Rokkatei

Rokkatei is a confectionery company whose main factory is located in Obihiro, in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido. According to its official website, it has continued making snack sweets since its founding in 1933. Its history page records that it opened in 1933 as Obihiro Senshuan, was renamed Rokkatei in 1977, and changed its company name from Rokkatei Seika Co., Ltd. to Rokkatei Co., Ltd. in 2022.

The official history page records that the business opened on July 5, 1933 as Obihiro Senshuan. In 1952 it was commissioned by Obihiro City to produce a commemorative sweet for the city's 70th anniversary of its founding and 20th anniversary of municipal organization, and delivered 'Hitotsu-nabe'; Obihiro Senshuan Co., Ltd. was also established that year. In 1955 it formulated a basic policy. On January 1, 1960 it launched the children's poetry magazine 'Sairo'. In October 1961 a floral-pattern wrapping paper using Hokkaido wildflowers painted by Naoyuki Sakamoto was completed. On November 3, 1965 the Obihiro main store was newly built. In November 1968 it manufactured and sold white chocolate for the first time in Japan. On May 14, 1977, with the company name named by Todai-ji abbot Kōshō Shimizu, the trade name was changed to 'Rokkatei', and the name-change commemorative sweet 'Marusei Butter Sandwich' was released. In 1987 it launched the in-house newspaper 'Rokurin'; in 1988 the company song 'Rokkatei no Uta' was completed; in 1989 it began 100% paid-leave acquisition. In 1992 the Sakamoto Naoyuki Memorial Hall (now Nakasatsunai Art Village) opened, and in 1996 the Aihara Kyūichirō Museum opened there. In 1997 it introduced a 'satisfaction guarantee system', and in 1998 the Rokka no Mori factory was completed. In 2002 the Koizumi Junzaku Museum opened within the Nakasatsunai Art Village grounds, and in 2004 the Rokka Bunko opened in Makomanai, Sapporo. In 2004 the Oda Toyoshirō Award was established by the specified non-profit corporation Oda Toyoshirō Memorial Fund. In 2007 an in-house childcare facility 'Gorosuke Hoikuen' opened, Rokka no Mori opened, and the Sanmaru factory was completed. In 2011 the children's poetry magazine 'Sairo', marking its 50th year of publication, received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the Mecenat Awards 2011. In 2014 an image song 'Hanasaku Rokkatei' was completed, and on July 5, 2015 the Sapporo main store opened. On April 1, 2022 the company name was changed from Rokkatei Seika Co., Ltd. to Rokkatei Co., Ltd.

• Marusei Butter Sandwich

• Marusei Biscuit

• Gorosuke Hōhō

• Hitotsu-nabe

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