Sakaguchiya K.K.Gotemba, Shizuoka · Established 1921
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Sakaguchiya K.K.

From Gotemba, at the foot of Mount Fuji

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A tradition at the foot of Mount Fuji

Our roots.
Our story.

The Sakaguchiya story

It began with a tofu shop
at the foot of a slope

In 1921, our founder, Yoshitoki Sugiyama, began making and selling tofu, fried tofu and konjac in Gotemba.

The shop stood at the entrance to a slope. In Japanese, saka means “slope” and guchi means “entrance”. Together, Sakaguchi describes the place where our story began. Ya means “shop”: Sakaguchiya is the tofu shop at the entrance to the slope, a name rooted in the way local people knew us. From the very beginning, the quality of water has been central to our tofu-making.

坂 Saka
Slope
口 Guchi
Entrance
屋 Ya
Shop
Workers making tofu in an early archive photograph
At work in the early years
The original Sakaguchiya shop
The original shop
An archive portrait of our founder and his wife
Our founder and his wife

  1. Our founder, Yoshitoki Sugiyama, begins a tofu and fried-tofu business in Gotemba.

  2. The business is incorporated as Sakaguchiya, a limited company.

  3. A new factory opens in Gotemba. The second generation, Yoshikazu Sugiyama, becomes president.

  4. A second factory opens in Gotemba.

  5. The business becomes Sakaguchiya K.K. The third generation, Yoshimitsu Sugiyama, becomes president.

  6. A new office building is completed.

  7. The Numazu sales office opens.

  8. Atsuage and Gomoku Atsuage designed for pan-frying are developed.

  9. A new factory opens in Gotemba’s Jinba Minami Industrial Park.

  10. A sales subsidiary, Kogen Shokuhin Co., Ltd., is established.

  11. Shizuoka Prefecture HACCP approval is obtained. Approved food: Atsuage for pan-frying.

  12. Yoshikura Gokuuma Atsuage, part of our signature brand, is launched. Vegetable ganmo with pickled red ginger is launched.

  13. The Signature Yoshikura craft-made Gomoku Atsuage is launched