10+ Years
Producing in Japan
100,000+
Images retouched
Japan-based
Production team
In-house
Retouching & design
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
Sample versions shown. Client work is not published without written permission.
Creative Localization
Advertising & Digital Creative
Professional Retouching
Creative Production at Scale
Japan Creative Review — the usual starting point
A paid audit of the creative you already use, with an itemised list of what has to change for Japan. Optional, and only worth doing on real projects — see Pricing. Start with a free consultation first.
STEP 01
Global original
Works in your home market. Generous white space, one message, short headline.
STEP 02
Direct translation
Japanese is longer. The headline wraps, the layout breaks, the type is a default font. Correct — and clearly imported.
STEP 03
Localized for Japan
Layout rebuilt around Japanese text, typeface and spacing chosen for it, information restructured to what buyers here expect.
We are a production partner, not a consultancy. We do not advise on incorporation, tax, law, regulatory filings, importing, hiring, distributor search or logistics. We make the creative.
We are in the market you are entering
Japanese typography, spacing and information density are daily work here, not research.
Retouching and design in one team
Nothing is lost handing files between studios, and nothing is quoted twice.
Real production experience
A decade of advertising and retouching for Japanese clients across beauty, food, retail and entertainment.
Built for volume
Multi-size and multi-placement expansion from one master is routine production for us.
Free consultation
Tell us what you have and what you are planning. No charge, no commitment.
Project discussion
We scope the work together and quote it.
Japan Creative Review
Where a project needs it: a paid audit of your existing creative. Not always necessary.
Production
Localization, design and retouching, produced in-house.
Client review & delivery
You review; revisions are included. Final files in every format you need.
Every engagement is quoted after we have seen your materials. These are starting points, not fixed rates.
| Package | What it covers | From |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Creative Review | Audit of your existing creative with an itemised list of what must change for Japan. | from ¥55,000 |
| Creative Localization | Adaptation of existing visuals and ads into Japanese-market creative. | from ¥110,000 |
| Japan Campaign Creative Package | A campaign set — key visual, banners and social creative — built as one system. | from ¥220,000 |
| LP + Ads + Visual Localization | Landing page creative, advertising set and full visual adaptation together. | from ¥330,000 |
| Custom / Ongoing | Continuous production, or a scope of your own. | Contact for quote |
The ¥55,000 review fee is fully credited toward your production project.
If you go ahead with production, the review costs you nothing.
Payment
one stand cross Inc. is a creative studio in Kanagawa, Japan, operating as MARVELOUS DESIGN. Established in 2014, we produce photo retouching and advertising design for Japanese clients across beauty and cosmetics, food and hospitality, retail and entertainment.
Retouching and design sit in the same team — the reason we can take a foreign brand’s existing assets and return finished Japanese-market creative without a chain of handoffs.
2014
Established
100,000+
Images retouched
In-house
Retouching & design
UTC+9
Japan Standard Time
REPRESENTATIVE
Yusuke Hirakawa
Representative Director / Creative Director
Began in photo studio production, founded one stand cross in 2014, and has personally retouched over 100,000 images since. Oversees every project the studio takes on.
one stand cross Inc. · Kanagawa, Japan · Established 2014
With a free consultation. Send us what you already have and what you are planning in Japan. We will tell you what is involved before any fee is discussed.
Communication is available in English for inquiries, briefs, quotes and revision instructions. Our production team is Japanese — which is exactly why the Japanese side of the work is done properly.
If you have translated copy, we typeset it correctly. If not, we can include translation in the quote. We do not recommend publishing machine-translated copy unreviewed.
Yes. Most localization work starts from an existing brand system. We work within your rules and flag where a rule will not survive contact with this market.
No. We are a creative production studio. We do not advise on incorporation, tax, law, regulatory approval, importing, hiring, distributor search or logistics.
It depends on volume, and is confirmed with the quote. We are closed Saturday and Sunday, Japan time.
Yes. We also will not publish your work as a portfolio sample without written permission.
International credit cards are accepted. Details are issued with the quote.
Send us your existing creative, brand materials or project outline. We will review your needs and recommend the right next step — at no charge. We reply within one business day, Japan time.
