| November 16, 1979 |
Mr. Shigemi Kawahara, the founder, opened
a restaurant & bar named "After the rain" in Hakata
area, Fukuoka city, Kyushu in Japan. |
| October 16, 1985 |
The first ramen noodle shop of the company,
"Hakata Ippudo" was opened in Daimyou area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| October 30, 1986 |
Chikaranomoto Company Ltd. was founded. |
| April 16, 1987 |
Opened another ramen noodle shop "Genkai
Ramen Sassou-tei" in Ohnojyo city in Fukuoka, Kyushu. |
| May, 1989 |
Moved "Hakata Ippudo" to a different location
in Chuo ward in Fukuoka city.
(Address: 13-14, Daimyou 1-chome, Chuo ward, Fukuoka
city)
Opened a pub, "Iwato-machi Matsu-no-yu" in Keigo area,
Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| March 6, 1994 |
Opened Shinyokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama
city. |
| May 18, 1994 |
Opened "Ippudo" Ohashi (Shiobaru Honpo)
shop opened in Fukuoka city. |
| December 9, 1994 |
Changed the company organization to a
joint stock company from a limited private company. |
| April 20, 1995 |
Opened "Ippudo" Ebisu shop in Hiroo area
in Shibuya, Tokyo. |
| July 24, 1995 |
Founded "Narumi Food Business Planning
Co. Ltd.," a restaurant business consultant firm. |
| April, 1996 |
Renovated "Sassou-tei" into "Ippudo" ramen
noodle shop at "Dazaifu-inter." |
| December, 1996 |
Opened "Tacopulco," a fast food restaurant,
in Daimyo area, Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| April, 1997 |
Set up head office in Imaizumi area, Chuo
ward, Fukuoka city. |
| July, 1997 |
Opened "Tacopulco" Canal City Hakata branch
in Sumiyoshi area, Fukuoka city. |
| April 3, 1998 |
Opened "Ippudo" Takadanobaba shop in Nishi-waseda,
a campus town in Shinjuku, Tokyo. |
| May, 1998 |
Opened "Relaku," a cozy Japanese-style
pub with home cooking, in Tenjin, Fukuoka city. |
| June, 1998 |
Opened "Tiger kitchen," a casual Chinese
style restaurant in Fukuoka city. |
| January 3, 1999 |
Opened "Ippudo" Nagabori shop in Minami-senba, Osaka. |
| July 20, 1999 |
Opened "Ippudo" Meihama shop in Fukuoka city. |
| November 4, 1999 |
Opened Yokohama Plant in Kouhoku ward,
Yokohama city. |
| November 18, 1999 |
Opened "Ippudo" Sannoh shop in Hakata
ward, Fukuoka city.
Also opened Fukuoka Plant in the same Sannoh area. |
| December 8, 1999 |
Opened "Ippudo" Meidai-mae shop, in Matsubara area a
campus town in Setagaya ward, Tokyo. |
| December 14, 1999 |
Opened "Ippudo" Komazawa-park shop in
Setagaya ward, Tokyo. |
| May 11, 2000 |
Opened "Ippudo" Tenjin shop in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| May 29, 2000 |
Opened "Ippudo" Gotanda shop in Shinagawa
ward, Tokyo. |
| June 6, 2000 |
Opened "Big Apple," a Japanese-style family
restaurant, in Shanghai, China. |
| July 28, 2000 |
Opened "Ippudo" Kichijoji shop in Kichijoji,
a shopping area, Tokyo.
Opened "Ippudo" Nishi-dori" shop in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city.
Opened "Kitchen Relaku," a Japanese-style kitchen &
pub on the second floor of the Ippudo Nishi-dori branch |
| July 28, 2000 |
Opened "Gogyo," a Chinese-style noodle
restaurant & pub in Chuo ward, Fukuoka city. |
| December 14, 2000 |
Increased the capital to 40 million yen
from 10 million yen. |
| March 31, 2001 |
Increased the capital to 160 million yen
from 40 million yen. |
| April 2, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Ginza shop in the Ginza,
Tokyo. |
| April 23, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Otaru shop in Otaru Unga
Shokudo (Restaurants Area), Otaru city, Hokkaido. |
| May 30, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Roppongi shop in Roppongi, Tokyo. |
| June 21, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Nishiki-koji shop in Nakagyo
ward, Kyoto city. |
| August 1, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Yokohama Porta shop in Yokohama. |
| December 4, 2001 |
Opened "Ippudo" Queen's East shop in Yokohama
city. |
| June 17, 2002 |
Opened "Ippudo" Umeda shop in Osaka city. |
| July 15, 2002 |
Opened "Ippudo" Honmachi-dori shop in
Nagoya. |
| April 4, 2003 |
Opened "Noodle Factory" in Kohoku ward,
Yokohama. |
| May 15, 2003 |
Renovated "Kitchen Relaku" into a new
Okinawa-style restaurant & bar "Gyoshu-Danshiro Shouten". |
| June 12, 2003 |
Opened a Chinese-style noodle restaurant
& pub, "Nishiazabu Gogyo" in Nishiazabu, Tokyo. |
| August 31, 2003 |
Opened "Ippudo" Kobe-motomachi shop in
Kobe city. |
| September 22, 2003 |
Moved head office to Yakuin area, Chuo
ward, Fukuoka city. |
| October 16, 2003 |
Opened "Ippudo" Yakuin shop in Yakuin,
Fukuoka city. |
| December 12, 2003 |
Opened "Ippudo" Sapporo Tanuki-koji shop
opened in Chuo ward, Sapporo city, Hokkaido. |
| March, 2004 |
Renovated "Tiger Kitchen" into a new Chinese-style
restaurant specialized in noodles and sweets, "Tiger
Noodle Kitchen". |
| October 1, 2004 |
Opened "Ippudo" Sendai Aoba-dori shop
in Aoba ward, Sendai city. |
| December 1, 2004 |
Opened "Kyoto Gogyo" in Nakagyo ward, Kyoto. |
| January 3, 2005 |
Opened "Ippudo" Uenohirokoji shop in Ueno
area, Tokyo. |
| April 23, 2005 |
Opened “Ippudo” Nanba shop in Naniwa ward, Osaka. |
| June 16, 2005 |
Opened “Ippudo” Kanazawa Korinbo shop in Katamachi, Kanazawa. |
| July 7, 2005 |
Moved “Hakata Gogyo” noodle restaurant to Imaitzumi, Chuo ward, Fukuoka. |
 Since the founding of the company in 1985, Chikaranomoto
Company has kept focusing on customer satisfaction. We think
of welcoming you with our smiles, thinking of your smiling
faces that give us new energy to make our company and restaurants
further better.
Smiling faces of restaurant guests and staff members make
you and us feel more comfortable and cheerful.
With this "smile on your face" motto, we are planning to
open our new restaurants in other areas in Japan, New York
and Asian regions.
In 2004, we successfully opened the "kyosyoku 78"
a noodle restaurant in Shanghai, China, by teaming up with
a local partner in Shanghai.
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