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A Lawson store in Kōtō, Tokyo A Lawson self-service station with attached convenience store in Shingū, Fukuoka, Japan. In 1974, Consolidated signed a formal agreement with The Daiei, Inc., a retail company which also ran a supermarket chain, to open the first Lawson stores in Japan. On April 15, 1975, Daiei Lawson Co., Ltd. was established ...
They aimed to expand the convenience store chain within approximately two years and set a goal of reaching 2,000 to 3,000 stores with a minimum target of 1,500 stores. [1] In November 1973, the convenience store company York Seven was established. In May 1974, the first-ever store in Japan opened in Toyosu, Kōtō, Tokyo. This marked the debut ...
In 1999, the company opened its first 98cent Plus Store carrying Daiso products, before Daiso had its own stores in US. The company has since expanded to 11 locations in California with over 400 employees in California. These stores sell Japanese food and household items. [3] In 2013, Don Quijote purchased 100 percent of Marukai stock. [4]
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (東洋水産株式会社, Tōyō Suisan Kabushiki-gaisha), best known as Toyo Suisan (東洋水産, Tōyō Suisan), is a Japanese company specializing in ramen noodles, through its Maruchan brand, seafood and frozen and refrigerated foods. [3]
A ramen shop in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. A ramen shop is a restaurant that specializes in ramen dishes, the wheat-flour Japanese noodles in broth. In Japan, ramen shops are very common and popular, and are sometimes referred to as ramen-ya (ラーメン屋) or ramen-ten (ラーメン店). Some ramen shops operate in short-order style, while ...
Maruchan is a Japanese word composed of two parts, maru and chan. Maru means round, as in the shape of a ball or a happy child's face. In Japanese, roundness has a connotation of friendliness. [ 3 ] The word chan is an honorific suffix, used affectionately for a child or as a term of endearment.
Sogo Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう, Kabushiki gaisha Sogō) is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. In 2009, it merged with The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店) to become Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. (株式会社そごう・西武).
Yoshinoya in Nagoya. In its restaurants in Japan, tables are often counters, and in that case, they take orders over those counters. Chopsticks are provided. The menu includes standard-serving (並盛, namimori, or nami), large-serving (大盛, ōmori), or extra-large-serving (特盛, tokumori) [9] beef bowls, pork bowls (豚丼, butadon), [10] raw eggs (to stir and pour on top, sometimes ...