| 1968 |
Enlisted in the Air Self-Defense Force at the age of 15. |
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| 1974 |
Granted a discharge from military duty after 5 years, 9 months service.
Entered Chuo University with the aim of passing the Bar Examination. While enrolled at university, took on a part-time job in the fisheries industry, and through this developed a keen interest in marine products and foodstuffs. |
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Employed at a Marine Products Company.
Engaged in the development and selling of sushi items, packed lunch boxes, food products and so on. |
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| 1979 |
Used this experience and knowledge gained in the industry to establish Kimura Shoten Ltd.
Production, development and sale of packed lunches and sushi items.
Import and sale of marine products from all over the world.
Distribution and sale of products ranging from pickled ginger to catches of northern blue-fin tuna. |
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| April 2001 |
Sushi Zanmai Honten main restaurant opens on the edge of Tsukiji.
Following this successful launch, other Sushi Zanmai branches are opened one after another. |
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| April 2004 |
The grand opening of Sushi Zanmai’s Honten restaurant is held.
This brings us up to the present situation. |
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| Beliefs & Convictions |
Human beings cannot survive on their own.
People are driven by the happiness of others. |
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| Dreams |
For everyone to be blessed with happiness and good-fortune!!
For both customers and employees to feel happiness and satisfaction in their lives. |
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| Secret to success |
The pursuit of bringing happiness to others. |
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| Hobbies |
Having the curiosity to research what you don’t know, and making good use of the knowledge you already have. It is important to study.
Now and then, there are ideas that you think will be successful and when you actually implement those ideas, sometimes things go as expected, sometimes differently. At those times, if you re-think things through and then implement it again, I think that is the best way to proceed.
There is a big difference between understanding something in theory and understanding something in practice. So I think it is vital to actually test out your ideas in practice.
Making others happy, catching fish, gaining new knowledge, investigating and exploring things. |
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| Favourite Nigiri |
Tuna (especially the lean part called “akami”), Conger Eel, Red Clam, “Iwashi” Sardines |
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| Goals for 2007 |
To select and supply the best ingredients at competitive prices, and to establish our restaurants in our customers’ hearts by offering excellent dishes, with great customer service.
Especially, we strive to use the only the freshest natural ingredients, so we hope that our customers can enjoy the full flavor of these ingredients in our dishes.And finally, we hope to take the taste of Sushi-Zanmai from our restaurants to the whole of Japan and then throughout the world. Together with our customers, we hope to spread the culture of Japanese sushi to all corners of the planet!!
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