Natsume Company Ltd. (ナツメ株式会社 Natsume Kabushiki kaisha) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan founded on October 20, 1987. Its American branch, Natsume Inc., is located in Burlingame, California. It is best known for publishing unique, family-oriented niche games, such as the Story of Seasons series (known as Harvest Moon when they were publishing it) and Rune Factory outside of Japan. More: en.wikipedia.org.