrounded by loose wooden matches with red tips. The boxes feature colorful retro illustrations, typography, and branding, creating a casual, nostalgic display of classic matchbox designs.An overhead arrangement of vintage-style matchboxes scattered across a wooden table, surrounded by loose wooden matches with red tips. The boxes feature colorful retro illustrations, typography, and branding, creating a casual, nostalgic display of classic matchbox designs.

Match Design Factory

A match that travels through 100 years. Kobe Match, parent company of Hibi Incense Matches, began as a wooden match factory in 1929 in Himeji, Japan. Since then they have been producing high quality wooden matches used all over the world. In an era of technology, life’s simple pleasure of striking a match on a delightfully designed match box sparks a joy that we can all appreciate.

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Six vintage-style Japanese matchboxes arranged in two rows of three on a wooden surface. Each box is labeled “M.D.F. Match Design Factory” and features colorful traditional illustrations such as geisha, samurai, Mount Fuji, animals, and retro motifs. White text at the top reads, “Assorted Box A The Spirit of Japan.”Two open Japanese matchboxes stacked vertically on a white background, showing colorful vintage illustrations on the covers. The top box reveals green-tipped matches and features a traditional warrior scene, while the bottom box shows red-tipped matches with a sumo wrestler illustration.
Retro Matches
$54.00
A wide overhead view of dozens of vintage-style M.D.F. Match Design Factory matchboxes neatly arranged in a grid on a wooden surface, showcasing a colorful variety of retro illustrations including animals, people, nautical scenes, tools, vehicles, and classic advertising designs.