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| 1901 |
The Store
is founded in South Furano city. |
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| 1965 |
The store is moved to
it's present location in Sapporo city. |
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| 1976 |
Ownership of store passed
on to the 4th generation (current owner). |
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| 1982 |
Store was remodeled to
allow for growing inventory and popularity. |
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1994 |
Store changed from family
grocery/sake store to specialized sake retailer. |
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Company name progression: |
|
wFc€Xx(Kumada
Shouten) ¨wT½ΑVbsOx(Yutaka shopping) ¨ |
wΑπΜT½Αx(Meishu
no Yutaka) |
| 1st generation
- @Fc@ h@(Eiji Kumada) |
| 2nd generation -
@ Fc@hκ@(Eiichi Kumada) |
| 3rd generation -
@Fc@Cό@(Tatsumi Kumada) |
| 4th generation -
@ Fc@Tκ@(Hirokazu Kumada) |
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|
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| The interior
of the original store in south Furano city. |
The outside of the
shop and surrounding area. |
| iAt
this time, even pots, pans, and stovepipes where
sold at the store.j |
The shop
seems to have been located along national highway
38 |
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| 3rd generation
owners Tatsumi and Miyako |
The original
Kumada Shouten in Sapporo. |
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| Kumada
shouten's delivery wagon. |
1982- The
temporary side entrance to the shop, while the current
storefront was under construction. |
| The
person driving is 3rd gen. owner Tatsumi. |
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|
The inside of the newly remodled store. |
Meishu no Yutaka today. |
At
this time the shop's name was changed |
|
to
Yutaka Shopping.wI want to help to enrich |
people's
livesxWas the thought that the |
name "Yutaka"
was based upon. |