Tamaruya Honten history |
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| First geeration Mochizuki Torakichi opens a preserved foods manufacture and shop in Hontoori in Shziuoka City. | 1875 | 1876: Birth of siizuoka Prefecture (formerly Suruga Kuni) with its merger with Izu Region and Hamamatsu Prefecture. |
| Move to the present location (Shizuoka City, Koyamachi), and ensuing succes of wasabi preserves in ekiben/railway packed lunches | 1890 | First Imperial Conference and Meiji Constitution enforcemen (promulgated the previous year) |
| Awarded the rights to sell on Shizuoka Railway Station platforms. | 1895 | Sino-Japan War Victory (started the previous year) and Sin0-Japanese Treaty. |
| Thought of flat barrels as vessels for wasabi preserves, first sales and earning fame all over the country. | 1902 | Anglo-Japanese Alliance Agreement. Begining of Japan-Russian War two years later/ |
| Second generation Mochizuki Ootarou. | 1918 | Rice riots spread all over the country. |
| Awarded the rights to sell wasai preserves on Shizuoka Railway Station platforms by the Railway copyrights Association. | 1932 | 5.15 Incident. |
| Change to the name of Tamaruya Honten Co. Ltd | 1950 | Start of the Japan-Korean War. |
| Started selling inside rapid trains along the Tokaido Main Line and Sanyo main Line. Started delivering wasabi preserves to Nihon Shokudo Co. Ltd. | 1953 | NHK first TV brodacast in Tokyo. Popularity of street and shop TV. |
| Awarded the Agriculture Minister Prize at the National Preserves Concours. | 1958 | Completion of Tokyo Tower. |
| Initiated indepedent food sales service at Kabushiki Kaisha Shuufu no Mise (Supermarket) | 1959 | Iwato Econmy. |
| Started selling products at Haneda Airport. | 1963 | Assassination pf Presisent J. F. Kennedy. |
| Started sellin products inside first Shinkansen bullet trains along the Tokaido Line. | 1964 | Tokyo Olympics. |
| Built the Tamaruya Building on present location (Shizuoka City, Koyamachi) lent by the Seibu Department Stores Company. Tamaruya shop on first floor. Moved manufacture to Oshika, Suruga Ku, Shizuoka City. | 1970 | Japan World Exposition. |
| Third generation Mochizuku Munenodesignated Head of the Shizuoka Prefecture Producers Association by the Shizuoka Prefecture Governor. | 1978 | Opening of narita Airport. Japan-Chinese Peace and Friendship Treaty. |
| Factory rebuilt in Shimokawahara, Suruga Ku, Shizuoka City. | 1980 | Gas explosion inside subway shop street in Shizuoka Station. Iran-Iraq war. |
| Move to new Company Headquarters in Nakazato, Kita Ku, Tokyo. | 1983 | First sale of Nitendo "Family Computer". Opening of Tokyo Disneyland. |
| Third generation Mochizuki Mineno awarded Yellow ribbon Medal by Prime Minister. | 1984 | Glico-Morinaga Incident. |
| Upgrading to mass merchandising. | 1986 | Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit. Princess Diana Fever. Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion disaster. |
| Upgraded as tamaruya Agricultural Devellopment Limited Company. | 1987 | Privatisation of the Japan railways. |
| Upgraded busines with the sale of Chazuke, Furikake and other new products. | 1988 | Opening of the Hakodate Tunnel. First Japan roofed baseball ground (Tokyo Dome). Creation of consumption tax. 3% from April the following year. |
| Forth generation Mochizuki Eiichi becomes Head of Shizuoka Prefecture Wasabi Preserves Manufacturers Association. | 1990 | Accession to the THrone by new Emperor. Reunification of Germany. |
| Commended by Labor Minister for emplyoying post retirement workers. | 1994 | Tomiichi Murayama of Socialist Party becomes Prime Minister. |
| Founded Tamaruya Honten Tourism Development. (STEP IN Tamaruya) | 1994 | Great hanshin-Awaji Earthquake the following year. |
| Commended by the Minister of Health and Welfare for advancing food hygiene. | 1996 | British mad cow disease uproar. Outbreak and expansion of 0157 microbial disease following Okayama Prefecture food poisoning outbreak. |
| Specified as JAS-recognized agricultural process ccompany. | 1997 | Consumption tax raised to 5%. Hong Kong's return to China. |
| Tamaruya Tourism Development Limited Company integrated into Tamaruya Honten. | 2001 | 911 terrorist incident in the US. |
| Fifth generation Mochizuki Tetsuyuki takes charge. | 2007 |
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