Nomura Tsukudani

Nomura Tsukudani is a Kyoto food brand whose history began in Showa 6 (1931), when founder Tasaburo Nomura started making delicatessen foods (sozai) in Kyoto. The company states that its sozai quickly became well known, and that its delicatessen-trained techniques were later applied to its own style of tsukudani, including products such as chirimen sansho, Maiohgi and kaku-kiri sansho kombu. Its product lines include osechi, tsukudani, obanzai/sozai, rice accompaniments and the Arashiyama Chirin offering. The company's head office address is listed in Okubo-cho, Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, and it became part of the Bunsen Group with the establishment of Nomura Tsukudani Co., Ltd. in March 2024 (Reiwa 6).

According to the company's history page, founder Tasaburo Nomura began making delicatessen foods (sozai) in Kyoto in Showa 6 (1931), and the company says its sozai quickly became well known. On March 3, 1931, the founder opened a business manufacturing and selling boiled beans, tsukudani and sozai in Nishikikoji, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto. In 1932 the company opened its first delicatessen and tsukudani counter at the Marubutsu department store in Kyoto. In May 1952 it established the group company Kyoto Chuo Tsukudani Co., Ltd. as a wholesale business; in April 1953 it moved its manufacturing division to Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward; in June 1954 it opened a Tokyo branch in Taito Ward, Tokyo, and expanded into Tokyo-area department stores; and in December 1955 it completed its head office factory in Suzaku Hozocho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto. In 1963 it relocated the manufacturing division of the Kyoto head office factory and completed the Uji Factory (the current main factory). In 1968 it opened a Kyushu branch in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, expanding into department stores in the northern Kyushu area. In April 1971 it established the group company Tokyo Nomura Co., Ltd.; in February 1972 it established Nomura Tsukudani Co., Ltd.; in October 1973 it opened a Sapporo office for Tokyo Nomura; in May 1978 it opened a Nara office of Kyoto Chuo Tsukudani within the Nara Central Wholesale Market; and in May 1979 it opened an Osaka office of Kyoto Chuo Tsukudani within the Osaka North Central Wholesale Market. In July 1987 it built a new wing at the current head office site and added manufacturing and a research laboratory (now the Quality, Environment and Hygiene Management Department). In March 1989 its chirimen sansho won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 38th National Seafood Processing Food Exhibition; in March 2001 its Kamo-nishiki won the Fisheries Agency Director-General's Award at the 50th exhibition; in December 2002 it opened its first street-level store, the Arashiyama store 'Banshodo'; in September 2003 it opened a sweet shop inside the Arashiyama 'Banshodo' store; in March 2004 its Maiohgi won the Fisheries Agency Director-General's Award at the 53rd exhibition; in March 2005 its Kyo-mai chirimen won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 54th exhibition, and it opened its second street-level store, the Kiyomizu store in Ninenzaka; in March 2006 it opened its third street-level store, the Nishiki store in Nishiki Market; in May 2006 it completed the Tanba Miwa Factory in Miwa-cho, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture; in December 2008 the Tanba Miwa Factory obtained ISO9001 certification; in April 2010 Nomura Tsukudani Co., Ltd. and Kyoto Chuo Tsukudani Co., Ltd. merged; and in March 2024 (Reiwa 6) Nomura Tsukudani Co., Ltd. was established as a member of the Bunsen Group.

A Kyoto food maker that describes preserving the techniques and spirit of Kyoto cuisine, with a history of over ninety years in Kyoto's Nishiki Market.

• Chirimen sansho

• Maiohgi

• Kaku-kiri sansho kombu

• Chirimen yuba gohan

• Akamoku

• Kamo-nishiki

• Kyo-mai chirimen

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